Stephanie Vaquer
Ana Stephanie Vaquer González is a Chilean professional wrestler., she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Stephanie Vaquer and is the current Women’s World Champion in her first reign. She is also the 2025 WWE Women's Crown Jewel Champion, a former one-time NXT Women's Champion and one-time NXT Women's North American Champion, the only woman to hold both titles simultaneously and successfully defend both titles on the same night.
Vaquer became known for her time with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, where she is a former CMLL World Women's Champion and CMLL World Women's Tag Team Champion with Zeuxis; she was the first luchadora in CMLL history to have held both titles simultaneously and did so until her departure from CMLL in July 2024. She has also wrestled for American promotion All Elite Wrestling and British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling due to the two organizations' partnerships with CMLL. She is additionally known for her stints in major Japanese promotions such as World Wonder Ring Stardom, Ice Ribbon, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where in the latter she is a former NJPW Strong Women's Champion.
Early life
Ana Stephanie Vaquer González was born on 29 March 1993 in San Fernando, Chile, 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.Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2009–2024)
Vaquer made her professional wrestling debut at age 15 in February 2009. Her earliest documented matches occurred in August 2010 at Maximo Combate de Lucha events in Chile. She wrestled and served as a valet under the ring name Dark Angel, which she later dropped out of respect for Sarah Stock, the previous user of the name.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. She appeared for Revolucion Lucha Libre on 2 September 2012, to challenge Prima Zomer for the RLL National Women's Championship, but lost the match. She made her in-ring debut in Mexico at a Chilanga Mask card on 22 December 2013, where she was defeated by Baby Judas. On 26 October 2014, she unsuccessfully challenged Sadika for the Lucha Libre Femenil Junior Championship in Mérida. During a tour there, Vaquer suffered a triple nose fracture that forced her to stop wrestling for nearly two years, working as a waitress at a restaurant to make ends meet.
From July to August 2018, Vaquer made her first tour of Japan to wrestle for World Wonder Ring Stardom. She returned to Japan for Ice Ribbon at Summer Jumbo Ribbon on July 31, 2022, teaming with Dalys to defeat Hikari Shimizu and Kaho Matsushita. Over the following months, she also made appearances for Pro Wrestling Wave, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, and Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2019–2024)
Vaquer made her debut for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico on 9 August 2019, becoming CMLL's first female South American wrestler. She took part in that year's Campeonato Universal de Amazonas tournament, but was eliminated by La Jarochita. In October 2020, she was paired with Dalys in a tournament for the Mexican National Women's Tag Team Championship, defeating Estrellita and Mystique in the first round, before losing in the quarter-finals to Princesa Sugehit and Sanely. She then competed in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the women's International Grand Prix, but failed to win both.In February 2023, Vaquer formed a tag team with Zeuxis, defeating Las Chicas Indomables on 21 March to become the first Occidente Women's Tag Team Champions, marking Vaquer's first title in CMLL. On 16 September, 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. On 29 September, at Noche de Campeones, Vaquer defeated La Catalina to win the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship. On 14 November, Vaquer had her first successful World Women's Championship defense against Lluvia. She wrestled her final match in CMLL on 9 July 2024, defeating Tessa Blanchard. The next day, 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.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling / World Wonder Ring Stardom (2023–2024)
On 27 April 2023, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Vaquer would represent CMLL in a four-woman single-elimination tournament on 21 May at Resurgence to crown the inaugural Strong Women's Champion, where she lost to Mercedes Moné in the semi-finals. She challenged Mayu Iwatani for the IWGP Women's Championship at Lonestar Shootout on 10 November, but was unsuccessful.On 10 March 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. After successfully defending the title against AZM on April 12 at Windy City Riot and Alex Windsor on May 11 at Resurgence, Vaquer lost the Strong Women's Championship to Moné on June 30 at Forbidden Door, ending her reign at 112 days.
Revolution Pro Wrestling (2024)
On 19 May 2024, Vaquer debuted for Revolution Pro Wrestling on Fantastica Mania: UK show 1, defeating Kanji. On the second Fantastica Mania: UK show, Vaquer successfully defended her Strong Women's Championship against Rhio. She was scheduled to wrestle Dani Luna for the Undisputed British Women's Championship during an August RevPro event, but the match was cancelled after Vaquer signed with WWE.All Elite Wrestling (2024)
On the 29 May 2024 episode of Dynamite, Vaquer made her All Elite Wrestling debut, confronting AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné. Vaquer made her AEW in-ring debut on the 29 June show of Collision, defeating Lady Frost. On 30 June, at Forbidden Door, Vaquer failed to win the TBS Championship from Moné in a Winner Takes All match and also lost her Strong Women's Championship in the process.WWE
NXT (2024–2025)
Prior to signing with the company, Vaquer participated in a WWE tryout in December 2018, which was being held in her home country of Chile. On 10 July 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 NXT brand, making her the second Chilean woman, and the third Chilean overall to sign with WWE. She made her WWE in-ring debut at a live event in Mexico City on 13 July, defeating WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Isla Dawn. Vaquer made her on-screen debut appearance via satellite on the 24 September episode of NXT during the in-ring press conference between NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez and Giulia. She made her televised in-ring debut on the 15 October 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 27 October, which they won after Vaquer pinned Perez. Vaquer competed in the women's Iron Survivor Challenge at NXT Deadline on 7 December, which was won by Giulia.At NXT: New Year's Evil on 7 January 2025, Vaquer won a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender to the NXT Women's North American Championship. On 1 February 2025, at Royal Rumble, Vaquer entered her first women's Royal Rumble match at number 24, but was eliminated by Nia Jax. At NXT Vengeance Day on 15 February, 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. 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.
At the event on 11 March, Vaquer defeated Giulia to win the NXT Women's Championship, becoming the first female double champion in NXT history. On the 25 March episode of NXT, Vaquer defeated Jaida Parker to retain the NXT Women's Championship in her first defence 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. On 1 April, Vaquer relinquished the NXT Women’s North American Championship, ending her reign at 45 days. At Stand and Deliver on 19 April, Vaquer defeated Giulia, Parker and Jordynne Grace in a fatal four-way match to retain the NXT Women's Championship. She made another successful title defence on the 22 April episode of NXT against Perez. At Battleground on 25 May, Vaquer successfully defended the NXT Women's Championship against Grace. 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.
Raw (2025–present)
Vaquer made her first main roster appearance on the Raw after WrestleMania 41, facing Women's World Champion Iyo Sky in a match that ended in a no contest after interference from Giulia and Roxanne Perez. On 30 May 2025, Raw general manager Adam Pearce announced that Vaquer had joined the brand. On the 2 June episode of Raw, Vaquer defeated Ivy Nile and Liv Morgan in a triple threat match to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match. At Worlds Collide on 7 June, Vaquer and Lola Vice defeated Chik Tormenta and Dalys, the latter of whom Vaquer started a mini feud with in NXT. Hours later at Money in the Bank, she failed to win the namesake ladder match.At Evolution on 13 July, Vaquer won the 20-woman battle royal for a women's world championship match at Clash in Paris, though the match was ultimately cancelled due to the Women’s World Championship being vacated. At Wrestlepalooza on 20 September, Vaquer defeated Sky to win the vacant title, becoming the first Chilean and South American woman to win a world championship in the WWE. At Crown Jewel on 11 October, Vaquer defeated WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton to win the WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship. She successfully defended the Women’s World Championship against Nikki Bella at Survivor Series: WarGames on 29 November, and in a triple threat match also involving Raquel Rodriguez on the 29 December episode of Raw.