Shayna Baszler has discussed the possibility of working with Rousey as a rival.
During a new interview with GSM of WrestleRant Radio, Baszler reveals that she and Rousey have discussed facing off in a wrestling ring at some point.
I mean, we’ve talked about — so in Combat Sports, it’s kind of this rule in MMA or amateur wrestling, Jujitsu, whatever — It’s kind of a thing where if I have the title, and my teammate works their way up through tournament and takes out everyone and earns their spot, as my friend, it would be disrespectful for me to deny them that or to refuse to give them that opportunity,” said Shayna. “It’s almost offensive if the person bows out like, ‘Oh, she’s my teammate. I’m not gonna be –‘ like, ‘Wait, you don’t think I have I can defend against you, what’s up?’
“We have talked about how that story hasn’t really been told in a pro wrestling sense,” she continued. “It’s always like someone angry turning, whatever. A miscue, that’s whatever it is, but the story of how combat sports is, I think there’s an opportunity and untouched story along that path as well. All that being said, you know, we have these [the Women’s Tag Titles] to defend. If that comes along, you know, that comes along. It’s not like — I don’t know, we’ll see what happens. Like I said, we don’t want to be stuck in that mode where we have these so we’re not looking at the singles titles anymore. So we’ll see what happens.”
Shayna Baszler
Rousey and Baszler unified the women’s tag titles on SmackDown, defeating Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre.
We will have to wait and see if Rousey and Baszler will square off in the squared circle anytime soon.
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