Ana Stephanie Vaquer González (born March 29, 1993) is a Chilean professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Rawbrand. She is a former one-time NXT Women's Champion and one-time NXT Women's North American Champion, and is the first and only woman to hold both titles simultaneously and successfully defend both titles on the same night.
Vaquer is the first Chilean and South American woman to compete and win championships in CMLL, NJPW, and WWE, and the third Chilean to compete in WWE after Alejandro Saez and La Catalina.
Early life
Ana Stephanie Vaquer González was born in San Fernando on 29 March 1993, the daughter of Gladys González Soto and Héctor Vaquer Alvera. She attended Escuela Villa Centinela until fourth grade in 2004, when she moved to San Antonio with her parents. She completed her primary education there at Escuela Movilizadores Portuarios in 2006, and graduated from Instituto Comercial Marítimo Pacífico Sur in 2010.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (2009–2018)
Vaquer made her professional wrestling debut at age 15 in February 2009.[3] Her earliest documented matches occurred in August 2010 at small events in Chile, where she wrestled under the ring name Dark Angel.[5]
At the age of 19, Vaquer moved to Veracruz, Mexico, where she received further training under Ricky Marvin, Último Guerrero, Gran Apache and Villano IV.[4][6] She made her in-ring debut in Mexico at a Chilanga Mask card on December 22, 2013, where she was defeated by Heroina.[7] During a tour in Mérida, Vaquer suffered a triple nose fracture that forced her to stop wrestling for two years, working as a waitress at a restaurant to make ends meet.[8]
In mid-2018, Vaquer made her debut in Japan, wrestling five matches for the women's promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom from July to August.[9] Later that year, she was part of a try-out for the American promotion WWE, which was being held in her home country of Chile.[6]
In February 2023, Vaquer formed a tag team with Zeuxis, defeating Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita and Lluvia) on March 21 to become the first Occidente Women's Tag Team Champions, marking Vaquer's first title in CMLL.[11][12] On September 16, at the CMLL 90th Anniversary Show, Vaquer and Zeuxis defeated Las Chicas Indomables again, this time to become the first CMLL World Women's Tag Team Champions.[13] On September 29, at Noche de Campeones, Vaquer defeated La Catalina to win the vacantCMLL World Women's Championship.[14] On November 14, Vaquer had her first successful World Women's Championship defense, defeating Lluvia.[15] On July 10, 2024, it was revealed that Vaquer was leaving CMLL after five years with the company, due to personal reasons, with both the CMLL World Women's Championship and CMLL World Women's Tag Team Championships being vacated in the process.[16]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling / World Wonder Ring Stardom (2023–2024)
On March 10, 2024, Vaquer wrestled on night 2 of the 2024 Cinderella Tournament hosted by NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, defeating Giulia to capture the Strong Women's Championship, becoming a triple champion between CMLL and NJPW.[20] After successfully defending the title against AZM on April 12 at Windy City Riot and Alex Windsor on May 11 at Resurgence,[21][22] Vaquer lost the Strong Women's Championship to Moné on June 30 at Forbidden Door, ending her reign at 112 days.[23]
On July 10, 2024, WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels announced that Vaquer had officially signed with the company and was assigned to the NXTbrand, making her the second Chilean woman, and the third Chilean overall to sign with WWE.[28][29] She made her WWE in-ring debut at a live event in Mexico City on July 13, defeating WWE Women's Tag Team ChampionIsla Dawn.[30] Vaquer made her on-screen debut appearance via satellite on the September 24 episode of NXT during the in-ring press conference between NXT Women's ChampionRoxanne Perez and Giulia.[31] Vaquer made her televised in-ring debut on the October 15 episode of NXT, defeating Wren Sinclair. After the match, she was attacked by Perez and Cora Jade until Giulia came to make the save, leading to a tag team match at NXT Halloween Havoc on October 27, which they won after Vaquer pinned Perez.[32][33] Vaquer competed in the women's Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline on December 7, which was won by Giulia.[34]
Vaquer making her entrance at the Royal Rumble in February 2025
At NXT: New Year's Evil on January 7, 2025, Vaquer won a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender to the NXT Women's North American Championship.[35] On February 1, 2025, at Royal Rumble, Vaquer entered her first women's Royal Rumble match at number 24, but was eliminated by Nia Jax.[36] At NXT Vengeance Day on February 15, Vaquer defeated Fallon Henley to win the NXT Women's North American Championship, marking her first WWE championship win and becoming the first Chilean and South American woman to win a championship in WWE.[37] Vaquer made her first successful title defense on the February 25 episode of NXT against Karmen Petrovic. After the match, she was confronted by NXT Women's Champion Giulia, who claimed that she was the greatest champion in NXT, to which Vaquer declared that it must be decided in a Winner Takes All match, which was made official for NXT: Roadblock.[38]
At the event on March 11, Vaquer defeated Giulia to win the NXT Women's Championship, becoming the first female double champion in NXT history.[39] On the March 25 episode of NXT, Vaquer defeated Jaida Parker to retain the NXT Women's Championship in her first defense and Henley in a rematch in the main event to retain the NXT Women's North American Championship, becoming the first double champion in WWE history to successfully defend both titles on the same night.[40] On the April 1 episode of NXT, Vaquer relinquished the NXT Women’s North American Championship, ending her reign at 45 days.[41] At Stand and Deliver on April 19, Vaquer defeated Giulia, Parker and Jordynne Grace in a fatal four-way match to retain the NXT Women's Championship.[42] She made another successful title defense on the April 22 episode of NXT against Roxanne Perez.[43] At Battleground on May 25, Vaquer successfully defended the NXT Women's Championship against Grace.[44] Two nights later on NXT, Vaquer lost the title to Jacy Jayne after interference from Jayne's Fatal Influence stablemates Henley and Jazmyn Nyx, ending her reign at 77 days in what would be her final NXT match.[45]
In an interview on Celtic Warrior Workouts with fellow WWE wrestler Sheamus, Vaquer revealed that she lived between Mexico and Japan in three-month stints, and lived in Mexico for a total of 11 years (as of 2025).[53]
On March 4, 2023, Vaquer filed a criminal complaint against fellow wrestler Rogelio Reyes, whom she had started dating when they both worked for CMLL. According to the complaint, he choked her and threw her against a wall. On March 9, CMLL released a statement stating that they "energetically condemn any form of violence against women and reiterate our commitment to promote a life free of violence and harassment in our staff and attendees to our arenas".[54] On March 10, after a show for AAA in Aguascalientes, Reyes was arrested on a warrant in Mexico City and charged with attempted murder and domestic violence.[55][56]
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