Full Name | Victoria Gonzalez |
Date of Birth | January 11, 1991 |
Nationality | American |
Birth Place | La Feria, Texas, United States |
Height | 6 ft 0 in |
Weight | 177 lb (80 kg) |
Theme Song | Get Out The Way |
Debut | January 20, 2017 |
Family | Braun Strowman (Engaged) |
Victoria Gonzalez is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed by the WWE under the ring name Raquel Rodriguez and performs on SmackDown.
Gonzalez a.k.a Raquel Rodriguez was born on 12th January 1991 in La Feria, Texas and is of Mexican Descent. During her high school and then college, Rodriguez was a basketball player where she played collegiately for the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. She continued her basketball career at Sam Houston University before switching over to pro wrestling.
Rodriguez is currently dating fellow WWE Superstar Adam Scherr who fans might know better by his ring name Braun Stromwman. Raquel Rodriguez's boyfriend made his return to the company on RAW in September 2022.
On October 25, 2016, Gonzalez was signed with the company and headed to the performance centre. She took part in the first-ever Mae Young Classic, and she lost in the first round. Gonzalez competed once again at the Mae Young Classic and lost again in the very beginning. She spent her early years wrestling as an enhancement of talent and extras on television.
On February 16, 2020, at NXT TakeOver: Portland, Gonzalez returned to the TV and aided Dakota Kai to win over Tegan Nox in a street fight. Gonzalez become Dakota Kai's bodyguard and aided her throughout 2020.
After NXT Takeover XXX, Gonzalez kicked off her rivalry with Rhea Ripley. Gonzalez and Rhea faced each other in a series of matches that concluded at New Year's Evil. Gonzalez defeated Rhea in a last woman standing match. Rhea left NXT for the main roster.
Gonzalez entered the WarGames match alongside Dakota Kai, Candice LeRae and Toni Storm to face Ember Moon, Io Shirai, Shotzi Blackheart and Rhea Ripley. Gonzalez's team emerged victoriously and Rhea Ripley left NXT for the main roster.
Gonzalez and Dakota took part in the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, where they defeated Shotzi and Ember to win the cup. They received a women's tag team title match, which ended in controversy. Next week, they crowned the duo as the first NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, only to lose to the runner-up of the Tag Team Classic, Ember and Shotzi.
On the first night of Takeover Stand & Deliver, Gonzalez beat Io Shirai to win the NXT Women's title. During her reign, she defeated Mercedes Martinez, Xia Li, Ember Moon, Shotzi Blackheart and Dakota Kai. She lost the title to Mandy Rose at Halloween Havoc when Dakota Kai interfered. At WarGames 2021, Team Gonzalez beat Team Dakota.
In 2022, Gonzalez teamed up with Cora Jade and entered the women's Dusty Rhodes Classic and lost. After reuniting with Dakota Kai, they challenged Toxic Attraction. At Stand and Deliver, Kai and Gonzalez defeated Toxic Attraction to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. On NXT after WrestleMania 38, they lost the titles back to Toxic Attraction.
Gonzalez was moved to the main roster in 2022 and was re-named Raquel Rodriguez. She would go on to face Ronda Rousey a couple of times for the SmackDown Women's Championship but failed to grab the gold.
On the August 29th episode of RAW, Rodriguez and Aliyah defeated Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai to become the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. On the September 12, 2022 episode of RAW, Sky and Kai defeated Aliyah and Rodriguez to become the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions bringing an end to Rodriguez's first main roster title run.
Championships | Number of Times |
NXT Women's Champion | 1 |
NXT Women's Tag Team Champion | 2 |
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. | 1 |
Raquel Rodriguez's real name is Victoria Gonzalez.
Raquel Rodriguez earns $200,000 in WWE.
Raquel Gonzalez is dating former WWE superstar Braun Strowman.
*Updated on 14th October, 2022