{"id":152559,"date":"2026-02-24T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=152559"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:01:28","slug":"three-biggest-threats-to-stephanie-vaquer-on-the-road-to-wwe-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/24\/three-biggest-threats-to-stephanie-vaquer-on-the-road-to-wwe-wrestlemania\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Vaquer\u2019s 3 Key Challenges Ahead of WWE WrestleMania 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After winning the Women&#8217;s Battle Royal at the all-women&#8217;s Evolution PPV, Stephanie Vaquer won the World Title that Naomi vacated by defeating Iyo Sky at WrestlePalooza in September. This was a crowning moment for her in what was WWE&#8217;s PPV debut with the new ESPN Deal. Vaquer is truly the fastest-rising star in recent memory, as she won the NXT Title and the WWE World Title in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>However, her days are numbered as champion on the road to WrestleMania. After feuding with the likes of Nikki Bella, Raquel Rodriguez, and Roxanne Perez in the winter months leading into the new year, she now finds herself in a major crossfire with all members of the Judgment Day, especially the Royal Rumble Winner, Liv Morgan. Here are three major threats to her title reign on the road to Mania 42.<\/p>\n<h2>Liv Morgan<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/05\/3-reasons-why-liv-morgan-should-challenge-stephanie-vaquer-at-wwe-wrestlemania-42\/3\/\" target=\"_self\">Liv Morgan<\/a>, the greatest Royal Rumble Winner of all time, has already made her intentions clear through mere implications. She has been teasing the idea of choosing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/23\/the-real-obstacles-facing-jade-cargill-ahead-of-wwe-wrestlemania-42\/\" target=\"_self\">Jade Cargill<\/a> as her opponent at Mania. However, she has been eyeing Vaquer&#8217;s title since her return from injury, as that was the title she made prestigious, and was seen crying in a backstage interview due to Vaquer&#8217;s scathing threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_Vaquer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Steph_Vaquer<\/a> was NOT going to stand for that \ud83d\udc4b\ud83d\ude31 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njonXvSS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/njonXvSS4u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/2021675612197601622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The whole ordeal involving <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/23\/dirty-doms-three-biggest-threats-on-the-road-to-wrestlemania-42\/\" target=\"_self\">Dirty Dom<\/a> translating what Stephanie Vaquer has been saying to Morgan has been entertaining. Morgan has really helped Vaquer break out of her shell, add more layers to her character, and contribute more storytelling to her title reign. They still have some time left before their title match, so fans will anticipate what else they come up with to add heat to this engaging feud.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Roxanne Perez<\/h2>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/wrestling\/wwe\/roxanne-perez-provides-important-update-on-her-wwe-status\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roxanne Perez<\/a> recently underwent surgery to remove a benign mass that was in her back and was causing her a lot of pain for a couple of months while she was wrestling on a weekly basis. Despite the fact that she is taking time off to recover right now, it seems unlikely that she will miss WrestleMania. In fact, she said she will be back very soon to continue the Judgment Day story with Vaquer.<\/p>\n<p>Vaquer already ran through Rodriguez at the start of the year, so WWE might want to squeeze in one more title defense against another member of the Judgment Day before Mania. Since Perez has teased dissension with Morgan throughout the year due to their love triangle with Dirty Dom, it would be a major storyline swerve to see her win the title from Vaquer and fight Morgan at Mania.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Roxanne Perez | NXT Women\u2019s Championship Match: NXT, April 22, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJ1XFrhbdsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Raquel Rodriguez<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/02\/raquel-rodriguez-fails-to-win-womens-world-title-thanks-to-judgment-day\/\" target=\"_self\">Raquel Rodriguez<\/a> already lost her plethora of title shots against Vaquer throughout the winter months. However, it should be noted that her work in that feud was eminently commendable. WWE was working a storyline injury with Vaquer to sell how dangerous and monstrous Raquel Rodriguez can really be outside the ring. In fact, she delivered in her promos and interviews with Michael Cole.<\/p>\n<p>She also really made the audience believe that she would end Stephanie Vaquer\u2019s title reign in that Philly Street Fight on Raw. However, if Liv Morgan had not interfered in the match when Rodriguez told her to stay in the back, she could have remained focused and won the title match. This seed of dissension could lead to Rodriguez remaining in the title picture and battling Liv Morgan at WrestleMania 42.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephanie Vaquer vs. Raquel Rodriguez | Women\u2019s World Title Philly Street Fight: Raw highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d3Fvs2eHRIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>If you\u2019re not down with just that and would like even more WWE Raw coverage<\/span><span>\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/letthemwrestle.com\/author\/markjustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Justice<\/a><span>, check out more of his articles right here on LWOS and subscribe to his popular YouTube channel by clicking\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MarkTBKJustice1327\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><u><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><\/u><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for more on WWE NXT Previews and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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Vaquer is truly the fastest-rising star in recent memory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5747,"featured_media":151854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,4,3,320],"tags":[8898,3935],"class_list":["post-152559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-stephanie-vaquer","tag-wwe-womens-championship"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5747"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152559"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153802,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152559\/revisions\/153802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}