As we all have heard, hard work pays off. A visual of the same has been portrayed by the 21-year-old wrestler, Roxanne Perez. Her wrestling career is as young as the wrestler herself. Yet, one cannot ignore her recent accomplishment in the wrestling world.
After winning in the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline, Perez became the number one contender to NXT’s Championship. To win the title, she competed against the 32-year-old wrestler, Mandy Rose. Not only that, she eventually carved her name on the title by ending the 400+ day title reign.
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After witnessing this surreal moment, fans got overwhelmed. Their hearts melt seeing the emotional moment shared by Perez and her trainer, the legend Booker T.
Fans react to a historic win
Before Perez named the NXT Women’s Championship title to herself, it was under the reign of The Golden Goddess since October 2021. She defended her title at every cost and survived as a champion for over 400 days. Meanwhile, a well-trained WWE star was stepping her way up toward the title.
After getting crowned as the new NXT Women’s Champion, Perez was left in tears. Besides her, there was someone else, who was more happy and proud than her. Even the cameras captured his glorious reaction.
NEW CHAMP! NEW CHAMP!!!@roxanne_wwe dethrones @WWE_MandyRose on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/fifLXxD8Qr
— WWE (@WWE) December 14, 2022
Looking at which fans couldn’t stay away from pouring their emotions on social media. Even though everyone loved Rose and her long reign over the title, they also felt Perez is a deserving champion. The heartfelt reactions of WWE fans will definitely melt you. It’s their support and encouragement that pushes a wrestler to do more.
Some of those positive reactions are mentioned below. Mostly, people were delighted for Roxanne and congratulated her on the win.
OMG!! Congratulations to @roxanne_wwe !!! She has dethroned Mandy Rose!! She deserves it!! 👏👏❤️❤️ #WWENXT https://t.co/9XBlHbAHHx
— Pro Wrestling Headlines (@PWHeadlines22) December 14, 2022
Hate to see it end but it went to the right person https://t.co/YFWJsGzxUZ
— Scottcho Man the greatest AF cowboy (@NGMagicDunker) December 14, 2022
Few of the observers pay attention to the bond between Booker T and Perez and his reaction after Roxanne wins the title.
I love Bookers reaction since he the one that train her https://t.co/N3lhUjpkRu
— Tawanna🎄❄️☃️ (@RElGNSSECTION) December 14, 2022
Booker celebrating like a proud parent. Love to see it. #WWENXT https://t.co/38eey0MaGH
— BÁLOR 🩸 (@wrestleboudou) December 14, 2022
A fan went a step ahead and mentioned all the young wrestler’s achievements so far.
WHAT AN YEAR FOR @roxanne_wwe. Congrats champ ❤️
– Delivered really good matches with Rhea, Bayley & Meiko.
– won first ever nxt women's breakout tournament.
– won nxt women's tag titles
– won first ever women's iron survivor match.
– won nxt women's champion.#ROXXANEPEREZ https://t.co/OpZsKY0CnB pic.twitter.com/kX5rR15vlp— 🎄 (@awwbhishek__) December 14, 2022
She started in @TheOfficialROW as a teenager still in high school, worked so hard on the indies, and tonight was the 1st of hopefully many crowning achievements for her in #WWE. Congratulations to the NEW #WWENXT Women’s Champion @roxanne_wwe !!! #TheProdigy #AndNEW https://t.co/2W8YbldkzV
— Sports Guys Talking Wrestling (@SGTWATX) December 14, 2022
While some are overjoyed, others are disappointed. They think this massive fight deserved a bigger stage rather than just a TV taping.
So happy for Roxanne! But I wish Mandy could’ve at least dropped it on a TakeOver instead of a random TV taping
— Jonathan Mitchell (@Jon_Mitchell3) December 14, 2022
I don’t like it. Mandy reign ending and a new champion rising deserved a bigger stage. Having it happen on a random nxt episode just feels, blah.
— Zia_cowboy88 (@Zia_cowboy88) December 14, 2022
Booker T felt like a proud father
When we reflect on the relationship between a trainer and his determined student we must remember that the trainer himself is a wrestling legend. Both of them share a bond that goes back to when Perez was a teenager. She even began her wrestling career under Booker T’s promotion Reality of Wrestling.
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In his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker mentioned Roxanne as his daughter. He also confessed his pride and joy in looking at her grow from such a small age to now being a champion.
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We all can just try to feel the emotions of Booker T. We wish for him to see many more such accomplishments of his ‘daughter’ in the coming days.
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