One of the biggest surprises at Money in the Bank 2023 premium live event was Shayna Baszler turning on Ronda Rousey. Their women’s tag team title run ended abruptly at Money in the Bank after Bazler attacking Rousey from behind. Liv Morgan and Racquel Rodriquez capitalized on this moment and pinned Rousey to regain the titles.
Now, Dave Meltzer has discussed about WWE’s creative plans and confirmed that Rousey would not be in the company. While recapping MITB on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer confirmed that Ronda Rousey has a “hard out” in her WWE contract. The former women’s champion has reportedly already informed WWE about her final date. It was also noted that sources claiming that Rousey will leave the company before next year’s WrestleMania.
“The thing was, and I don’t know the date, and it might be SummerSlam, and it might be a little bit after. But the deal is that Ronda has a hard out. She gave a date. This is my last date. I remember talking to somebody there, and it was like, well, I know they are going to do this and make the big match for WrestleMania. No, it’s like, her hard out is, they didn’t give me the date, but it’s long before WrestleMania,” reported Meltzer.
It was noted that the idea of pairing Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler and winning tag team titles was always to have feud between them eventually. Rousey also wanted to do this feud and she got want she wants.
“The point is, whatever it is they are planning to do, they want to do a feud,” Meltzer added. “The whole tag team was to set up Ronda and Shayna doing a feud. Ronda wanted to do this feud with Shayna. She’s got what she wanted because Shayna is the one who basically got her into pro wrestling.”
