RONDA ROUSEY has denied reports that she was furious that her clash with Charlotte Flair was moved from WrestleMania 38’s main event.
The UFC legend, 35, returned to WWE to win the Women’s Royal Rumble by eliminating Flair in January.
That booked her ticket to the main event of WrestleMania almost three years after she last competed in the ring.
She originally made headlines around the world when she swapped the octagon for the squared-circle back in January 2018.
Rousey’s last match prior to that was the historic main event of WrestleMania 35 against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in 2019, a match that she was pinned by ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch for the belt.
‘Rowdy’ then said she was taking time away from wrestling to start a family with her husband Travis Browne.
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And the couple celebrated the arrival of their baby girl La’akea in September.
But despite embracing motherhood, the lure of a Rumble win and Mania main event proved too tempting to turn down.
However, a switch late on Friday allegedly led to her storming off and not attending WWE’s Hall of Fame ceremony.
Brian Alvarez of Wrestling Observer Radio described her reaction to discovering that Stone Cold Steve Austin’s comeback match would instead be topping the bill.
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He said: “She discovered she was no longer scheduled to go on last on Friday, and, in a shocking development, walked out of Friday’s taping before the Hall of Fame ceremony unfolded.
“Clearly, ‘cooler heads’ did indeed ‘prevail.’
“She did the job to Charlotte Flair via ref bump shenanigans in a match Ric Flair has described as ‘the greatest.’”
Rousey has now replied to the speculation and tweeted: “I don’t know where these ‘reports’ come from but it was an absolute honour to perform under Steve Austin at Wrestlemania in Texas.
“I wasn’t a hall of fame because I have a six month old baby I had to put to sleep early. People are literally creating drama out of thin air.”
Rousey would controversially lose the match as Flair retained her title – even despite suffering a wardrobe malfunction.
