Former Strikeforce and UFC Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey is off to a successful start in her WWE career.
Rowdy and her partner, Kurt Angle, won their tag team match against Stephanie McMahon and Triple H via armbar.
According to MMA Fighting, Ronda showed up to the cage dressed similarly to her namesake, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. She even wore a kilt, though it looked significantly shorter than the one Hot Rod used to wear.
#WrestleMania just got ROWDY!@RondaRousey is ready. pic.twitter.com/dQ038j1Eed
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018
However, during the match, she wore black shorts.
The match was an exciting back-and-forth, mixed gender match that almost saw Ronda on the receiving end of Triple H’s finishing move, The Pedigree — i.e., a double underhook facebuster.
However, Rousey did not play the damsel in distress, and proved she could dish it out as well as she could take it, even against a 255-pound man.
ROWDY @RondaRousey is PLAYING THE GAME!#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/1vBO7aiigG
— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) April 9, 2018
In the end, Rousey and Angle came out on top after Ronda got an S mount on McMahon and hit one of her patented armbar finishes.
VICTORY for @RondaRousey & @RealKurtAngle as the ROWDY one makes @StephMcMahon TAP OUT! #WrestleMania #TeamRousey pic.twitter.com/wfT2pden9W
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018
The match may have been fake, but it was sure fun to watch. Check out a clip of Rousey’s performance below:
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