Posted on 7/08/125 by Colin Vassallo
Charlotte Flair credited Ronda Rousey for putting the WWE
women in the main event, writing that Ronda does not get
enough credit what she did for them during her time there.
Flair wrote this as part of a very long, thoughtful
editorial on ThePlayersTribune.com which was published today
titled “How am I going to be Charlotte Flair today?”
The 14-time women’s champion said that the U.S. women’s
soccer team being a draw and Serena Williams being a draw
helped them a lot, but no one did more for them than Ronda
Rousey, the former UFC champion.
“But in terms of WWE looking at women as potentially
WrestleMania level main-eventers, you can trust me on this
100%: There’s before Ronda Rousey…and then there’s after,”
Flair wrote. “And I wish people would talk about that more,
and give Ronda her due.”
Flair, along with Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey, main evented
WrestleMania 35, becoming the first women to main event a
WrestleMania in WWE history. That only happened once more
since then, two years later when Sasha Banks and Bianca
Belair main evented WrestleMania 37 Saturday.
Rousey’s second stint with WWE ended in 2023 and it was far
less impactful than her first one. Rousey eventually spoke
up against Vince McMahon and the backstage chaos at WWE
while she was there.