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COLUMBUS, OH – MARCH 03: Ronda Rousey is declared the winner and new bantamweight champion after her fight with Miesha Tate during the Strikeforce event at Nationwide Arena on March 3, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Esther Lin/Forza LLC/Forza LLC via Getty Images)
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COLUMBUS, OH – MARCH 03: Ronda Rousey is declared the winner and new bantamweight champion after her fight with Miesha Tate during the Strikeforce event at Nationwide Arena on March 3, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Esther Lin/Forza LLC/Forza LLC via Getty Images)
Ronda Rousey is one of the toughest competitors in the combat sports industry. Hailing a varied background, Rousey is an expert at various fighting styles. With an Olympic medal in judo and an illustrious UFC career, the former UFC Bantamweight Champion can be a tough rock to mess with. Yet, her recent appearance failed to impress.
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2022, one of the most anticipated PPVs of the year, promised several high-profile feuds. However, the event (including the Rousey vs Shotzi Blackheart) has not been able to amaze the fans with a few lacklustre matches.
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The PPV began with the Women’s WarGames match, which Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch won for their team. Following the match, AJ Styles defeated Finn Balor in an impressive match. However, Ronda Rousey vs Shotzi was rather a disappointing match.
The match ended with Shotzi tapping out to an armbar by Ronda Rousey. However, the entire match was extremely slow paced, and saw a few botches as well. Fans were not enjoying the fight either and were rather happy with being over.
𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇@RondaRousey retains her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship! 🏆#SurvivorSeries pic.twitter.com/Xg3fpa2BJ4
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) November 27, 2022
The match between these two superstars was not well appreciated by the fans. And, several of them took to the internet to state that they were glad that this match was over.
Fans react on Ronda Rousey winning her match against Shotzi
Ronda Rousey defended her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Shotzi, and came out of it victorious. Shotzi tapped out to an arm-bar after a Piper’s pit. And fans on the internet were rather glad that the match was over.
𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇𝙇@RondaRousey retains her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship! 🏆#SurvivorSeries pic.twitter.com/Xg3fpa2BJ4
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) November 27, 2022
Fans started calling out Rousey as a ‘Trash Champ.’
Trash champ!! Waste of a match!
— HuRdYsKeTcH_ 🅆🅆🄴 🍥 ᴅɪɢɪᴛᴀʟ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ (@Hurdysketch_WWE) November 27, 2022
You can put the PPV back on. Ronda Rousey is no longer wrestling.
— iBeast (@ibeastIess) November 27, 2022
my favorite part of this match was not watching it!
— Bethany💙🫶🏾 (@bethanywwe1) November 27, 2022
Her matches are usually the worst on the card. I think she only has good matches when she's wrestling any of the 4HW and Natalya.
— Hilda (@hilda_adaora) November 27, 2022
Smackdown needs new talent ASAP ronda is so bad 😭
— Corey 🇦🇹 (@CLWMFC) November 27, 2022
Charlotte or Sasha please come save us
— MemeProvider (@LfcKevin1) November 27, 2022
the womens matches aren’t delivering tonight idk why
— umm (@iwhippeditout) November 27, 2022
WWE fans even started calling out Triple H for his decision of keeping the belt on Ronda Rousey.
I don’t get how triple h is sitting back there watching this and thinking “ye let’s keep the belt on her till mania” GET IT OFF OF HERRR
— Supremepapi (@itstillhurtsbro) November 27, 2022
This match could have been on the preshow. That was a waste of my time.
— ministrychick77 (@ministrychick77) November 27, 2022
We need the goat back to take the title from Ronda fr… pic.twitter.com/wHKjSUTqMA
— $limGrim☘️伝説 (@kaedubbb_) November 27, 2022
Being honest, you can easily tell Ronda can’t sell or even make botches too obvious, literally needs a lot of work and we can all see it exposed every match
— TheOffOne オフワン enjoyed Anime NYC Saturday (@TheOff11037) November 27, 2022
Here ya go…
Ronda Rousey is the worst Women’s Champion of the modern era. She brings no value or importance to anything she does. The company would be better off without her. This match with Shotzi was terrible & didn’t belong on PPV, with WE WANT SASHA CHANTS #SurvivorSeries
— JDfromNY (@JDfromNY206) November 27, 2022
every time i watch a ronda rousey match i understand why they didn’t let women wrestle for more than 3 minutes
— anna (@annacdemarco) November 27, 2022
WWE and Becky Lynch fans also took to the Internet to portray their wish of seeing Lynch dethroning Rousey from the top.
I must say, I can't wait for Becky Lynch to dethrone Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania.
Ronda simply isn't good enough. #SurvivorSeries
— Viper (@ViperXero) November 27, 2022
notice how every ronda rousey match is bad BECAUSE OF RONDA ROUSEY. #survivorseries
— pau (@316REIGNS) November 27, 2022
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With Rousey now victorious against Shotzi, fans are left wondering what is in store for her in the future. While fans were hoping for a Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair return, they however were left disappointed. None of the returns took place, and Rousey rather took the W against her opponent.
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With a rather disappointing string of matches, Rousey is left the Champion. However, there is no active feud for her. Fans can now only hope and wait to see what Triple H has in store for the Olympic medalist in the future.
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