Vince McMahon and other WWE executives spoke to the media Thursday for the release of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings of 2018. During the call, McMahon was asked for his thoughts on current RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, and her transition to professional wrestling from mixed martial arts (MMA).
“The Chairman Of The Board” had some high praise for “The Rowdy One”. Here’s what he had to say:
“Again, we can bring people in from the outside to our environment. It can’t be just a one-off type thing because our audience realizes that’s not going to push the envelope as far as their enjoyment of what we do. Nonetheless, bringing Ronda in gave us more visibility in terms of the initiative of reaching more women.
“And when you do something like that it allows you to not just use Ronda’s platform from a different niche to come into WWE, Ronda in of herself becomes a brand of WWE. It’s a different Ronda than what you saw before, in terms of UFC and things of that nature. When you put talent, rub talent up against Ronda, Ronda can help us make talent, and she’s doing just that.
“She knows how to do it, she’s one of the brightest people we’ve ever done business with. And the fact that she’s adapted to the WWE culture so fast, it really is truly an amazing salute to her as an athlete, and as a human being. So, the Rondas will come in and out, and when they do, as long as we know what those dates are, we plan around it.”
Rousey signed with WWE last year and went on to capture the RAW Women’s Championship at SummerSlam. Now, she is expected to defend her title against Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 35 in April. It’s believed to be the first-ever women’s match to headline a WrestleMania.
H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions
