Ronda Rousey on Her Finding It “Ridiculous” WWE Had Her Face Alexa Bliss in Match & Feels It Only Happened Due to Bliss’ Merch Sales, Bliss & MJF Responds

A recent episode of The Lapsed Fan podcast featured former UFC fighter and WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Rousey’s thoughts about her feeling that it was “ridiculous” that WWE had her facing off against Alexa Bliss in the ring during her time in the company and her belief that it only happened due to Bliss’ merchandise sales.

“The fact that they had me fighting Alexa Bliss at all was f*cking ridiculous, and you wanna know why they had me against Alexa Bliss? Because she had the most merch sales at the time… Like, what the f*ck!? That’s your decision-making process?”

Rousey had faced off against Bliss in a match for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship at WWE’s SummerSlam 2018, which featured Rousey defeating Bliss to become the new champion.

Following the release of the interview, Bliss responded on Twitter stating “I love out business.”

I love our business 🖤

— Lexi (Kaufman) Cabrera (@AlexaBliss_WWE) September 4, 2025

Besides Bliss, AEW talent MJF also responded on Twitter to Rousey’s comments in a more negative reaction.

“It’s almost like pro wrestling much like any professional sport functions as a business. Fucking crazy 🤯”

It’s almost like pro wrestling much like any professional sport functions as a business.

Fucking crazy 🤯 https://t.co/KLHuQd70n1

— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) September 4, 2025

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com