Ronda Rousey was a bona fide legend in UFC before she moved to WWE in 2018. Though she was greeted with great enthusiasm at first, fans gradually turned against her, especially during her second stint in WWE in 2022. But, a former WWE Champion has given high praise for Ronda Rousey despite reservations from WWE fans.

Rousey’s second run in the company saw her win the SmackDown Women’s Championship and the Women’s tag team titles, but she largely failed to get the fans on her side.

Former WWE Champion has high praises for Ronda Rousey

Former WWE superstar Trinity Fatu aka Naomi in WWE was invited to the podcast of Adrian Hernandez on YouTube. During the podcast, Fatu talked about her wrestling career post her sudden disappearance from WWE.

During one of the segments in the podcast, she praised Ronda Rousey. Naomi said, “I’ve teamed up with Ronda before. I think she’s amazing. It’s Ronda Rousey. It’s Ronda. Ronda is GOATed for life. I think it’s super amazing to see her continue to wrestle.”

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Fatu surprisingly left WWE when she was the tag team champion with Sasha Banks in 2022. UFC legend Ronda Rousey was working as a full-time wrestler during her second run when Fatu was still with WWE. Naomi further revealed that she cherishes her moment with Ronda Rousey. She said, “Anywhere Ronda shows up, it’s a bonus and a plus. I never got to go against Ronda. Happy I got to work with her during her second run, that was pretty awesome. Teaming with her in Saudi, which is also something she fought for, for me to be there with her. I’ll never forget that.”

The moment in reference happened at WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 in Saudi Arabia when Fatu teamed up with Ronda Rousey. They faced Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville on 19th Feb. 

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Rousey’s second stint saw her often in the firing line of the fans, who were not pleased with her performances inside the ring. In fact, #FireRondaRousey was a trend on X for quite a while. Rousey eventually left WWE this year after her SummerSlam defeat to Shayna Baszler. As for Trinity Fatu, she walked out of WWE in 2022 with her tag team partner Sasha Banks.

An upset Fatu reveals why she walked out of WWE

Fatu left WWE in a shocking moment along with former WWE Champion Sasha Banks before Monday Night RAW on May 16th, 2022. While Naomi went to Impact Wrestling to perform as Trinity Fatu, Sasha Banks went to NJPW to perform as Mercedes Mone.

Naomi revealed on Busted Open Radio the reason behind her exit. She said, “Ultimately, I left that day because of the way I was talked to and handled. Everything kind of broke me that day. To go through the backlash and negativity and the lies and the rumours and also feel lost, really broke me. It was probably the lowest I’ve ever felt in my life.”

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