Raquel Rodriguez looked back on hitting John Cena with the Tejana Bomb at Survivor Series: WarGames in an interview with Chris Van Vliet.
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“Getting to learn under his wing, getting to hear his thoughts, and even getting to pick him up in a Tejana Bomb and slam him down, that was so cool,” Rodriguez said. “It was so full circle for me and I was just very, very grateful that I got to be in that situation.”
The moment came during Cena’s Intercontinental Championship defense against Dominik Mysterio at Survivor Series: WarGames on November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, the final premium live event match of Cena’s career. With the referee and medics checking on Mysterio, Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez hit Cena with the Tejana Bomb and Pop Rox, and Mysterio went on to regain the title. Perez has since said the idea to involve the Judgment Day women came from Cena himself.
How Judgment Day Wants To Be Remembered
The group is in a strong spot heading into Crown Jewel. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan meets WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green for the Women’s Crown Jewel Championship on Saturday, days after Judgment Day pulled her out of a Tiffany Stratton cash-in. Morgan, Rodriguez and Perez beat Green, IYO SKY and Stratton on Raw Monday night.
Asked about the faction’s place in history, Rodriguez pointed to the bond rather than the gold.
“I think they’re going to remember us for all of it. For the good, the bad, the amazing characters, the amazing memories that we’ve been able to have… even the great interactions between all of us when we were good guys and bad guys,” she said. “That’s what Judgment Day will be remembered for is always having that family tie.”
That family extends to catering. “First thing I do when I get to the arena… I go to catering and I check what soup they have,” Rodriguez said. “Me and Liv have been on a big soup. We’re soup connoisseurs, if you will. Something that really warms the soul makes us have a good day.”
Desperado’s Daughter
Rodriguez is a second-generation wrestler from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, and she grew up watching her father work the territories.
“My dad did a lot of South Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma territories back in the day. So for me growing up, it was getting in the car with him, driving maybe two, maybe six hours to a bar or a saloon and watching him work and trying to remember not to cheer for daddy,” she said. “We had to make sure we called him Desperado.”
She also credited Eddie Guerrero, whose daughter Sherilyn is preparing her own pro wrestling debut, with shaping how she carries herself.
“No matter what anyone else in your day-to-day life might say about you… those moments to me never felt as hurtful as getting to see someone like Eddie out on the stage representing,” Rodriguez said. “That’s what I try to carry with me too, is representing that for every brown kid out there who has a little bit of an accent and feels like they got to change it. Don’t. Talk the way you want to talk. Be you.”
