Sol Ruca: Shawn Michaels Has Really Pushed For Women’s Wrestling

Sol Ruca speaks on meeting Shawn Michaels and praises him as a champion of women’s wrestling.

Sol Ruca is still in the early stages of her wrestling career. Having only competed in WWE NXT, her experience is limited to her time at the WWE Performance Center. She is one of the standout performers of the Shawn Michaels era of WWE NXT. However, he did not grow up a wrestling fan and, as such, wasn’t as starstruck by meeting the WWE Hall of Famer.

Speaking on Going Ringside, Ruca discussed her experience meeting HBK and what it’s like to work with him.

“It was definitely interesting. Because once I met him — I did know of him, but I didn’t have that previous experience of knowing who he was, and knowing how important he is in this industry, and then also having people ask me, like, ‘Oh my god, you know Shawn Michaels?’ Like, yes, I see him every single day, but yeah, the more I’m in it, and the more I get educated on the past and stuff, I do feel like I’m behind, and I’m still trying to catch up. There’s so much wrestling, but yeah, you just get more and more respect for him. He’s such a cool guy, and he is so wise within this industry, and he’s helped us so much, and he has really pushed for women’s wrestling. I thank him so much for that.”

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Sol Ruca currently holds the WWE Speed Women’s Championship and the WWE NXT North American Championship. She is set to defend the WWE Speed Women’s Championship at WWE NXT No Mercy on September 27.

Check out the full interview with her embedded below.

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