Roxanne Perez has a historic opportunity on Saturday night as she competes in a fatal four-way match for the NXT Women’s Championship at Vengeance Day. Following her record-setting performance at the Royal Rumble, where she lasted the longest, Perez will face defending champion Giulia, Bayley, and Cora Jade in a bid to become the first three-time NXT women’s champion in the brand’s history. The only other two-time champions were Charlotte Flair and Shayna Baszler before their promotions to the main roster.
NXT general manager Ava Raine announced the fatal four-way match after Jade’s victory over Bayley in the final show leading up to Vengeance Day. In a recent interview, Perez expressed her disappointment that Raine limited her chances of making history but emphasized her focus on the ultimate goal.
Perez and Bayley have been embroiled in a feud recently, culminating in Perez dressing up as one of Bayley’s earlier personas to get under her skin. “It’s so much fun,” Perez remarked. “Did you see the look on her face when I came out as her little old ‘Hugger’ Bayley? I think I got to her. She may have got me after, but I think I definitely got to her. But it’s been very fun.”
At just 23 years old, Perez has long dreamed of facing Bayley. “I feel like I kind of manifested this since I was a kid. In the past few years, I’ve been saying I want to step in the ring with Bayley. She’s one of my dream opponents, dream matches,” she shared. “But now I’m finally realizing I got to prove to her that ‘The Prodigy’ is just a little better, it’s way, way better.”
Perez first won the NXT Women’s Championship on December 13, 2022, holding it for 108 days before losing it in a six-way ladder match at NXT Stand & Deliver 2023. She reclaimed the title at Stand & Deliver 2024 against Lyra Valkyria. Giulia defeated Perez at New Year’s Evil in 2025, marking her impact on NXT.
Explaining the significance of the NXT Women’s Championship, Perez stated, “It means everything to me. I think winning it the first time, I definitely solidified myself as one of the best wrestlers that WWE has. I solidified myself as ‘The Prodigy.’ And it was the first title I won in WWE, my first singles title. Every single thing, every hurdle, every hard thing that I went through to get here proved to me that every single thing was worth it. I don’t think that there’s one girl on that roster that loves that title more than me, that wants the title more than me. So, that’s exactly why I’m going to become a three-time NXT women’s champion.