Zelina Vega is ready for the challenge that lies ahead of her at WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico.
SmackDown Superstar Zelina Vega recently sat down with Ryan Gaydos of FOX News to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked how it feels to be wrestling Puerto Rico for the first time and challenging Rhea Ripley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, Vega has a wide range of emotions over it.
“It’s exciting. It’s surreal. It’s nerve-wracking. It’s a dream come true,” Zelina Vega said. “And not just the match, really, but the location. Like, getting to do it in Puerto Rico is something I never thought was going to be the case. And to have this kind of a match there is crazy. The family that lives there will finally see me wrestle in person. It’s really cool.”
When asked what it means to her to be the only Puerto Rican woman on the WWE roster, Vega calls it a huge responsibility that she takes very seriously.
“It’s a huge responsibility, but it’s one that I take very seriously, and I’m happy I get to do it,” Zelina Vega said. “Because, my God, it’s something that even when I was younger, to be able to say, to look at [former WWE superstar] Melina and [think], ‘Wow, she’s in WWE, and that’s where I want to be.’ And Rey, he’s smaller in stature like me, I love that. I feel like I can do this, too. So, I had that representation when I was younger, and I just want to be able to be that in a bunch of different ways but for other people as well. I just [want] to be what Rey Mysterio was growing up.”
When asked about the possibility of WWE introducing a midcard championship for the women’s division, Vega admitted that she hoped the Queen’s Crown would have turned into.
“I hope so,” Zelina Vega said. “And to be fair, I thought that’s kind of what Queen of the Ring could have been. When I won that crown, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m down to put it on the line.’ Like, we’ll have matches for the crown. There were so many ideas that I had for Queen of the Ring.
“But I think because it was just so new, and it was the first ever, you know, they put me in with Carmella, and it got kind of complicated to try and do all of that at once. I do think it would be beneficial definitely to have another title, another opportunity for other girls to win some gold.”
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