Ana Stephanie Vaquer González (born March 29, 1993) is a Chilean professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand. 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 became known for her time with the Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), 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 (AEW) and British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) 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 (NJPW), where she is a former NJPW Strong Women's Champion.
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.
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 made her in-ring debut in Mexico at a Chilanga Mask card on December 22, 2013, where she was defeated by Heroina. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. On September 29, at Noche de Campeones, Vaquer defeated La Catalina to win the vacant CMLL World Women's Championship. On November 14, Vaquer had her first successful World Women's Championship defense, defeating Lluvia. 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.
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. 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.
At 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. 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. 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. 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 .
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. 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. On the April 1 episode of NXT, Vaquer relinquished the NXT Women’s North American Championship, ending her reign at 45 days. 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. She made another successful title defense on the April 22 episode of NXT against Roxanne Perez. At Battleground on May 25, 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.
On March 4, 2023, Vaquer filed a criminal complaint against fellow wrestler El Cuatrero, 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". 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.
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