World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has fined and indefinitely suspended wrestler Ronda Rousey after she “assaulted” an official at WWE SummerSlam on Saturday.
Rousey, 35, lost the women’s title match to Liv Morgan in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to WWE, Rousey criticized referee Dan Engler’s alleged failure to notice her opponent while he was counting the pinfall.
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In response, Rousey grabbed the referee’s arm and threw him over her shoulder to the ring floor as the crowd at Nissan Stadium went wild. She then used her legs to pin Engler until another officer could separate the couple.
On Monday, WWE released a brief statement notifying fans of Rousey’s suspension and fine of “an undisclosed amount.”
“Due to her suspension, Rousey will not appear on this week’s Friday Night SmackDown,” the company concluded.
The legitimacy of Rousey’s attack and subsequent suspension is unclear – often professional wrestling performers plan an event in advance that results in a suspension to take time off. It’s well known and accepted that WWE is scripted, and this “attack” most likely falls into that category.
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Rousey has spoken openly about the incident on social media, claiming the referee judged the game unfairly.
Taking to Instagram, Rousey shared three photos from the women’s title match and tagged WWE, writing, “Hey @wwe if you guys could stop kidding me about putting your golden girls on every big PPV that would be greaaaaaat.”
The wrestling star also retweeted a post by WWE TV host Greg Miller, in which Miller wrote that Morgan “won the championship by taking advantage of the situation and keeping it by being a cheating coward.”
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This isn’t the first time Rousey has been suspended from WWE.
In June 2018, Rousey was suspended for 30 days after assaulting wrestler Alexa Bliss along with two other WWE referees and Raw general manager Kurt Angle.
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