Sami Callihan Offers Insight Into How Ronda Rousey’s Wrestling REVOLVER Appearance Came About

Sami Callihan offers some insight into how Ronda Rousey’s upcoming Wrestling REVOLVER appearance came to be.

Last Saturday Morning, Wrestling REVOLVER announced her as part of their debut in Los Angeles, for their show UNREAL.

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Callihan explained how Rousey’s booking came to be.

“I fell into that one. I’m not going to take credit for that, that it’s some mastermind plan that I went, ‘this is going to be the thing, we’re going to run LA on two and a half weeks notice.’ It’s something that I fell into because my relationships with other people and people putting myself over to Ronda, ‘This is the guy you want to work with.’ Ronda wanted to do this for charity. She wants to do something for the Hawaiian relief fund, her husband is from Hawaii, this is a charity she holds near and dear to her heart. As soon as she brought it up to me, I said, ‘Absolutely, this is 100% something I want to be involved with’ because the money will actually go to help people,” he said. “Every cent we make on ticket sales after production is paid off, every cent is given to charity. A lot of people working the show have said, ‘give my money to charity.’ We’re sending the money directly to families in need.”

Sami Callihan

Rousey left WWE after her contract expiring following SummerSlam earlier this year and worked a recent independent event in a surprise booking.

All proceeds for Wrestling REVOLVER Unreal will go to Maui Wildfire Relief and the show is set to take place on November 16th in Los Angeles.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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