Ronda Rousey will look to get revenge on Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam, after Bliss interrupted Rousey’s first ever title match at Money in the Bank by cashing in her briefcase while Rousey had Nia Jax in an armbar.
The camera cut to Rousey in the locker room during the SummerSlam preshow, showing how focused she was and just generally being menacing. However, while the idea was to show how intimidating she was, it was her eye makeup that had the biggest impact on viewers as her extreme eye shadow, which is a departure from her typical in-ring look, immediately brought out the Twitter jokes.
The ROWDY one is FOCUSED.#SummerSlam @RondaRousey pic.twitter.com/9UMQOn0knJ
— WWE (@WWE) August 19, 2018
When done well, a good game of “Who they look like?” can provide some of the best Twitter nights and WWE Twitter was on top of their game with Rousey. For many, Rousey’s look immediately called back to Mac as “Nightman” from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and to be honest it’s a pretty fantastic comparison.
Rhonda is the Nightman pic.twitter.com/KkBSDbIVzR
— the chillwave enjoyer (@matt_T) August 19, 2018
Ronda Rousey is channeling her inner-Nightman for #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/m28fjTPDy0
— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) August 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/NiallBollard/status/1031312082770296838
Rhonda Rousey looks like the night man #alwayssunnyinphiladelphia #wwe #summerslam @wwe @AlwaysSunnyFXX @CharlieDayQuote pic.twitter.com/YbOx9YcMDm
— Matthew Schorr (@Matt_8310) August 19, 2018
The other most popular comp for Rousey’s look was that she was giving off extreme Natalie Portman in Black Swan vibes, which, again, is a pretty fair comparison of the look.
Ronda Rousey's face makeup -_- #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/3cBqprh3sU
— Jon Jon Rico (@SpiderRico714) August 19, 2018
— Rockford Moon (@Rockford_Guy) August 19, 2018
Rhonda Rousey makeup inspiration:#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/J7innAaFO0
— 🖤 Brittneyyy 🖤 (@Brilabu_) August 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/Kyle_J_Silva/status/1031310917110296577
There were also plenty of others that went with more unique and obscure jokes.
https://twitter.com/realChrisEstes/status/1031316108937256961
Not sure if Ronda Rousey or The Coon from South Park…#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/Kg649bKbOd
— Scotty Millard (@scootsie34) August 19, 2018
When I saw Rousey sitting backstage at #SummerSlam tonight with her heavy eye makeup, I immediately thought of The Phantom. pic.twitter.com/blKBWXwL3W
— NELSON 𝕏 (@TheNelsonJames) August 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/throwbackfuture/status/1031314933496131585
Rocket Raccoon Rowdy Ronda Rousey @RondaRousey #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/tdSHR3omcd
— Michael Williams (@SinLibra23) August 19, 2018
#SummerSlam @JeffLane22
Rhonda Rousey with the Euronymous from Mayhem tribute.. pic.twitter.com/OMLjzslOtm— Evil Jackalopes (@eviljackalopes) August 19, 2018
When Ronda Rousey volunteers as Tribute. #WWE #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/9bcOagcSEC
— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) August 19, 2018
That early look in the locker room wasn’t the finished product, as she came out for her title match against Alexa Bliss like this.
Ronda’s makeup at Summer Slam 🔥👀🔥 pic.twitter.com/tODJnhelhZ
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) August 20, 2018