Ronda Rousey spoke about her disdain for Vince McMahon in a new interview.
Rousey told Cagesideseats that her frustrations with the company stemmed from the women's roster not being given the same screen or prep time.
She said:
The Bloodline is able to plan things out a year ahead of time, and they won’t even talk to me until I get to the arena. About anything.
I proved in my first match that if you give me the time, the resources and preparation, I can put together an amazing match. And I feel like they’re really doing that with Logan Paul and allowing him to rehearse and put these things together and have all these different resources, producers to bring him to his highest potential. And it got to the point where he girls [weren’t] gonna get any of that.
Rousey continued to say she began to feel like she was doing custom matches for a "f---ing sicko in the back."
She continued:
I just didn’t wanna be Vince’s action f—-ing figure anymore. I felt like I was like doing custom matches for a f—-ing sicko in the back.
All power to the girls that keep fighting the good fight. But I’m in my mid-30’s now. I’ve got s—t to do.
Rousey also reiterated previous comments she made about Bruce Prichard serving as "Vince's avatar" when he had supposedly retired from the company.
Rousey said:
(Vince McMahon) was never gone while I was there. He was just phoning it in through Bruce Pritchard.
My agent who works at WME (Endeavor), he was telling me, ‘You know, he’s completely gone now, I swear.’ And I’m like, I’ll believe it when I see it, because everyone said he left before. He never left. He was there by text message.
Later in the interview, Rousey discussed not having a singles match with Becky Lynch at WrestleMania and what she said to the company regarding her final storylines.
Rousey said WWE refused to work with her on developing a storyline that would lead to her vs. Lynch at WrestleMania 38 in Dallas.
She said:
WWE just refused to work with me at all. They refused to collaborate. They didn’t want to talk to me about it. They kept pushing it off and pushing it off until it finally got to the road to WrestleMania, and they’re like, yeah, we’re not gonna do you and Becky.
Rousey continued:
I’m like, ‘Alright, well then I’m f—-ing leaving unless me and Shanya [Baszler] can tag.'
If you guys don’t want to work with me, you don’t wanna do something extraordinary. You just wanna do good enough every single night. I came here to have fun with my friends.
Regarding her decision to leave WWE, Rousey says she told Triple H she couldn't "be associated with mediocrity."
I had a long sit down with Triple H and I was like, ‘I can’t be associated with mediocrity.’ And that’s what they seemed to be happy with at the time. And I hope that is different now, but I can’t say... that I’ve ever experienced it any other way.
However, Rousey was complimentary toward Triple H in the interview. She stated that she wished her final WWE run took place while he was running the company.
Rousey continued:
Triple H has been great towards the women in the company and really believing in us. He’s the whole reason that I was there, ‘cause he believed in me. I really wish that my last run was under Triple H running things and Vince being gone.
The full interview with Rousey includes her discussing her history of concussions, headlining WrestleMania 35, and more. It's available here.
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