Ex-NXT Women's Champion Debuts On WWE SmackDown - Gets Renamed
WWE decided to rename this former NXT Women's Champion for her SmackDown debut.
Former NXT Women's Champion Raquel Gonzalez debuted on Friday's episode of SmackDown.
The star, who recently held the NXT Women's Tag-Team Titles for a second time with on/off pal Dakota Kai, appeared in a backstage skit with Kayla Braxton and Los Lotharios - Angel and Humberto tried to woo Raquel, but she turned them down flat.
It's also worth noting that WWE decided to change Gonzalez' name to "Raquel Rodriguez". There's no word yet on why that happened, but some are guessing that it has something to do with the fact that Gonzalez is the wrestler's real name.
If that's the case though, then it's curious that WWE were happy for the renamed Rodriguez to use her shoot name on NXT before being called up to the main roster.
Rodriguez won the NXT Women's Tag belts with Kai at the recent Stand & Deliver event. Then, on this past week's episode of NXT 2.0, the pair dropped the titles back to Toxic Attraction. It doesn't look like Dakota is coming with Raquel, but this Los Lotharios love interest angle is one to keep an eye on.