Professional wrestler Ronda Rousey made a triumphant return to the WWE after defeating fellow champ Charlotte Flair in the ring and becoming this year’s Royal Rumble winner.

Rousey, 34, the ‘Baddest Woman on the Planet,’ made her comeback in the Royal Rumble match on Saturday at The Dome at America’s Center in St Louis.

The wrestling champion entered the match at Number 28, eliminating a series of opponents before tossing Flair over and taking the gold.

She is planning to face Flair yet again at WrestleMania 38 which is set to take place at the AT&T Stadium in Dallas from April 3-4.

Professional wrestler Ronda Rousey, 34, made her triumphant return to the WWE on Saturday after she won this year’s Royal Rumble

Rousey made her comeback donning full black with the word ‘Baddest’ printed across her shirt

Rousey had defeated a series of opponents, including Charlotte Flair, in the match

For her return, Rousey dressed in all black for the occasion with the word ‘Baddest’ written across her chest as she entered the ring.

She had defeated opponents including the Bella Twins, Shotzi and even got a little help from Shayna Baszler.

In the end, the final four were Rousey, Baszler, Flair and Bianca Belair.

The match was the first for Rousey since at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 where her title as the Raw woman’s champion ended when she was defeated.

She ended her reign as champion after being defeated by Flair and Becky Lynch in a triple threat match.

Rousey then left and started a family with her husband Travis Browne, and the couple welcomed a daughter named La’akea Makalapuaokalanipo in September.

Rousey (left center) pictured with Flair (right) as well Nia Jax (center), Brie Bella (right center) and Nikki Bella (right)

Rousey is seen posing for a portrait during a UFC photo session inside the UFC Grand Conference Center in December 2016

Despite her brief hiatus, Rousey is now returning with WWE for a significant run as she is slated to be a part of the SmackDown brand.

She is also set to perform at WrestleMania 39 in 2023.

There were rumors of her return prior to Saturday’s match as a WWE official reportedly met with Rousey in California.

Rousey had previously revealed in a 2020 interview with Steve-O’s podcast Wild Ride that she had left professional wrestling due to ‘ungrateful’ fans as well as a hectic work schedule.

‘What am I doing it for if I’m not being able to spend my time and energy on my family, but instead spending my time and my energy on a bunch of f****** ungrateful fans that don’t even appreciate me?’ she told Steve-O.

‘I love performing. I love the girls. I love being out there … but, at the end of the day, I was just like, “F*** these fans, dude,”‘ she said.

‘My family loves me and they appreciate me and I want all my energy to go into them. So that was my decision at the end of the day.’

‘It’s like, ‘Hey girls, love what you’re doing. I’m gonna try and take all my momentum and push you guys as far as I can. Fly little birds, fly! I’m going f—ing home!’ And that was basically it.’

Rousey (right) is pictured with husband Travis Browne (left) at an LA Family Housing Annual LAFH Awards And Fundraiser Celebration in 2019

Rousey left the ring in 2019 to have a baby daughter with Browne who was born in September

In March 2019, Rousey pushed back at the crowd during Monday Night Raw where she addressed getting booed at Staples Center in her hometown of Los Angeles.

‘I’m not your dancing monkey, not anymore. Damn your fantasies, damn the man, screw the woo and no more Mrs. Nice B***,’ she said.

She later said ‘f*** ’em’ to fans during her a YouTube video when she called wrestling fake.

‘I needed to do it in order to learn and get immersed into it and really understand what’s going on, but it’s just not the lifestyle for me,’ she explained.

‘Running out there and having fake fights for fun is just the best thing. … But I was doing basically part-time and I was away from home 200 days out of the year. And when I did get home, I was so sleep-deprived cause you just don’t have time to lay down.

‘People think you’re only wrestling as much as they see you on TV, but they don’t realize that there’s three or four other days of live shows during the week.’

WWE tweeted the announcement of Rousey’s return on Twitter

She added that she was home only ‘a day and a half a week’ during the height of her WWE career.

On Twitter, Rousey responded to angered WWE fans over her ‘fake fights for fun’ comment after the podcast was released.

‘While you all are tip toeing around bruising some pro wrestlers’ huge soft egos – no on is thinking about all the REAL fighters you’re insulting when pretending pro wrestling is somehow on the same level of realism,’ she wrote.

Before her stint in WWE, Rousey was a UFC’s first woman champion and settled at a 12-2-0 record while with the promotion company.

She’s also won a bronze medal in judo during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.