Former Women’s Intercontinental Champion Sol Ruca may have Triple H publicly in her corner, but according to a new backstage report, that confidence isn’t universally shared throughout WWE.
Speaking during a Self Made Session, Self Made Pro claimed that some people backstage came away unimpressed once they finally got an extended look at Ruca performing in a WWE ring.
I can tell you for a fact that they weren’t in love with what they saw from her in the ring. There are some wrestlers in NXT that some of these people in Gorilla don’t get a look at until they’re invited for a cameo appearance on the main roster. That’s what I’m saying.
The reasoning, according to the report, ties back to how WWE’s internal structure works: certain NXT talents simply don’t get much visibility from decision-makers stationed at Gorilla position until they’re called up for cameo appearances on the main roster.
Ruca, the report claims, fell into that category — with many of those influential eyes only really getting a look at her during her appearances on SmackDown and the John Cena retirement show.
They don’t really get a look at some of these people until the Main Event tapings or when they make an appearance in a match on Raw or SmackDown. And in the case of Sol Ruca, some of these people didn’t get a look at her until those appearances on SmackDown and the John Cena retirement show.
That take stands in sharp contrast to the story Ruca herself has told recently. After losing the Women’s Intercontinental Championship to Raquel Rodriguez on Raw, Ruca revealed that Triple H sought her out backstage specifically to reassure her that the loss wasn’t a reflection of how the company viewed her, and that she simply needed to keep playing her babyface role and see what comes next.
Ruca has also made it clear she doesn’t view the loss as a clean one. She’s said she doesn’t believe Rodriguez beat her one-on-one, pointing to Judgment Day’s interference as the deciding factor, and has already floated the idea of running it back under fair, one-on-one conditions.
