{"id":478447,"date":"2026-06-05T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/478447\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:04:17","slug":"ronda-rousey-roasts-wwes-becky-lynch-after-she-suggested-she-could-compete-in-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/478447\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronda Rousey roasts WWE\u2019s Becky Lynch after she suggested she could compete in MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey might have locked horns inside a WWE ring but MMA superstar has laughed off suggestions that Lynch could make it in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch and Rousey made history when they headlined WrestleMania together and while Rousey is long gone from WWE for now, her legacy is there despite her short run.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>As for Lynch, she is firmly entrenched as one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the two locked horns a few times in WWE and speaking on the latest Stephanie McMahon Podcast, Lynch suggested there was a time she fancied the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWrestling her, there was one time when she beat me up and I remember thinking, not because I could fight back, but I was like, \u2018Ah, I can take a beating. Maybe I could go into MMA. I think I can take it,\u201d Lynch commented.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then\u2026that lasted one week. Actually one week is generous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/ronda-rousey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rousey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rousey&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rousey<\/a>, though, seems to be having none of it.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo by Rich Freeda\/WWE via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5b493dada595b084d752668e8a46d1c4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Rich Freeda\/WWE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ronda Rousey responds to Becky Lynch\u2019s MMA claims<\/p>\n<p>WWE has seen some crossover into the MMA world over the years with the likes of Brock Lesnar, Matt Riddle and CM Punk all competing.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey, of course, is the biggest name to give both a whirl in the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>But after seeing Becky speak about her thoughts of doing MMA, Rousey took to Instagram to laugh off the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLMAO. What she doesn\u2019t realise is that I was very, very nice to her\u201d Rousey commented.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll see Lynch make the move over, you can never say never in sports entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>As for Rousey, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/wwe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WWE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;WWE&quot;}\" class=\"link \">WWE<\/a> return at any point seems unlikely at the moment given her comments on the product over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>But as with above, you just never know and if the money and the storyline works, we might well see one more run for Rousey at some point down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey might have locked horns inside a WWE ring but MMA superstar has laughed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[24581,146,85,46,221908,7791,150008,221907],"class_list":["post-478447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-becky-lynch","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-matt-riddle","tag-mma","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-wwe-ring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}