As per a report from TMZ Sports on Friday, "talks have NOT gotten off the ground" notwithstanding past signs in actuality.
"[Ronda's team] hasn't started any arrangements with the WWE," a source told TMZ.
The news comes two days after USA Today's Martin Rogers announced Rousey was "settling subtle elements of her turn to WWE."
Buzz has been working for quite a long time about a conceivable marriage amongst Rousey and WWE, and hypothesis achieved a fever pitch when the previous UFC bantamweight champion had a showdown with Charlotte, Becky and Bayley at the Mae Young Classic.
Over that, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Dave Meltzer (h/t WrestlingInc's Marc Middleton) revealed in October that WWE was "all the while anticipating doing the Horsewomen versus Horsewomen coordinate with Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley versus Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir" at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans on April 8.
WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon has additionally been open about her want to add Rousey to the organization's program.
"I would love to include Ronda Rousey," McMahon disclosed to Michael Smith and Jemele Hill on ESPN's SC6 in March. "I realize that she cherishes WWE and we positively adore her, so it would be a match, no play on words expected, made in paradise. So ideally one day we'll have that open door."
All the more as of late, UFC President Dana White told correspondents he wouldn't be excited about Rousey attempting to come back to the Octagon after she endured successive misfortunes to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes through TKO.
"I wouldn't have any desire to see it," White said Nov. 29, as indicated by MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi. "I wouldn't need it to happen. I think about her. She has enough cash. She has enough cash and all that stuff. I would prefer not to witness it."
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