Posted on 4/13/125 by Colin Vassallo
NXT Women’s champion Stephanie Vaquer detailed the
complicated signing with WWE while talking to Kevin
Felgueras of Rock & Pop FM, admitting that AEW tried to take
her by offering more money when they found out she was in
town to talk with WWE.
Vaquer said that WWE contacted her first and offered her a
spot either on NXT or main roster, with Vaquer originally
choosing main roster. WWE were in Toronto for NXT and wanted
to fly her in to negotiate a deal.
She said she still had a deal with CMLL and got permission
from them to travel to Toronto to talk to WWE. But AEW
called in and advised her not to sign anything and offered
her a lot of money to join them instead.
She talked to WWE and was told it would be great if she
appeared front row on the NXT premium live event that
weekend, an offer she declined because she still had one
more date for CMLL. When she told WWE what AEW offered, WWE
backed off and told her thanks for coming and good luck in
AEW because they couldn’t match the offer.
But Vaquer said she received a very important phone call
from Shawn Michaels afterward, who tried to convince her to
come to NXT with a proposal. HBK asked her if it was about
money, and she said it’s not.
“Shawn Michaels understood that and told me some words I
will keep for the rest of my life because they are words
from a wise person who made me make the best decision.”