In her second televised match, Ronda Rousey will be challenging for Nia Jax’s Raw Women’s Championship.
The match was announced for Money in the Bank after being set up as Rousey, Jax, and other WWE representatives appeared at this morning’s NBC Universal upfronts in New York City. The storyline is that Jax issued the challenge at the upfronts and Rousey accepted it.
Rousey and Jax both spoke to E! News about the match, keeping kayfabe by explaining how they can get along outside of the ring and still face each other at the pay-per-view.
Rousey hasn’t wrestled since teaming with Kurt Angle to defeat Stephanie McMahon & Triple H at WrestleMania 34, but she’ll be taking part in matches on WWE’s European tour this week. She’s scheduled for WWE’s house shows in Geneva, Switzerland on May 16th, Vienna, Austria on the 17th, Turin, Italy on the 18th, and Paris, France on the 19th.
The Allstate Arena in the Chicago area will host Money in the Bank on June 17th. Here’s the updated card:
Raw Women’s Champion Nia Jax defending against Ronda Rousey
WWE Champion AJ Styles defending against Shinsuke Nakamura
Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, The Miz, Rusev, and four more wrestlers)
Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match (Ember Moon, Charlotte Flair, and six more wrestlers)