WWE (2022–present)
Hampton was part of a group of new recruits signed to the WWE Performance Center in March 2022. [8] She had no previous wrestling experience, instead coming from an acrobatics and tumbling background. [5] She began to work under the ring name Sol Ruca, [1] gaining viral fame for her innovative finisher, a springboard frontflip cutter dubbed the Sol Snatcher. [9] She made her in-ring debut on June 24, 2022 at a live event, and her on-screen debut on the July 15 episode of NXT Level Up, losing to Kiana James. [10] In April 2023, Ruca was written off television as she ruptured her ACL, which required surgery. [11] Prior to being written off, Ruca appeared on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 where she was in a cinnamoji costume during Rey Mysterio's entrance. [12] Ruca returned from injury at NXT: Roadblock on March 5, 2024, attacking Blair Davenport, who had injured Ruca in kayfabe. [13] Ruca defeated Davenport twice, first at NXT [14] and later, at Spring Breakin' in a Beach Brawl. [15] [16] On the June 25 episode of NXT, Ruca defeated Arianna Grace to earn a NXT Women's North American Championship match against Kelani Jordan at NXT Heatwave on July 7, but failed to win the title from Jordan. [17] [18]
At NXT Deadline on December 7, Ruca competed in the Iron Survivor Challenge to determine the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship, where she would lose. [19] She went on to form a tag team with fellow Iron Survivor Challenge competitor Zaria. The pair teamed up for the first time on the December 17 episode of NXT in a tag team match against The Meta-Girls (Jakara Jackson and Lash Legend) in a losing effort. [20] On the March 4, 2025 episode of NXT, Ruca and Zaria defeated Piper Niven and Women's United States Champion Chelsea Green, with Ruca pinning Green. [21] As a result, Ruca received a Women's United States Championship match two weeks later, but she failed to defeat Green for the title. [22] On the April 9 episode of Speed , Ruca defeated SmackDown's Michin in the final of the Women's Speed Championship #1 contender tournament and went on to defeat Candice LeRae for the title on April 11 (aired April 16 on tape delay) to win her first championship. [23] [24] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, Ruca won the vacant NXT Women's North American Championship in a six-woman ladder match also involving Zaria, becoming a double champion in the process. [25]
On the April 29 episode of NXT, she successfully defended her NXT Women's North American Championship against Karmen Petrovic in her first title defense. Ruca wrestled her main roster debut match on the July 11 episode of SmackDown in a fatal four-way match against the other three representatives of the Evolution WWE Women's Tag Team Championship fatal four-way tag team match. [26] At NXT The Great American Bash on July 12, Ruca successfully defended the NXT North American Championship against Izzi Dame. [27] The following night at Evolution, Ruca and Zaria failed to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, also involving the team of Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane). [28]
