Ranking All 15 WWE Debuts & Returns From 2025

2. Roxanne Perez

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Roxanne Perez is a rare instance where a hugely aspirational nickname like “The Prodigy” is actually accurate and earned.

Long touted as a future main roster star, Perez toiled in NXT longer than some expected, but she did not disappoint after being called up after WrestleMania 41. Despite missing the first four months on the main roster, Roxanne logged more televised matches than nearly everyone on the roster. She wrestled everyone, picking up singles victories over Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Lyra Valkyria and Iyo Sky, while also battling Stephanie Vaquer, Bayley and Rhea Ripley.

Perez also joined the Judgment Day, ensuring that she had plenty of screentime when she wasn’t in the ring. She also held the Women’s Tag Team Championship alongside Raquel Rodriguez for a month, notching the first of what surely will be many title reigns.

There is no denying that there are big things on the horizon for Perez, and while she didn’t capture singles gold (like someone else on this list), she has been entrusted with an even more valuable commodity: copious amounts of television time and exposure.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.