Stephanie McMahon: Ronda Rousey Was The One To Request Our WrestleMania Match

Stephanie McMahon reflects on her battle with Ronda Rousey at the grandest stage of them all.

As the Billionaire Princess looks to be immortalized in the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame, she has been reflecting on some of her biggest moments in the world of the WWE, including her WrestleMania 34 match where she teamed up with her husband, Triple H to go against Kurt Angle and the debuting Ronda Rousey.

On What’s Your Story, Stephanie went more in-depth on the match and how it was Rousey who requested the match between the two in her first official match with the WWE.

“I’m a big fan of hers. She was the one who requested the match. It was a couple of years later. Originally, she was going to come in sooner, but there was a movie or something. You [Triple H] signed her, and Ronda was the one who said, ‘We need to finish the story with Steph.’ She is the reason I ever had a WrestleMania match. It was her first match and we had to really train and put it together. It was stiff [laughs]. Safe, but stiff,” she said.

Rousey departed from the WWE a couple of years later and is now set to battle Gina Carano in her return to the world of combat sports on Saturday, May 16 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

Stephanie will officially be inducted into the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame on Friday, April 17. There is no word yet on who will be inducting her, but it should be a induction speech to remember for ages.

You can listen to the entire episode of Whats Your Story? with Stephanie McMahon featuring WWE Hall of Famer and COO Triple H, below.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.