Here’s What Sasha Banks Really Thought About Ronda Rousey Joining WWE

Sky’s the limit for her. Ronda Rousey came into WWE earlier this year and absolutely took WWE by storm. She was a legitimate star who brought some credibility to WWE and was put into a high profile match at WrestleMania 34 as a result. The match was a smashing success with Rousey putting in one of the best debut performances of all time. That’s quite the push right out of the gate and some people weren’t exactly thrilled with it, including one of the division’s top stars.

Rousey is currently suspended from Monday Night Raw for a certain reason. Click here to find out why.

Sasha Banks recently appeared on the In This Corner podcast and discussed Rousey’s arrival in the company and the strong push that she received right out of the gate. Banks said that she didn’t find it fair when Rousey was brought into the company but ultimately became a fan when she saw how hard Rousey worked and the selling that Rousey did with so little time in the business. Here are her comments, with transcription courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com:

“She had been killing it. She’s proven all the doubters wrong, and it’s so crazy to see her matches,” said Banks. “I’m like in shock, I’m in awe. I loved her match at WrestleMania, I loved her match at Money in the Bank, and I definitely think she’s one to watch. I can’t believe Money in the Bank was only her second match and I am so impressed, and I hope I get to wrestle her in the future and I’m really excited for her here in the WWE and she really has been killing it.”

I’d say Rousey has gotten the hang of things.

Ronda Rousey is suspended after launching an attack: Raw, June 18, 2018

You can listen to the full interview right here.

Opinion: I can understand Banks’ issues when Rousey first showed up. Banks is one of the people who has done so much to get where she is and bring the rest of the division with her. Now here’s a UFC fighter who is suddenly getting this huge push right out of the gate in one of the feature matches at Wrestlemania. It’s good that Rousey has come around on the whole thing though and Rousey has proven her value already.

Do you agree with Banks having issues with Rousey coming to WWE? Has Rousey won you over? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 27 wrestling books. His latest book is the NXT: The Full Sail Years Volume III: From Dallas To New Orleans.

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