Ronda Jean Rousey, popularly known as Ronda Rousey is an American Professional Wrestler, Mixed Martial Artist, Actress and former Judoka. She is currently signed with WWE and appears on the Raw brand. Rousey began her career in Judo, she was the youngest Judoka to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games at the age of 17. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Judo and became the first American to win a medal in Judako. She then pursued her career in Mixed Martial Arts and joined Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2012, where she is the first female UFC Champion as she became the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. She remained undefeated for almost three years and lost two matches, which made her retire from MMA. She had a total of 14 matches with 12 wins and 2 losses, marking one of the best records in MMA history. She had a successful career as a Mixed Martial Artist and as a Judoka, and accomplished many, but how successful is her wrestling career? How many WWE titles does she have? Here is a brief view on the number of WWE Championship reigns of Ronda Rousey.
How many WWE titles does Ronda Rousey have?
Ronda Rousey is a versatile person with monumental success in wherever she goes and whatever she does. Rousey has won 5 championships in WWE, including Raw Women’s Championship once, SmackDown Women’s Championship twice, WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship once and NXT Women’s Tag Team Once (which was unified with WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship and retired).
Raw Women’s Championship (x1)
At SummerSlam 2018, Ronda Rousey won the Raw Women’s Championship by defeating Alexa Bliss, marking her first championship in her professional wrestling career and defended her championship against almost every wrestler in the Raw women’s division. She defended her championship in a Triple Threat Winner Takes all match at WrestleMania 35, featuring Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, and 2019 Royal Rumble Winner Becky Lynch. The match made history by recording the first ever women’s match to main event of WrestleMania. Where Becky Lynch won by pinning Ronda Rousey and took both the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championship with her. It ended Rousey’s 231 reign as Raw Women’s Championship and marks the first loss of Ronda Rousey in WWE.
SmackDown Women’s Championship (x2)
First Reign
After losing her Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 35, Rousey was away from television for almost three years and returned at the 2022 Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant and won the match. She challenged SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38, where Rousey lost and marked her first single’s defeat. However, she demanded a rematch at WrestleMania Backlash in an “I Quit Match”, where Rousey defeated and won the SmackDown Women’s Championship for the first time. She held the title for 55 days and dropped her title to Liv Morgan, who took the championship by Money in the Bank cash-in.
Second Reign
After losing the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Liv Morgan, Rousey demanded a rematch at SummerSlam, where Rousey failed to recapture the title after a controversial finish. Rousey turned heel by attacking the referee and got suspended for weeks. Rousey then got her shot by winning the fatal five-way match at SmackDown. Rousey and Liv had a SmackDown Women’s Championship match at Extreme Rules and won the match to have her second reign. On the December 30 episode of SmackDown she successfully defended her championship against Raquel Rodriques. After the match, Charlotte Flair returned anc challenged Rousey for a Impromptu match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, where Rousey lost her title after 83 days.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship (x1)
After losing the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Charlotte Flair, Rousey took a brief break from television and returned to help Baszler. Rousey and Baszler made a tag team and entered Fatal 4-way Match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship in which they won and became the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. They challenged NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn who were drafted to SmackDown via draft with their championships to unify the championship. They unified the championship and retired from the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship. They ended their championship reign after 32 days at Money in the Bank, where Baszler turned on Rousey and made Liv and Rodriques regain the championships.
FAQs
A. Ronda Rousey was born on February 1, 1987 and is currently 36 years old as of 2023.
A. Ronda Rousey had her debut match at WrestleMania 34, where Rousey and Kurt Angle won the match against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.
A. During her UFC days, she was called Rowdy by her friends. However she met Roddy Piper and got permission to use his “Rowdy” nickname.
A. Yes, Ronda Rousey is married to retired Mixed Martial Artist Travis Browne in 2017.
A. Yes, Ronda Rousey has a daughter named La’akea Makalapuakalanipo Brownie, who was born on September 27, 2021.