Ronda Rousey Net Worth and Biography

Ronda Rousey is definitely not a new name to WWE fans as the professional wrestler is known for many feats with the brand. Rousey however has stories outside WWE which we will see in later paragraphs.

On WWE, Rousey has moved from being a face to a heel, which is still a fan favorite anyway. In this article, RNN will highlight the biography of the one-time Slammy Award winner.

Ronda Rousey Net Worth and Biography

Biodata

Ronda Rousey was born in Riverside, California, U.S on February 1, 1987. She has two siblings (sisters) and she’s the youngest of all three children. Rousey is the daughter of AnnMaria De Mars and Ronald John Rousey. Her mother, De Mars, was the first American to win a World Judo Championship in 1984.

Rousey suffered from Apraxia for the first six years of her life- Apraxia is a neurological childhood speech sound disorder.

Career

Ronda Rousey has moved from a career in Judo to Mixed Martial arts and then Professional wrestling. Amidst all these, she made a mark in each of her careers with several titles to her name.

Judo

Going by her mother’s Judo career, one could almost predict that Rousey would take up the path too. She started training with her mother at the age of 11 until she accidentally broke her mother’s wrist when she was 13. She was then taken to training centers to train with her mother’s old colleagues. Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens- she was the youngest judoka to qualify for the games (at age 17).

She however lost in her first match to Claudia Heill, but she made a good comeback in the same year when she won a gold medal at the World Junior Judo Championships in Hungary.

In 2006, Ronda Rousey became the first female U.S. judoka in 9 years to win an A-Level tournament. She claimed a gold medal at the Birmingham World Cup in Great Britain with a 5–0 win. Some of her honors/achievements during her Judo career include:

• First U.S. athlete to win two Junior World medals.
• Silver medal win at the 2007 World Judo Championships in the middleweight division
• Gold medal win at the 2007 Pan American Games.
• First American to win an Olympic medal in women’s judo since its inception as an Olympic sport in 1992

Mixed Martial Arts

Rousey made her mixed martial arts debut on August 6, 2010, when she defeated Hayden Munoz by submission with her signature- armbar in 23 seconds. At the Tuff-N-Uff 145 lbs women’s tournament in November of the same year, she submitted promotional veteran, Autumn Richardson with an armbar in 57 seconds.

She made her professional mixed martial arts debut in 2011, at King of the Cage: Turning Point, submitting Ediane Gomes with an armbar in 25 seconds. Below are some of her recorded successes in Mixed Martial Arts:

• First Female Inductee at UFC Hall of Fame
• Six successful title defenses
• UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship (one-time, inaugural)
• First female UFC Champion
• First Olympic medalist to win a UFC championship
• Fastest women’s title fight victory in UFC history (fourteen seconds; vs Cat Zingano)
• Most armbar finishes in UFC/WEC/Pride/Strikeforce history
• She won the first-ever women’s fight in UFC history

Professional Wrestling

Ronda Rousey first made sporadic appearances at WWE in 2014 and continued until 2017 when she got signed by the company. She, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, and Marina Shafir dubbed themselves “The Four Horsewomen,” a copy of The Four Horsemen professional wrestling stable. The women’s title was endorsed by members, Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.

Rousey was first acknowledged along with the three members of the “Four Horsewomen” group in 2014. They had attended WWE SummerSlam in August that year and they were acknowledged on camera and in a commentary in the front row of the event.

In 2017, the wrestler signed with WWE on a full-time basis. She trained under Brian Kendrick at his wrestling school. Some of her feats at WWE include:

• WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
• WWE Raw Women’s Championship
• Women’s Royal Rumble (2022)
• Slammy Award for “This is Awesome” Moment of the Year (2015) – with The Rock
• WWE Year-End Award
• Best Diss of the Year

Acting Career

Ronda Rousey has equally acted in several movies. She made her acting debut in 2014 with The Expendables 3, where she played the role of Luna. Since then she has featured in other movies like “Furious 7″, “Entourage”, “Mile 22”, and “Through My Father’s Eyes: The Ronda Rousey Story”.

She has also featured in TV shows like Honoo-no Taiiku-kai TV, Drunk History, Blindspot, 9-1-1, Total Divas, and Game On!

Personal Life

Rousey is a vegan, although she has described her diet as a mix between a Paleo and a Warrior. She struggled with her body image due to how masculine she looked as a result of her career. She however got over her fears years after she left school.

The professional wrestler battled with suicidal thoughts in the aftermath of her knockout loss to Holly Holm in November 2015. She made this disclosure in an interview with TV host, Ellen DeGeneres.

Ronda Rousey is married to UFC fighter Travis Browne. They got married on August 28, 2017, in Hawaii. On September 27, 2021, they welcomed their first child- a girl named La’akea Makalapuaokalanipō Browne.

Net Worth

Ronda Rousey has a net worth of $13 million. She makes her money majorly from her Professional Wrestling career.