When WWE signed Ronda Rousey earlier this year, it was a big win for the company and there's no denying that the former UFC star has brought a lot of new eyes to RAW and generated a great deal of mainstream media attention for the company. Unlike Brock Lesnar, we see Rousey on RAW on a consistent basis but she still doesn't work the vast majority of non-televised WWE Live events.
During a recent interview, Rousey admitted to being in a "privileged" position but made it clear that she hopes to change that perception by working as hard as she can and earning her place.#
"Being on the road and everything has given me a lot more respect for what everybody else does. I mean, honestly, when I came into this, I thought everybody just wrestled once a week! I just thought they showed up at RAW or SmackDown [Live] and that was it.
"I didn’t even know that there were live shows throughout the week! I mean, and these people just go nonstop. Like, I have nowhere near the schedule that everybody else has. Like, if I’m on a week of live shows, it takes me a week to recover from it. If anything, I have the super easy tourist version.
"Like, I have nothing to complain about! I do whatever I can to perform whenever they need me to perform, but I have a much easier schedule than everybody else."
Rousey reiterated her lack of experience when she reflected on a lesson she received from Triple H. "I’m very aware of how privileged I’ve been from lot of people who worked their entire lives just to get somebody to take one look at them. And from day one, I don’t know anything and I have, like, Triple H telling me how to tie my shoe. Like, Triple H taught me how to tie my boots!"
"Like, that is insane," Rousey concluded. "I think it would be spitting in the face of every woman that would want this opportunity to not take full advantage of it." That's fair, right?