Carla Gonzalez (born November 5, 2001) is an American professional wrestler. , she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Roxanne Perez, and is a member of the Judgment Day stable. She is a former one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, a former two-time NXT Women's Champion, and a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion along with Cora Jade.
Before signing with WWE, Gonzalez wrestled under the ring name Rok-C. She worked for several independent promotions such as Reality of Wrestling (ROW). In 2021, she started performing for the national promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where she was the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2018–2022)
Gonzalez began training at age 13,
and later trained under Booker T starting at age 16.
She made her professional wrestling debut in December 2018 under the ring name Rok-C as she began wrestling for Booker T's promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW).
Rok-C spent the majority of her rookie years wrestling for promotions across her home state of Texas, most notably for ROW where she won the women's title, the ROW Diamonds Division Championship.
Ring of Honor (2021–2022)
In April 2021, Rok-C made her Ring of Honor (ROH) debut teaming with Max the Impaler in a time limit draw against Laynie Luck and Hyan.
Rok-C then competed in the ROH Women's World Championship tournament where she defeated the likes of
Sumie Sakai,
Quinn McKay,
and
Angelina Love.
In the finals at Death Before Dishonor XVIII, she defeated Miranda Alize to become the inaugural ROH Women's World Champion and youngest female champion in company history at age 19.
At Final Battle, she retained her championship against Willow Nightingale in what was ROH's last
pay-per-view event before going on hiatus.
During post match, she was confronted by former Impact Knockouts Champion and reigning AAA Reina de Reinas Champion
Deonna Purrazzo, who proposed a winner take all match at a future
Impact Wrestling event.
The match took place on the January 13 episode of
Impact!, where she lost the ROH Women's World Championship against Purrazzo, who also put the AAA Reina de Reinas title on the line.
WWE (2022–present)
NXT (2022–2025)
In March 2022, it was reported that Gonzalez had signed a contract with WWE's developmental brand NXT
and changed her ring name to Roxanne Perez.
Perez made her WWE debut on the April 15 episode of
NXT Level Up where she defeated
Sloane Jacobs.
She made her first
WWE NXT appearance on April 19, defeating
Jacy Jayne.
In May and June, Perez participated in the 2022 NXT Women's Breakout Tournament,
and won by defeating
Tiffany Stratton in the finals and earned a contract for a championship opportunity for a title of her choosing.
At The Great American Bash, Perez and
Cora Jade defeated
Toxic Attraction (
Gigi Dolin and Jayne) to become NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
The next week, Perez cashed in her guaranteed title shot on
Mandy Rose for the NXT Women's Championship in a title match, yet Jade turned on her and cost Perez's championship opportunity.
The following episode, Jade threw her championship belt in the garbage;
as a result, the following week the tag title was eventually vacated.
This change led into a match between Jade and Perez at Heatwave where Jade was victorious,
and a weapons wild match at Halloween Havoc that Perez won.
In December 2022, Perez won the inaugural Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline.
On the January 16, 2024, episode of NXT, Perez won a women's contender battle royal to face NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria for the title at Vengeance Day.
In January 2025, Perez lost the title to Giulia in a rematch at ,
Raw and joining the Judgment Day (2025–present)
After several main roster appearances in early 2025, Perez joined the
Raw brand on May 19,
and she qualified for Money in the Bank ladder match by defeating
Becky Lynch and
Natalya Neidhart in a triple threat match on the same date episode of
WWE Raw.
At the titular event, she failed to win the match.
Perez then participated in 2025 Queen of the Ring tournament, winning the first round and losing in the semifinals.
On the June 30 episode of
Raw, Perez joined the Judgment Day and officially replaced the injured
Liv Morgan as one-half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with Raquel Rodriguez.
They then defended their titles in a fatal four-way tag team match against the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and
Kairi Sane),
Alexa Bliss and
Charlotte Flair, and
Sol Ruca and Zaria at Evolution.
On Night 1 of SummerSlam, Perez and Rodriguez lost the titles to Flair and Bliss, ending their reign at 33 days.
Professional wrestling style and persona
Gonzalez has cited
AJ Lee, Bayley, Paige and
Dwayne Johnson as her inspirations,
her ring name Rok-C derived from the latter and her real name Carla.
Gonzalez noted that her match with
Meiko Satomura was a dream match for her.
She credited
Maria Kanellis,
Bobby Cruise, and her time in Ring of Honor with getting her ready for WWE.
Other media
Video games
Personal life
Gonzalez is of Hispanic descent.
She was born to a
Puerto Ricans father and a
Mexicans mother.
Speaking with
BT Sport in December 2022, she mentioned that wrestling helped her dealing with
anxiety and depression.
In an interview with
Metro.co.uk in May 2023, Gonzalez explained that she always wanted to bring the subject of
mental health to wrestling and shared her thoughts about it.
Championships and accomplishments
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ESPN
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Women's Wrestler of the Year (2024) – tied with Toni Storm
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Mission Pro Wrestling
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MPW Awards (3 times)
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Wrestler of the Year for MPW (2019)
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Match of the Year for MPW (2019)
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Moment of the Year for MPW (2019)
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New Texas Pro Wrestling
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New Texas Pro Women's Championship (1 time)
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Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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Ranked No. 11 of the top 250 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 250 in 2024
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Renegade Wrestling Revolution
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RWR Vixens Champion (1 time)
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Ring of Honor
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ROH Women's World Championship (1 time, inaugural)
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ROH Women's World Championship Tournament (2021)
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ROH Year-End Award (2 times)
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Female Wrestler of the Year (2021)
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Best New Star (2021)
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Reality of Wrestling
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ROW Diamonds Division Championship (1 time)
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Sabotage Wrestling
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Sabotage War of the Genders Championship (1 time)
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WWE
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WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Raquel Rodriguez
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NXT Women's Championship (2 times)
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NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Cora Jade
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NXT Women's Breakout Tournament (2022)
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Women's Iron Survivor Challenge (2022)
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Slammy Award (1 time)
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NXT Superstar of the Year (2025)
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NXT Year-End Award (1 time)
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Female Superstar of the Year (2024)
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