Ronda Rousey: WWE is an absolute sh*tshow I don’t intend on going back to

On a day when excerpts of her new book caught the interest of the wrestling world, former WWE and UFC star Ronda Rousey made some additional comments Wednesday that included telling two WWE executives to “go f*ck themselves,” that she doesn’t intend on returning to the company, and that concussions were the reason she retired.

During an 18-minute video alongside her sister and co-author Maria Burns Ortiz, Rousey was asked about what fans would be most be surprised about in reading her new “Our Fight” book — the follow-up to her “My Fight/Your Fight” bestseller.

Among other things, she said, “…how much of an absolute sh*tshow it is at the WWE. They can’t hold a sword over my head and hold me hostage with my own career. I don’t need anything from them and I don’t intend on going back. I can say everything I think and feel where everyone else that is held captive by their organization can not.”

Rousey said she was held back on saying even more about her WWE experiences than she did in the book due to a contractual word count. She specifically took aim at John Laurinaitis and Bruce Prichard who she “was going to talk so much more sh*t about,” saying in an earlier part of the interview that the two could “can go f*ck themselves.”

Rousey did not mention any other executives like Vince McMahon, Paul Levesque or Nick Khan. Several excerpts released earlier Wednesday featured some choice comments Rousey had about McMahon and called out how WWE had treated female talent in the past.

The former WWE Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion also revealed that her career ended due to concussions that she first started suffering during her judo career. She said that she had to keep them a secret for years so she could continue to compete and perform, adding that WWE has a “complicated history” with their talents getting concussed so she felt she couldn’t talk about it.

In October 2023, Rousey said she was retiring from wrestling — several months after she lost to friend Shayna Baszler at WWE SummerSlam in her final match there. However, she returned that same month at a Lucha VaVoom show, teaming with friend Marina Shafir against Brian Kendrick and Taya Valkyrie. 

She followed that up with a November match for Wrestling Revolver, teaming with Shafir against Athena and Billie Starkz which was followed by a rematch in her Ring of Honor debut. AEW and ROH head Tony Khan said there was no plans to sign Rousey past that one match but that he would have her back anytime.