Former UFC star Ronda Rousey was supposed to star in the remake of Road House. Is it still happening?
Seven Years ago news dropped that former UFC star Ronda Rousey would star in the remake of 1989’ Road House. She was the then UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion and one of the most recognizable stars in the world. She had just begun her acting career.
The movie remake took a lot of time and is still not out. But now the question is she still a part of the movie? However, if you are a fan of The Baddest Woman on the Planet, you will not be happy to hear the answer.
According to several Ronda Rousey was going to play a female version of the character Patrick Swayze, who played in the original movie. However things have changed now and According to Deadline, She won’t be featuring in the movie. the reboot will drop on Amazon Prime Video and will star Jake Gyllenhaal and Rousey’s former UFC colleague Conor McGregor.
WWE has suspended Ronda Rousey indefinitely. After she attacked an official at the SummerSlam. On Saturday at the SummerSlam event, Rousey lost her title match against Liv Morgan immediately after the match ended.
Rousey got all over the referee Dan Englar who failed to notice Morgan tapping out during the match. Rousey grabbed the referee by his arm and have her signature locked.
On Tuesday, WWE released an official statement revealing that Ronda has been fined an undisclosed amount and will be suspended.
“An irate Rousey attacked the official after her SmackDown Women’s Title Match, claiming he missed Liv Morgan tapping out to the Armbar while he counted the pinfall.”
The company also made it clear that Rousey will not be appearing in the Friday Night SmackDown in the coming week. On Monday, Ronda posted a series of photos from her match on Instagram and called out the company.
She wrote,
Hey, @wwe if you guys could stop screwing me to put over your golden girls at every major PPV that’d be greaaaaaat.”
It will be interesting to see when she makes her comeback and what happens to her and Morgan’s rivalry.
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