Ronda Rousey recalls surprise pro wrestling appearances after WWE, talks whether she'll return to that world

Ronda Rousey is simply a fable successful combat sports, helping to usher successful a caller era successful mixed martial arts successful UFC and women’s wrestling pinch WWE.

Rousey’s absence from pro wrestling was overmuch shorter than her determination to return to an MMA cage. She departed WWE successful October 2023 pursuing a rivalry pinch Shayna Baszler. It was only 2 weeks aft she near nan institution that she showed up connected nan independent scene.

"The Baddest Woman connected nan Planet" was each of a abrupt appearing astatine Lucha VaVoom and Pro Wrestling Revolve earlier making an quality pinch Ring of Honor. She told Fox News Digital that she wanted to activity pinch her friend, Marina Shafir.

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Ronda Rousey holds a trophy onstage aft becoming nan first female inducted into nan UFC Hall of Fame astatine The Pearl performance theatre astatine Palms Casino Resort successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected July 5, 2018. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

"By nan clip I was out, I was like, I would still emotion to activity pinch Marina because Marina was still progressive and we were trying to fig out, ‘Oh, erstwhile you were successful town, possibly we tin fig thing out.’ And I conscionable had a short, small model for immoderate logic to beryllium capable to do it. We were trying to get pregnant again," she said. "We were going to commencement IVF early successful nan year.

"We couldn’t really find thing that worked out. So, we reached retired to Pro Wrestling Revolver and were for illustration let’s do a kindness show to raise money for nan Lahaina wildfire survivors. So, that’s benignant of really that each came about. There was besides a Lucha VaVoom show we were besides capable to clang successful nan meantime."

Rousey performed astatine Pro Wrestling Revolver and past stepped backmost into nan shadows – that was until this past March.

She was successful nan midst of training campy for her return MMA lucifer against Gina Carano erstwhile she showed up astatine nan Crypto.com Arena to face "Timeless" Toni Storm pursuing her lucifer pinch Shafir astatine All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) Revolution pay-per-view successful March.

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While she received questions astir doing a lucifer astatine nan time, she said location was nary measurement she was going to do it because she had to attraction connected nan Carano fight.

"So, then, we sewage to do nan Revolver show and that was awesome and past this past run-in pinch AEW," Rousey said. "I didn’t get to do thing astatine each because I was successful training campy and each these group we’re like, ‘Oh, is Ronda gonna do a match?’ I’m like, I’m successful training camp. You guys are crazy. I’m not going to beryllium doing immoderate matches while successful training camp. … I emotion Toni Storm, I emotion Marina and it was nosy to beryllium location for Marina’s first pay-per-view lucifer arsenic well. I didn’t want to return distant from their infinitesimal but possibly put a small spot of a spotlight connected it and a small spot of a nudge to my upcoming fight."

Now, Rousey’s quality pinch AEW coincided pinch Storm being attacked during an AEW storyline connected nan adjacent section of "Dynamite" pursuing Revolution.

Fox News Digital asked Rousey whether she was nan 1 who attacked Storm.

"Oh, I wasn’t fresh for that mobility … adjacent question, adjacent question," she said, jokingly clearing her throat.

However, Rousey made clear that getting progressive successful pro wrestling afloat clip aliases moreover portion clip would beryllium a awesome endeavor that wasn’t conducive to what she wanted to do pinch her life moving forward.

"I think, just, we’re trying to person different kid now and each this stuff," Rousey said. "That lifestyle, being connected nan roadworthy and wrestling, it’s conscionable not conducive astatine each to having aggregate kids.

"We were capable to make it activity for a small while. It’s conscionable not doable anymore. I could beryllium unfastened to doing immoderate things if it useful retired and it’s local. We’re looking to move to Hawaii and it would beryllium kinda cool to unfastened a small school."

Ronda Rousey looks connected earlier her featherweight bout against Gina Carano during nan main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, California, connected May 16, 2026. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

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Rousey proved to beryllium 1 of nan top mixed martial artists erstwhile she quickly defeated Carano successful a dream bout earlier this month.

Days later, she added different accolade to her awesome resume. She partnered pinch Castrol to go nan lipid company’s caller marque ambassador.

"I’m nan champion astatine what I do and I wouldn’t want to partner pinch anybody unless they’re nan champion astatine what they do. Luckily, Castrol is," Rousey said, adding that shooting nan commercialized for nan institution was "really fun" and a high-quality experience.

Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano airs for a photograph aft their featherweight bout during nan main paper of Netflix's Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, Calif., connected May 16, 2026. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

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The run will person Rousey highlighting "Castrol EDGE Extended Performance’s proven expertise to execute successful 7 captious areas – pressure, power, substance economy, high-temperature performance, cleanliness, deterioration protection, and endurance," according to a news release.