Ronda Rousey: I Don’t Like Performing In Big Stadiums; If I Continued Wrestling, I’d Do Indie Stuff

Ronda Rousey says if she ever returns to wrestling, it would likely be at the independent level because she’s not a fan of performing in packed, massive stadiums. 

Ronda Rousey is one of only five women to headline WrestleMania as of this writing. During her time in WWE, she competed in four WrestleMania matches. She also competed in big stadium shows for events like SummerSlam and the 2018 WWE Super Show-Down event in Australia. 

During a recent interview with Rachel Hollis for her podcast, Rousey admitted that she’s not a fan of performing in large stadiums, and because of that, she believes that if she ever returns to wrestling, it would likely be on the independent level. 

“Honestly, I don’t like performing in big stadiums. Non-televised house shows are my favorite. If I were to continue wrestling, I’d probably do some indie stuff in town. That’s the stuff I enjoy,” she said. “I love it when it’s small enough and you can interact with the crowd. Those are things I enjoy. I don’t feel like I have to be on TV and in a stadium to have a good time. If anything, it puts a lot of undo pressure on it. I just want to go out and have fun. That’s kind of what got lost I think because it snowballed into being about the women’s division and trying to elevate everybody. I had to check myself when it got to the point of, ‘Okay, this company isn’t going to work with me to create something great and I’m just an action figure on their board.’ I just want to be here and have fun with my friends. That’s what it’s about. I think the women there now are amazing and they got this and I believe they are going to continue without me. I get the most fulfillment doing small shows and what I’m doing is not dissected by a million people.” 

Rousey has competed in three matches since leaving WWE. Two of those matches were on the independent circuit and the last match she competed in took place in Ring of Honor. All of these matches were tag team matches alongside her friend Marina Shafir. 

Ronda Rousey has said that she would likely not go back to WWE unless things drastically change because she did not have a good experience working under Vince McMahon. Read her comments here.

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