I’d be shocked if Dana White let such a thing occur. Rousey exploding at Wrestlemania 32 could lead to her exiting the Octagon altogether.
According to Dave Metzler of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter he WWE might have a surprise involving Rousey up their sleeves when next year’s WrestleMania rolls around.
From watching how the angle went down — with Rousey and Johnson, who are both in the movie Furious 7, squaring off against The Authority — it would logically lead to a mixed tag team match. The match would also logically take place next April, when WrestleMania comes to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex. It will be the biggest undertaking in WWE history, as they attempt to set their all-time attendance record. The idea is to announce a magic number topping 100,000 people, whether real or not. That would break the company’s self-written historical record of 93,173 fans (also not a real number) set in 1987 for a Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant match at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Just WrestleMania with today’s top pro wrestling stars isn’t going to do it. They are going to need to bring back stars from the past, like Johnson, and add in celebrities.
The mixed tag team sounds like a good idea. Johnson and HHH are experienced wrestlers who would be able to carry the action, and set up short encounters with Rousey and McMahon, which would likely be the memorable spots of such a match.
But WWE sources say the idea is not a mixed tag, but two singles matches, meaning Rousey vs. McMahon is the match they are looking at doing.
According to Metzler’s report, such a match and scenario would be pretty hard to put together.
But the Lesnar comparison is the only one valid here, in the sense it would be a high profile appearance on a major show. The difference is that McMahon, while she has done pro wrestling, is not a full-time wrestler. Rousey has no experience, and having a first match on what is expected to be the biggest wrestling show of all-time in the U.S. has major challenges.
Rousey would be forced to carry on a match that involves subplot, for an unknown amount of time. Add in the risk for injury, and the scenario looks highly unlikely.