Shayna Baszler defeated Ronda Rousey at the WWE SummerSlam 2023 pay-per-view event in an MMA Rules match, with the finish coming when Baszler choked out Rousey until the latter passed out.
It was known heading into the match that Rousey was expected to take time off from WWE, with SummerSlam being her last match before she took the hiatus.
While speaking to WrestleZone for a new interview, Baszler talked about why she thinks some people don’t like Rousey. She said,
“I think Ronda Rousey is, I think she’s under-appreciated. I think people like to hate her for whatever reason, and it’s been that way in MMA — it’s because she doesn’t mince her words. People like to, because they don’t like her personally, they like to try to erase what she’s done for women’s sports, women’s combat sports, the UFC & WWE. They like to minimize that just because they don’t like her personally and I think that’s a shame. I might not be on the best terms [with her], but I will never deny that she did a lot for women’s combat sports. I think she’s under appreciated in some sense.”
