{"id":109212,"date":"2022-01-29T21:55:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T02:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=109212"},"modified":"2022-01-29T22:11:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T03:11:44","slug":"ronda-rousey-returns-wins-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/29\/ronda-rousey-returns-wins-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Ronda Rousey Returns and Wins Women\u2019s Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what had become widely expected over the course of the past week, <strong>Ronda Rousey<\/strong> made a triumphant return in the 2022 Women\u2019s <strong><em>Royal Rumble<\/em><\/strong> match. Rousey entered at the number 28 and, as we had all immediately suspected upon her entry into the match, she succeeded in overcoming her opponents to earn a title shot at <strong><em>WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalRumble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RondaRousey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RondaRousey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZ93RoKbrM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HZ93RoKbrM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleMania\/status\/1487617212299067393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ronda Rousey Wins the 2022 Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>What to Know Following Royal Rumble Victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The \u201cBaddest Woman on the Planet\u201d has been out of a wrestling ring since <em>WrestleMania<\/em> of 2019, where she was memorably defeated by \u201cThe Man\u201d <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> in a triple threat, history-making main event match which also featured <strong>Charlotte Flair<\/strong>. Rousey took time out from the ring to focus on starting a family, with her firstborn coming into the world in September of 2021. As we all know, Ronda Rousey also had tremendous success in the <strong>UFC<\/strong> &#8211; becoming its first female champion and reaching mainstream popularity which, for a while, made her a household name in both sports and entertainment. With Rousey back in the frame, it might be a safe bet that she wins either the Raw or SmackDown Women\u2019s Championship at <em>WrestleMania<\/em> this year.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey has history with Becky Lynch, and with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/11\/22\/bianca-belair-pro-wrestling-illustrated-womens-150\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Bianca Belair<\/strong><\/a> failing to earn an eagerly anticipated rematch against Becky, you might be able to expect that this is a rivalry soon to be revisited. With Rousey now presumably a babyface and Lynch solidified as a top heel, the difference in roles will make this a feud to watch. Ronda Rousey is back and she\u2019s going to <em>WrestleMania<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what had become widely expected over the course of the past week, Ronda Rousey made a triumphant return in the 2022 Women\u2019s Royal Rumble match. Rousey entered at the number 28 and, as we had all immediately suspected upon her entry into the match, she succeeded in overcoming her opponents to earn a title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2482,"featured_media":109215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,2192,25,26,317,4,3,320],"tags":[8233,163,1445,403,1284,397],"class_list":["post-109212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-smackdown","category-women","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-2022-royal-rumble","tag-becky-lynch","tag-bianca-belair","tag-charlotte-flair","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-royal-rumble"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}