5 reasons why Ronda Rousey will succeed in WWE

#4 It’s the best time for women in WWE

WWE are now pushing their women as equal to their men - allowing them into matches like Hell in a Cell

It’s likely that Ronda Rousey would’ve been pushed as a major star in WWE regardless of the time she made the move – after all, she’s been one of the UFC’s most bankable stars over the past few years and has drawn some of the biggest pay-per-view buy rates in UFC history with her headlining fights. But thankfully for Ronda, she isn’t coming into a WWE that’s based solely on male stars anymore.

The past year or so has seen WWE make a massive effort to portray women’s wrestling in a positive light never seen inside the promotion before – if anything, the female athletes on the roster are almost portrayed today as being equal to their male counterparts. It’s a far cry from just over a decade ago when women in WWE were simply treated as eye candy and barely given any time inside the ring at all. Sure, fans might poke fun at the constant push of WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon as a “trailblazer” but the “women’s revolution” she promised is certainly legitimate.

The past calendar year has seen WWE’s first women’s Hell in a Cell match, the first women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, and most recently, the first women’s Royal Rumble. If a superstar like Ronda Rousey had arrived years ago, the chance of a women’s revolution may well have fallen squarely on her shoulders. Today, however, she’s like the cherry on top of the cake. And assuming Ronda succeeds, could we see a women’s match main event Wrestlemania 35 in 2019? Stranger things have happened.