Sol Ruca


Calyx Harmony Hampton is an American professional wrestler., she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Sol Ruca. She is a former one-time NXT Women's North American Champion and one-time WWE Women's Speed Champion, holding both titles simultaneously for the longest reigns in their respective histories. She is also the longest-reigning WWE/NXT Women's Double Champion in history.

Early life

Calyx Harmony Hampton was born on August 26, 1999 in Ontario, California, in the Inland Empire. She is biracial as her father is African American musician, Paul A Hampton, and her mother is European American Sandy Brown-Hampton. She has a brother named Coda. In 2017, Hampton graduated from Western Christian High School, in Upland, California. She then majored in human physiology at the University of Oregon, where she also competed in gymnastics.

Professional wrestling career

WWE (2022–present)

Early beginnings (2022–2024)

Hampton was part of a group of new recruits signed to the WWE Performance Center in March 2022. She had no previous wrestling experience, instead coming from an acrobatics and tumbling background. She began to work under the ring name Sol Ruca, gaining viral fame for her innovative finisher, a springboard frontflip cutter dubbed the Sol Snatcher. She made her in-ring debut on June 24, 2022 at a live event, and her on-screen debut on the July 15 episode of NXT Level Up, losing to Kiana James. In April 2023, Ruca was written off television as she required surgery for her ruptured ACL. Prior to being written off, Ruca appeared on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 in a cinnamoji costume during Rey Mysterio's entrance. Ruca returned from injury at NXT: Roadblock on March 5, 2024, attacking Blair Davenport, who had injured Ruca in kayfabe. Ruca defeated Davenport twice, first at NXT and later, at Spring Breakin' in a Beach Brawl. On the June 25 episode of NXT, Ruca defeated Arianna Grace to earn a NXT Women's North American Championship match against Kelani Jordan at NXT Heatwave on July 7, but failed to win the title from Jordan.

ZaRuca and double champion (2024–present)

At NXT Deadline on December 7, Ruca competed in the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, where she would lose. She went on to form a tag team with fellow Iron Survivor Challenge competitor Zaria. The pair teamed up for the first time on the December 17 episode of NXT in a tag team match against The Meta-Girls in a losing effort. On the March 4, 2025 episode of NXT, ZaRuca defeated Piper Niven and Women's United States Champion Chelsea Green, with Ruca pinning Green. As a result, Ruca received a Women's United States Championship match two weeks later, but she failed to defeat Green for the title. On the April 9 episode of Speed, Ruca defeated SmackDown's Michin in the final of the Women's Speed Championship #1 contender tournament and went on to defeat Candice LeRae for the title on April 11 to win her first championship. At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, Ruca won the vacant NXT Women's North American Championship in a six-woman ladder match also involving Zaria, becoming the second NXT women's double champion in the process.
On the April 29 episode of NXT, she successfully defended her NXT Women's North American Championship against Karmen Petrovic in her first title defense. Ruca wrestled her main roster debut match on the July 11 episode of SmackDown in a fatal four-way match against the other three representatives of the Evolution WWE Women's Tag Team Championship fatal four-way tag team match involving champions The Judgment Day, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and The Kabuki Warriors. At NXT The Great American Bash on July 12, Ruca successfully defended the NXT North American Championship against Izzi Dame. The following night at Evolution, ZaRuca failed to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. On the October 17 episode of SmackDown, ZaRuca unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Ruca injuring her left knee in the process. She subsequently lost the NXT Women's North American Championship at NXT Halloween Havoc after Zaria, who defended the title, lost to Monroe, and vacated the Women's Speed Championship, ending her record-setting reign for both titles at 189 days and 195 days, respectively. At Night 1 of NXT: Gold Rush on November 18, Ruca failed to regain the NXT Women's North American Championship from Monroe after Zaria threw in the towel. In December, Ruca was selected by John Cena as one of the participants of the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline and to wrestle in Cena’s final event at Saturday Night's Main Event XLII against Bayley. For defeating Bayley, Ruca was awarded with a Women's United States Championship match against Chelsea Green but she failed to win the title after interference from Alba Fyre and Ethan Page.
On the January 20, 2026 episode of NXT, ZaRuca defeated Fatal Influence and WrenQCC in a triple threat tag team match to earn a TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship match. On January 31 at Royal Rumble, Ruca made her women's Royal Rumble match debut, where she lasted as the final three competitor before being eliminated by Tiffany Stratton.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2024; 2026)

On the September 10, 2024 episode of NXT, Sol Ruca answered TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace's championship open challenge, which ended in a no-contest after Ruca and Grace were both taken out by Rosemary and NXT's Wendy Choo. On the September 26 episode of Impact!, Ruca made her Total Nonstop Action Wrestling debut, where she teamed with Grace to face Choo and Rosemary in a tag team match. The match ended in a no contest after Tasha Steelz and Masha Slamovich interfered in the match. On the October 10 episode of Impact!, Ruca, Grace and Slamovich defeated Choo, Rosemary and Steelz in a six-woman tag team match.
At Thursday Night Impact! premiere on AMC on January 15, 2026, Ruca returned to TNA with Zaria to scout for a potential title shot at the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Fightful
  • *Finisher of the Year – Sol Snatcher
  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • *Rookie of the Year
  • * Ranked No. 23 of the top 250 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2025
  • WWE
  • *WWE Women's Speed Championship
  • *NXT Women's North American Championship
  • *WWE Women's Speed Championship #1 Contender Tournament
  • *NXT Year-End Award
  • **Tag Team of the Year – ZaRuca
  • **Female Superstar of the Year