The Rowdy Ronda Rousey challenged Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 38. In a hard fought battle, Charlotte Flair managed to retain the title with some controversial ending.
Following that match, they were some reports suggested that Ronda Rousey was upset after WWE changed plans at the last minute. But Rousey denied these rumors. It came as a surprise to many that Rousey agreed to lose to Flair at WrestleMania. Interestingly, Rousey has lost only two matches in WWE, and both came at WrestleMania.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that the WWE’s current plan is to have long-term feud between the Rousey and Flair. That’s the reason why Rousey had to lose the first match in what’s going to be a series of matches between the two.
“Charlotte Flair beat Ronda Rousey to keep the Smackdown title after a ref bump. The idea is for this to be a long-term program and thus the belief was Flair had to win the first match, even if Flair got the better of Rousey as well in the angles leading up to it. One thing that looks obvious is that Rousey is not going to be over and have the meaning she did when she first came,” said Dave Meltzer.
