Sour grapes, or legitimate gripes?
Multiple WWE women took to social media this week to express their distaste for the amount of praise and attention Ronda Rousey garnered in the wake of the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble.
“Wonder what all the 30 other women candid thoughts were too? #firsteverwomensroyalrumble,” Nikki Bella of the Bella Twins
alongside a link to Rousey’s post-Rumble interview.
“Cool she’s here … I guess 30 women making history can just be forgotten,” Nia Jax, another wrestler, said in a tweet.
Cool she’s here….I guess 30 women making history can just be forgotten https://t.co/fHqMezduEH
— Nia Jax (@NiaJaxWWE) January 30, 2018
Sunday’s event was a watershed moment, the first Royal Rumble to include women. Yet soundbites from Rousey, the newcomer, have consumed fans and media. Consider the spotlight hogged.
“Pure magic,”
. “The 30 women were the ultimate support system for each other. We also wanted to rep all women who have walked this path and honor the sacrifices and accomplishments of everyone. I hope we did you proud. #love #respect #WomensRoyalRumbleMatch.”
Rousey’s presence, in general, took centre stage over the weekend. The retired UFC superstar not only made her pro wrestling debut during a historic match, but she also talked proudly of the honour afterwards, irking her peers.
“It used to be, women would get laughed at at something like this,” Rousey told the WWE. “I’ve gotten laughed out of gyms and brushed aside and not taken seriously in combat sports, (but) to walk into this arena and to see everyone give a standing ovation to the women’s Royal Rumble, and how invested they are in it — it was just so well accepted by the fans and it wasn’t forced on them, it was demanded by them.”
EXCLUSIVE: @RondaRousey offers her candid thoughts just moments after shocking the @WWEUniverse at @WWE #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/Ho3HOS8jo9
— WWE (@WWE) January 29, 2018
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