WWE legend Booker T demands Ronda Rousey apologise for ‘fake wrestling’ remarks which caused fan outrage
WWE legend Booker T has blasted Ronda Rousey and demanded she apologise for her "fake fights" comment.
The former UFC fighter made the high-profile switch from mixed martial arts to professional wrestling in 2018.
She later quit and ruled out a full-time return to the wrestling ring as she slated the "f****** ungrateful fans".
Her comments attracted huge criticism from the WWE sphere including from wrestlers Lana and Alexa Bliss.
And now Booker T is the latest name to lay into Rousey by claiming she has disrespected herself and the sport.
The WWE pundit told : "It’s a slap in the face to each and every one of those ladies that went out there and had to work with her and make her.
"To slap all those ladies in the face that made her look so good after receiving that check from this fake business.
"A check that, like I said, being put in a position where she was the women’s champion, she was in the main event at WrestleMania, that speaks volumes.
"There are so many ladies in that locker room that really work really, really hard, work their asses off to actually get to that spot.
It really is a slap in the face and I just think Ronda, she needs to apologise.
Booker T hits back at Ronda
"Then someone walk from outside inside to this world and get it, it really is a slap in the face and I just think Ronda, she needs to apologise first and foremost.
"If she came back, after saying this thing is fake, it just puts her in a position where now she gotta go out and work with fake wrestlers, anybody beat her, it’s not real, it just doesn’t sit well with me."
Rousey had angered fans of the show by initially telling the: “I love the WWE. I had such a great time. I love all the girls in the locker room
“Running out there and having fake fights for fun is just the best thing. I love choreography. I love acting. I love theatre. Live theatre and some of the last forms of live theatre.
"But, I was doing basically part-time and I was away from home 200 days out of the year.
"And when I did get home, I was so sleep deprived cause you just don’t have time to lay down.
"If I did all of the live shows, I was only home a day and a half a week.
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"It was just not worth it for my family because we were eliminating all of our expenses and living this lifestyle, we didn’t need it. We didn’t need the money.
"So it’s just like... what am I doing it for if I’m not being able to spend my time and energy on my family, but instead spending my time and my energy on a bunch of f***ing ungrateful fans that don’t even appreciate me?
"I love performing. I love the girls. I love being out there but, at the end of the day, I was just like, ‘F*** these fans, dude.’"
