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Ronda Rousey says she got a concussion from Stephanie McMahon in 2018

Aaron Rift

During an interview with Rick Ucchino of CagesideSeats.com, Ronda Rousey talked about getting hurt during her time with WWE…

“It gave me a concussion [Being slapped by Stephanie McMahon at Elimination Chamber in 2018]. Nikki Bella gave me an open hand slap [in the days leading to their match at Evolution] and I was seeing stars and I had a headache for the rest of the day.”

“I didn’t wanna say anything. I didn’t want them to say, ‘Oh, you can’t do this match that you’ve been preparing for. You can’t do this, can’t do that. And I had a lifetime of experience hiding concussions. And so now that I’ve basically putting all of that behind me, I can finally be open about these things.”

In 2018, ESPN reporter Ramona Shelburne wrote on Twitter that she heard from people backstage in WWE about Ronda having “a handprint welt on her face“ due to Stephanie’s slap.