While the wrestling world waits to see who the mystery signing is that Tony Khan has teased for AEW Full Gear, a very well-known former WWE star snuck up and surprised everyone by showing up at the Ring of Honor taping in Inglewood.
As captured by Justin Ashton on X, Ronda Rousey made her ROH debut on Friday night.
Ummmmmmmmmm @ringofhonor @RondaRousey LLLEEETTTSSSS GOOOOOOOO🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/xEDPFjZrqh
— Justin Ashton (@BashtonBigMan) November 18, 2023
Rousey was there to team with her friends Marina Shafir to take on ROH Women’s World Champion Athena and Billie Starkz. It’s expected that the match could air on the next episode of ROH on HonorClub, which will air on Thursday, Nov. 23.
Rousey’s appearance followed multiple reports earlier in the night that she was backstage for the AEW Collision/Rampage taping.
The fact that the ROH episode was taped for later broadcast adds credence to the idea that Rousey could be the big name signing Khan referred to during the week. That said, Khan would also know that word would get out about Rousey appearing on ROH, so he may still have someone else in his back pocket for Full Gear.
Rousey’s last WWE appearance was at SummerSlam in early August, where she lost to Shayna Baszler (also a close friend of hers) in an MMA Rules match. It was widely expected that she might leave the wrestling business altogether.
But her ROH debut puts a definite monkey wrench into things, and despite her sometimes divisive nature among pro wrestling fans, there’s bound to be plenty of interest to see if she has signed with AEW to appear on either that brand or ROH going forward.
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