Many were surprised when WWE suddenly announced that Ronda Rousey will be facing Nia Jax for the WWE women’s championship at Money In The Bank.
ESPN’s Tim Fiorvanti published an editorial questioning if WWE is putting Ronda Rousey down the wrong path by giving her a Raw Women’s Title shot so soon into her singles career. Below is a quote from the article:
Whether or not it’s ready, or whether Rousey’s fully ready, the WWE is done with subtlety and slow builds. Unless something dramatically outside of expectations happens June 17 in Chicago, Rousey will walk out of Money in the Bank as the Raw women’s champion after just two televised matches (pending anything in the meantime). It makes a fair bit of business sense, being able to market SummerSlam at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with posters all over New York City showing Rousey with title in hand.
The strain it puts on the storytelling is a tough hurdle to clear, no doubt, largely because of who’s champion and how far out of left field this match is. That doesn’t mean that the WWE can’t make the best out of the situation and use it to further build up Rousey as a character whom fans can continue to believe in and cheer once she’s champion.
Read the full article here:
http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/23602939/has-wwe-put-ronda-rousey-wrong-path