Ronda Rousey last defended her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Raquel Rodriguez on 30th December edition of SmackDown, after which she was defeated by the returning Charlotte Flair in an impromptu match the same night. Rodriguez has fought against Ronda Rousey for the SmackDown Women’s Championship during both her reigns. Raquel Rodriguez’s first encounter against Rousey was in May last year for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. The encounter took place soon after she debuted on main roster.
During a recent interview with Post Wrestling, Raquel Rodriguez admitted that her defeat against Rousey in May of last year gave her a lot more confidence. She believes that she gave Rousey one of the finest fights of her career.
“I took a lot of confidence from that [Match]. I realized, you know, I may be the new girl, I may have less experience than a lot of people but I know I can do this and being able to step into the ring with Ronda Rousey and give her one of her best matches of her career not only having one of my best matches of my career… It really boosted my confidence that much more. So I feel like I’m going into Elimination Chamber with the most amount of confidence that I’ve ever had in the past year being yo on SmackDown.”
Raquel Rodriguez
Ronda Rousey recently made an appearance on the February 10th edition of SmackDown, where she gave a helping hand to Shayna Baszler in taking out Natalya and Shotzi.
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