As a result of their win, they received a match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler on March 3 the match ended in controversy, with Jax and Baszler retaining after Baszler submitted Kai despite her not being tagged in. Kai and González took part in the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, defeating Aliyah and Jessi Kamea in the first round, Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter in the semi-finals, and Moon and Blackheart at Vengeance Day on February 14 to win the tournament. At New Year's Evil on January 6, 2021, she defeated Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match, ending their feud. Kai and González aligned with LeRae and Toni Storm in November, resulting in a WarGames match against Blackheart, Ember Moon, Shirai, and Ripley on December 6 at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, which González won after pinning Shirai. González lost to Ripley on October 28 at Halloween Havoc. At NXT TakeOver XXX three days later, after Kai lost to Shirai, Rhea Ripley confronted González, beginning a rivalry between the two. Afterwards, González went on a short hiatus, but returned on the August 19 episode of NXT, helping Kai attack NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai. González had her first pay-per-view match on June 7 at TakeOver: In Your House, where she, Kai, and Candice LeRae lost to Mia Yim, Nox and Shotzi Blackheart in a six-woman tag team match. González then became Kai's bodyguard, helping her win her matches. On February 16, 2020, at NXT TakeOver: Portland, under the ring name Raquel González, she interfered in a street fight between Dakota Kai and Tegan Nox by slamming Nox through a table, allowing Kai to win the match, establishing herself as a heel in the process. González would compete again in the tournament in 2018, where she once again was eliminated in the first round by Kacy Catanzaro. Under the name Reina González, she competed in the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament, where she was eliminated during the first round by Nicole Savoy, which aired on August 28. On the May 3 episode of NXT, González made her first television appearance in a losing effort, where she was eliminated during a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. She made her in-ring debut on January 20, 2017, under her birth name at an NXT live event, where she was unsuccessful winning a 12-woman battle royal. On October 25, 2016, it was reported that González had signed with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center. Professional wrestling career WWE Early appearances (2016–2020) In 2013, she transferred to Sam Houston State University where she continued her collegiate basketball career, and earned her bachelor's degree in Mass Communication. Through high school and college, González was a basketball player, playing collegiately for the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas. A fan of professional wrestling growing up, she cited Madusa and Lita as her inspirations, as well as her father Rick, who was also a wrestler. Victoria González was born on January 12, 1991, in La Feria, Texas, United States. While on the main roster, she won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship once with Aliyah and then later twice with Liv Morgan. She moved to the main roster on SmackDown in April 2022 with her ring name changed to Raquel Rodriguez, and then transferred to Raw the following year. In early 2021, she and Dakota Kai won the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, subsequently becoming the inaugural NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, a title they won again in early 2022 for a record-tying second time. Her ring name changed to Reina González later that year before it again changed to Raquel González in early 2020. She signed with WWE in October 2016, performing under her real name, and debuted for the company's developmental brand, NXT, in early 2017. González is a second generation professional wrestler, following her father Rick González, and began her career in June 2016 on the independent circuit. She is a former three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, one-time NXT Women's Champion and a record-tying two-time and inaugural NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. Victoria González (born January 12, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Raquel Rodriguez.
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