Since leaving WWE, Ronda Rousey hasn't shied away from making her issues with the company known. Her latest autobiography, Our Fight, held little back and openly took aim at Vince McMahon and various other executives who the Baddest Woman on the Planet felt held her back.
In a new interview, Rousey was asked for her thoughts on Triple H being in charge of WWE's creative endeavours following McMahon's ousting and was far more positive with her comments.
One of Rousey's biggest gripes on McMahon's watch was the fact the company's women were often an afterthought. However, she acknowledges that things have changed since WWE's massive behind-the-scenes changes.
"I think anyone's better than Vince McMahon. The only place you can go is up. I really enjoy Triple H and working with him, and honestly, I haven't been watching, but I saw something from Natty [Neidhart] saying that they had a card recently that had just as many women on it as the men."
"That's what I would really like to see, the women equally represented with not just matches on the card, but time on the show. I feel there's no place they could go but up and I'm really, really happy for all the women still there and thriving under the new regime. I think there's, yeah."
It almost sounds as if she'd be open to a WWE return with The Game calling the shots!
Someone else the former UFC fighter and WWE Women's Champion is a fan of is Paul Heyman. She credited him with pushing her to write her memoir and planned AWA graphic novel, Expecting the Unexpected.
"I feel like he's the absolute backbone of that entire industry. People don't see the backbone. It is hidden underneath the body, but he is literally everyone's mentor. Every successful storyline has its roots back into him. I think the industry would be a shell of itself without him. They should feel so lucky to have his time because he could spend that genius on anything else. But he spends a hundred percent of his time and energy on the WWE."
"He is the person who encouraged me creatively. He really believed I am so much more than just what my body can do. He really encouraged me to write and create. He's the person who told me, 'You need to go and write your own story.'"
"No one saw me in that light before or had that kind of belief in me. I didn't even have that kind of belief in myself. I wrote the logline, and then after shattering my knuckle, going to surgery, jumping straight into a plane doing 'The Stephen Colbert Show' to promote 'Mortal Kombat 11,' and finally laying in a bed for the first time in four to eight hours, I sat and I typed in a cast on the notes on my phone for 11 hours straight to write the first draft of this. It was something sitting inside of me and Paul Heyman was the only one who saw it."
It's unclear whether Rousey will step back into the ring; there had been some buzz online about a possible AEW debut, but that appears to have taken a backseat as she focuses on writing.
If Expecting the Unexpected takes off when it launches later this month, don't be surprised if a film or television adaptation follows...