The former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey recently made her shocking return to the company and eventually won the Women’s Royal Rumble match. She then confronted Lynch on the latest edition of Monday Night RAW but didn’t make any announcement. However, last night on SmackDown she made an appearance and confirmed that she’ll be challenging SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 38.
The closing segment of SmackDown saw WWE Official Sonya Deville making the announcement that Becky Lynch had informed her she would be facing Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania. Charlotte also mentioned that she would defend her title against Sasha Banks at the Showcase of the Immortals. However, Rousey came down to the ring and declared that she would, in fact, challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s title.
Johnny Knoxville reacts to the segment
Rousey had posted pictures from the final segment of the show and Johnny Knoxville went on to comment in a direct message:
“Classic smack talk, well done!”
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While, The Jackass actor loved the segment, it turns out Dutch Mantell is unhappy with the segment. Speaking on this week’s episode of Smack Talk, Mantell pointed out some inconsistencies with WWE’s booking. He also spoke in detail about having no issues laying her hands on Sonya Deville, but Naomi could not do that. He was also confused as to why WWEÂ teased a Becky vs. Ronda and Charlotte vs. Sasha match if they had not planned it for WrestleMania.
Here’s what Mantell had to say:
“I have no idea why they do that. I’m sitting there and I’m going, ‘Okay, that’d be okay. Oh wow! That match would be alright.’ Then they go somewhere else. She beats up Sonya Deville, just ignores the coat. Noami can’t touch her but Ronda beats the cr*p out of her. What did we end up with? We ended up with Charlotte vs. Ronda, right? If you keep doing these silly finishes, people just turn it off.”
