Ronda Rousey on Her AEW Appearance at Revolution 2026 Was a “Little Bit Of A F*** You” to TKO

As noted before, former MMA fighter and WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey made a surprise appearance at AEW’s Revolution 2026 event earlier this month in Los Angeles, California.

Rousey recently released a new vlog on her official YouTube channel focusing on a behind-a-scenes look at her surprise appearance at AEW Revolution 2026. One of the topics discussed included Rousey’s thoughts about her praise of Marina Shafir for how she has successfully transitioned from MMA to pro wrestling.

“Marina is my best friend in the whole wide world and we grew up doing judo together as little kids. We both quit judo and started doing MMA and then we both quit MMA and started doing pro wrestling. She’s absolutely crushing it and I’m so proud of her. I’m so happy that everybody’s finally starting to take notice of how incredibly special she is.”

Rousey also gave her thoughts about how AEW kept her presence backstage a secret before she showed up at their Revolution 2026 event.

“I was brought into the arena in a very unique — I thought this was going to be much more chill like whatever kind of day, but they’re acting like it’s freaking Royal Rumble super secret whatever. But they had me jump into a wheelchair and throw a tarp over me and wheel me in here.”

Rousey also gave her thoughts about her AEW experience compared to her past WWE experience and how her appearance at Revolution was a “little bit of a fuck you” to WWE’s parent company TKO Group.

“I mean, it’s a little bit weird, but also familiar, but also it’s like AEW, so it’s nice. It’s a little bit more laidback. But actually, this is my first, I think, full-on AEW show because I only did Ring of Honor before. Like, I think I’ve been at the shows, but never really performing them. And Ring of Honor was kind of like a pre-taped, that was a smaller crowd. So, I’ve never been to an AEW pay-per-view, so I don’t really know what to expect so much, but I’m thinking a less restrictive, more adult version of WWE, which sounds like a good time.

Those are all very good descriptions, I felt. So, yeah. And it’s kind of a cool little bit of a, like little bit of a ‘f*ck you’ to the TKO group, which is kind of funny because WWE is on Netflix, but I kind of figured it’d be easier to ask for forgiveness instead of permission on this one. Like, I’m promoting your show. It’s fine. We didn’t advertise it. It’s not like we boosted the ratings of it, so it should be fine.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com