Add as a preferred source on Google Charlotte Flair believes Ronda Rousey still has not received enough credit for her impact on WWE’s women’s division.
In a piece published on The Players’ Tribune, Flair said Rousey’s arrival changed the way WWE viewed women as potential WrestleMania-level main eventers.
“I don’t think Ronda gets enough credit for WWE putting women in the main event. A lot of things about the women’s revolution might be true, but this is definitely true: Ronda being a main-event draw in UFC changed everything. I know that for a fact. I think the U.S. women’s soccer team being a draw helped us. I think Serena Williams and other women’s tennis players being a draw helped us. But in terms of WWE looking at women as potentially WrestleMania level main-eventers, you can trust me on this 100%: There’s before Ronda Rousey….. and then there’s after. And I wish people would talk about that more, and give Ronda her due.”
Rousey, Flair, and Becky Lynch made history at WrestleMania 35 in 2019, when they headlined the first women’s main event in the history of the Showcase of the Immortals at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Lynch defeated both women that night and walked out with the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championships.
The discussion recently picked up again after Rousey also acknowledged her own impact, telling The Takedown on Sports Illustrated that women are headlining WWE events because of her.
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Despite the criticism Rousey received during her WWE runs, Charlotte still sees her as a key figure in taking the women’s division to another level.