Ronda Rousey Claims Pro Wrestling Is Not A Sport, Says It’s A Very Intense Performance

Ronda Rousey has made a bold claim.

Back-to-back losses in the UFC forced Ronda Rousey into retirement before she made her first-ever appearance in the WWE at the end of the first women’s Royal Rumble. Rousey would go on to win multiple championships and compete at multiple WrestleMania events against the very best in the business.

During a conversation on Steve-O on his Wild Ride! podcast, Rousey made a bold claim where she said that professional wrestling is not a sport.

“It’s scripted. Mostly. There is a general idea. They are working together. I like to relate it to figure skating. Two people together creating a performance. As Shayna [Shayna Baszler] likes to say, there is no fake way to take a chairshot. You’re actually getting hit with a chair. It’s also not a competition. A lot of wrestlers and stuff will be like, ‘Wrestling is real. I got this injury or that injury.’ I’m like, okay, as a competitor in an actual sport, I’m never worried about getting injured. I’m worried about losing. That’s the most stressful part of it. Injuries are not at all what you’re thinking about. That’s not what makes it real or makes it hard. It’s the uncertainty of the outcome. When people are like, ‘it’s a real sport.’ No, it’s not a sport. It’s a very intense performance, which I have a lot of respect for, but it’s not a sport. If you’ve ever dealt with the stress and anxiety that comes with competition, you can’t take that out and call it a sport. It’s so tough. It’s very physical, but it’s not a sport.”

Rousey recently released her book ‘Our Fight’ where she details her journey in the WWE following her departure from the UFC.

h/t from Fightful.

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