Ronda Rousey Made Her Debut In Ring Of Honor

One night after making her first wrestling appearance since leaving WWE, Ronda Rousey has apparently joined Ring of Honor.

Rousey showed up at the Ring of Honor tapings in Los Angeles as part of a duo alongside Marina Shafir, taking on Billie Starkz and Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Athena in a rematch on the Wrestling show Revolver from the night before.

This match marked Rousey’s relatively surprising return to wrestling after leaving WWE this summer. After losing an MMA rules match to real-life friend Shayna Baszler at SummerSlam, Rousey had a tough date with WWE, meaning her contract had a firm end date, according to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer.

Rousey is arguably one of WWE’s biggest crossover stars to join the company, concluding her pioneering career in the UFC before moving on to professional wrestling. She burst onto the scene in WWE with her first match alongside Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 34 against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon before winning the WWE Raw Women’s Championship. After three years away from the company, Rousey returned in 2022 to win the WWE Smackdown women’s title twice before holding the tag team titles alongside Baszler.

As matches begin to be announced for ROH’s Final Battle show in December, the natural conclusion is that ROH is stocking up on talent. While we wait for official word, it seems safe to assume that Rousey is the next big name on the show.