Shayna Baszler reflects on the challenges that her and Ronda Rousey faced while planning their SummerSlam match in 2023.
Fans were not receptive of the match between Rousey and Baszler at SummerSlam in 2023, with many noting that the match could have worked better if it had better rules and a better format.
As it turns out, both Baszler and Rousey had better ideas for the match, but things didn't work out in their favor. Baszler spoke about this in a recent interview with Fightful.
"I won’t lie, the idea we had, we were a little bit handcuffed just based on the venue. There was no tron, so we knew the people in-house were going to have trouble maybe understanding some of the stuff because you need a camera and a close up of that. We couldn’t get a cage or a fight pit in there because of the rigging in a dome situation is totally different. There was a lot. We tried to work out some other things, it just didn’t work out. We did the best we could with what we had. I’m proud of it."
Elsewhere in the interview, Shayna Baszler talked about Josh Barnett and explained why he is one of her role models. Fans can learn more here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Shayna Baszler in the video linked at the top of this article.
