It was intriguing not only because Dave Meltzer could now be vindicated for a report he wrote months ago that stated Rousey was likely to take time away from WWE following WrestleMania 35 to start a family but also because of the date the post was published.
If you recall, I pointed out at the start of the month that BetOnline had published a prop market in which customers could bet whether or not 'Ronda Rousey announces a break from WWE'.
The now controversial part of the market is that the announcement had to have been made by today.
Ronda obviously didn't straight up announce that she was taking a break from WWE, but yesterday's Instagram post sure did tease that she was about to take a hiatus.
Seeing as I wrote back at the start of the month that I didn't think Rousey would announce any sort of departure from WWE before April 16th, and am now unsure whether the Instagram post can be considered as an announcement, I asked a British bookmaker how he would settle the market if he were in charge of it.
He feels that the 'No' would be the right call in this situation because there wasn't a clear - and official - announcement made by Rousey via proper channels. He also stated that he would have settled in favour of the 'Yes' if WWE had made some sort of official announcement on its platforms.
Seeing as neither has happened by today, his call would have been to settle with 'No' as the winning selection.
Speaking of Ronda, how's this one for a plot twist?
Vince McMahon has announced that - on tonight's edition of Smackdown - the 'biggest acquisition' in the show's history will be unveiled.
On the surface, you'd assume it's Roman Reigns.
But, what if it's Ronda?
I was actually also thinking it was Lesnar, but reigns makes more sense.
ReplyDeleteNaughty Dave for leaking Rondas plans all that time ago lol
It's no wonder Travis looked happy over wrestlemania ;)
Yeah, Lesnar was one of the names my friend suggested but they had already gone with Lesnar being a free agent signing for Smackdown in 2002.
DeleteI know we're meant to forget that far back!
I meant that the Lesnar thing would have came across as samey hence me thinking outside the box and going with Ronda.
DeleteBetOnline graded “no” a loss. Not sure I feel like arguing it with them...
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