THIS Current ROH Champion Part Of Latest WWE Tryouts

One major ROH name was at the WWE Performance Center.

by Andrew Pollard
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Current Ring of Honor Women's Champion Rok-C was a part of WWE's latest tryouts.

This news comes courtesy of WWE themselves, with the 20-year-old visible on the company's latest image gallery regarding their recent set of tryouts and those involved in said Performance Center sessions.

Having started her formal wrestling training at just 13 years of age, Rok-C - real name Carla Gonzalez - trained under Booker T once she turned 16. She would then make her pro wrestling debut two years later and started to compete for Booker's Reality of Wrestling promotion.

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As for the Rok-C name, Gonzalez chose that due to being a huge fan of The Rock. Then, she simply added the C to represent her own first name.

This year saw Rok-C become the inaugural ROH Women's Champion, defeating Miranda Alize at Death Before Dishonor XVIII in the finals of a tournament to award that prize. Most recently, the Laredo, Texas native bested Willow Nightingale at ROH Final Battle to retain that prize - with that match followed by an appearance from AAA Reina de Reinas Champion Deonna Purrazzo, who threw down the challenge for a bout between the pair on IMPACT Wrestling at some point in the future.

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