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Piper’s Pit Podcast: Rowdy Ronda Rousey Gets Her WWE On with Her Nick-Namesake

Just where did UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey get her “Rowdy” nickname? She copped it off of one of her favorite wrestlers: Rowdy Roddy Piper… with his blessing, of course.

Fresh off her win over Cat Zingano and with a new book on the way, Rousey was a special guest performer at WWE’s recent Wrestlemania event, where she tossed everyone around the ring. On this week’s Piper’s Pit Podcast with Roddy Piper, Rousey was a guest on the show to discuss her recent stint with the WWE, whether she’d ever go back, her upcoming fight with Bethe Correia, and more.