Ronda Rousey’s WrestleMania debut next to Kurt Angle was a huge success. Not only did she win, her mixed-gender tag match against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon tore the house down. At WrestleMania! Her emotions, physicality, timing… It was all fantastic. Her match was thrilling. It didn’t hurt that she had two of the best-ever to help her along the way, but the fans that doubted Ronda in the leadup to WrestleMania have to hold their tongues for now, because her performance was spectacular.
Wrestling fans have embraced her, and the fighters and community she left are clearly impressed by what she’s done in the squared circle, from the MMA media to the fighters themselves (especially Dana White):
The reaction here at a London viewing party when Ronda Rousey tapped out Stephanie McMahon. #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/MSkBrj5g3g
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) April 9, 2018
This is 1000x better than I expected #wrestlemania
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) April 9, 2018
The little girl in front of me is losing her mind for Ronda and I'm going to cry again because of it
— Seven Costanza (@juicypoopin) April 9, 2018
This is tremendous!
— Michael Stets (@Michael_Stets) April 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/McDuckMMA/status/983148051622580226
https://twitter.com/TravisMcP/status/983146206049153024
https://twitter.com/ZPGIFs/status/983145784484024322
https://twitter.com/MattSaccaro/status/983146534031290369
https://twitter.com/SecretMovesMMA/status/983145311832039424
Look at that #headmovment #wrestlemania
— Sam Alvey (@smilensam) April 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/VenCorbin/status/983147924673695744
We’re ruling the world…& loving it. F.T.A. #4HW #WrestleMania #WrestleMania34
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) April 9, 2018
Ronda put on a show #wrestlemania34
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) April 9, 2018
That was good 👍🏽 #wrestlemania
— Gilbert Melendez (@GilbertMelendez) April 9, 2018
Loving all the support Ronda is getting for her #WrestleMania debut! So awesome to see her switch over and doing what she loves 👏🏻👏🏻
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) April 9, 2018
Super #hardnips after @RondaRousey just fucking absolutely KILLING it after her #wrestlemania34 debut!
— Marina Shafir (@MarinaShafir) April 9, 2018
Her mom liked it too.
Great job, Pumpkin @RondaRousey
— Dr. AnnMaria De Mars @drannmaria@mastodon.social (@DrAnnMaria) April 9, 2018
Of course, Ronda has a way to go before she’s tearing down the house in singles matches, or at least we can assume that, but her debut was possibly one of the best ever for a relative outsider, and easily the best ever for an MMA fighter crossing over. Yes, better than Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn, all of them. Well, except maybe Shayna Baszler, but Ronda has burned the house down with her with the cameras off back when they trained together.
