Ronda Rousey had a different idea for the finish to WWE Extreme Rules.
Rousey regained the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship at WWE Extreme Rules, defeating Liv Morgan by making her pass out with a bicep crusher. The extreme rules bout featured tables, chairs, baseball bats, and more, but no thumbtacks, which is something Rousey originally pitched as part of the finish.
"I pitched the finish to be thumbtacks. She put down thumbtacks, powerbombs me onto the thumbtacks and as a repeat to our finish from before, I would go for an armbar on the thumbtacks and they start counting the pin, but I would push up onto my one shoulder into the thumbtacks to keep the armbar on. Liv would be fighting and trying not to tap and then pass out face down into the thumbtacks, having her hand there to protect her face. They said we can't do thumbtacks anymore. Legally, we can't purposefully injure people and cut their skin. I was like, 'How about tiny maple leaf pins?' 'No.' 'How about a punch of screws on their side?' 'No,'" Rousey said on her latest gaming stream.
In September, Triple H said that blood isn't necessary and it would be irresponsible to go back to blood. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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