After leaving WWE, Ronda Rousey went to ROH and Wrestling REVOLVER to team with Marina Shafir against the duo of Billie Starkz and Athena. Rousey hasn’t wrestled since then.
While speaking to Monteasy for a new interview, Shafir talked about her experiences.
“Well, right from the jump, I never thought it was going to fucking happen to be 100% honest with you. I thought that ship had sailed. It’s always going to be a part of my identity in wrestling and I’m so proud of that, like, that sisterhood and what it has encompassed. I get to have those memories for the rest of my life. Being able to tag with her and being able to wrestle with her, I never thought that was going to happen, it just wasn’t meant to be like that for me, especially with how things went down. She called me out of the blue, ‘Whatcha doing?’ Ronda — I’m very lucky to have someone in my life who very rarely makes any excuses. When she has a personal legend that she’s got to live out, it’s so wonderful watching her work towards it. I got to be a part of that and like I said, I just never thought that it would’ve ever happened and it did and I’m still buzzing about it. I still buzz about all those moments, all of the little things, all of the bullshit leading up to that fucking moment and just how much we gelled and how we were a well oiled machine and that was our first time wrestling together. We looked like a unit and we didn’t even have to try.”
H/T to Fightful for the transcription