Roxanne Perez issues NXT Women’s Championship challenge

Originally posted on F4WOnline.com | By Joseph Currier | Last updated Apr 19, 2025 4:23 PM ET

After retaining at Stand & Deliver, NXT Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer looks to already have her next challenger.

WWE ran an angle where Roxanne Perez confronted Vaquer backstage after Saturday’s event, issuing the challenge for a title match. Vaquer responded to Perez’s challenge by telling NXT general manager Ava that she wants the match. A date for it has not been announced yet.

Woah! @Steph_Vaquer and @roxanne_wwe just got into it backstage…#StandAndDeliver pic.twitter.com/DvNKiUZ0kt
— WWE (@WWE) April 19, 2025

Vaquer remained champion by pinning Jaida Parker in a fatal four-way bout at today’s WrestleMania weekend NXT show. Giulia and Jordynne Grace were the other two competitors in the match.

It was Giulia who Vaquer defeated last month to win the NXT Women’s Championship. Vaquer was briefly a double champion before relinquishing the NXT Women’s North American title belt.

Perez is a two-time NXT Women’s Champion. She’s been rumored for a WWE main roster call-up but is still on NXT as of now.

On the Stand & Deliver pre-show, Perez was involved in a four-way elimination match for a WWE Women’s Tag Team title shot. She walked out on Cora Jade during the match, which led to them getting eliminated. Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley got the victory and will challenge for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles on NXT in Las Vegas this Tuesday (April 22).

Perez said in her challenge that she was in the wrong spot at Stand & Deliver and is at her best when she’s a singles competitor. This would be the first-ever one-on-one match between Vaquer and Perez.

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