WWE: Rhyno Gives Props to Ronda Rousey's Work Ethic as Former UFC Champ is Set To Leave Pro Wrestling

(Photo : Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) GLENDALE, CA - Fighter Ronda Rousey Hosts Media Day Ahead of The Rousey Vs. Holm Fight at the Glendale Fighting Club on October 27, 2015, in Glendale, California.

Extreme Championship Wrestling Rhyno has expressed admiration for Ronda Rousey, who he believes is not in the sports entertainment for money.

Rhyno made the comments during his appearance in Captain Corner's virtual signing on Facebook.

"Ronda Rousey, she's cool. Yeah (she's cool)," he said in the live video.

"I'll be honest with you, she wasn't one of those coming in and collecting a payday. She would work out before the shows... She'd go in there and she'd really put 150 percent in. Not 110 percent, 150. She would work with - I wanna say Goldust worked with her a lot and she really wanted to be there, because it wasn't like, oh, she had no other choice or no other option. She wanted to be there and she wanted to excel at it. So, I give her all the props and I always say that."

Rousey made her professional wrestling debut in 2018 and is credited for taking the WWE women's division to another level, specifically the all-women's pay-per-view Evolution.

Rousey's rumored pro wrestling departure

Rhyno's tribute to Rousey should sound random, but some fans can't help but connect it to her rumored exit from professional wrestling.

Wrestling Observer Radio reported that Rousey, 36, has already made her "hard out date" known to the WWE.

"She gave a date, 'This is my last date.' Cause I remember talking to somebody there and it's like, 'I know they're going to do this, and I guess, make the big match for WrestleMania.' And it's like, 'No, her hard out is...' - they didn't give me the date but it's long before WrestleMania," host Dave Meltzer said.