Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey share a common background thanks to their combat fighting experience. Recently, the two collaborated in another way – booking their own creative for a storyline in WWE.
Two of the four UFC Horsewomen were on-screen together regularly during the Rousey-Natalya Women’s Title story arc. Rousey is now the current WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, having defeated Liv Morgan at Extreme Rules. In the run-up to that match against Morgan, Rousey and Baszler had a few interactions backstage. The original plan for the combat professionals didn’t call for WWE to reference the women’s shared history, but the two performers improvised their own angle to add to the story. They referenced their long-standing friendship in the angle. By all accounts, this was developed by the two women on their own.
Sources indicate that this was not the original plan, but WWE went ahead with it.
You can see the video package highlighting both performers below:
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