Ronda Rousey made headlines all over this website, and most other websites, a couple of weeks ago when she made an appearance at WWE Royal Rumble that served as confirmation of the full-time contract she has signed with WWE.
The next evening on Raw, the episode was largely about her, even though she wasn’t in attendance. Rousey is currently out of the country filming a movie, and while there may be some plans for what they want her to do at WrestleMania, WWE confirmed she won’t be back on television until her film is in the can.
So while we couldn’t do much in the interim except fantasize about potential dream matches, WWE announced on Monday when we’ll finally be able to see her back in the wrestling world.
During Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, general manager Kurt Angle confirmed that not only will Rousey be a Raw Superstar (which we all pretty much figured, anyway, because Raw is the flagship show and it’s not like they’re going to have the biggest mainstream star in the company on Smackdown), but that she will appear on the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view … to sign her Raw contract.
BREAKING NEWS: Per @RealKurtAngle, @RondaRousey will sign her Monday Night #RAW contract at #WWEChamber!!! pic.twitter.com/fXHJDtQztt
— WWE (@WWE) February 13, 2018
So yeah, it’s not a match or anything, but we always knew her first match would be at WrestleMania 34. And hey, maybe her signing with Raw will get interrupted by Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, who will challenge Rousey and get her to sign with Smackdown instead. Or something. We’ll have to tune into Elimination Chamber on WWE Network on Sunday, Feb. 25 to find out!
