Sol Ruca talks facing off against WWE pioneer at John Cena's final event

Sol Ruca volition person the accidental of a beingness this play erstwhile she squares disconnected against a WWE pioneer successful Bayley astatine Saturday Night’s Main Event.

The lucifer coincides with John Cena’s last lucifer of his WWE in-ring career. Cena volition spell up against Gunther, who earned the close to quadrate disconnected against the 17-time WWE champion by winning the Last Time Is Now Tournament.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Sol Ruca enters the ringing during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center connected June 17, 2025 successful Orlando, Florida.  (Kevin Sabitus/WWE via Getty Images)

Ruca, who chiefly stars connected the NXT brand, told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation that she was arsenic amped arsenic ever for the accidental to spell up against idiosyncratic similar Bayley.

"I’m truthful excited, particularly being truthful caller to the manufacture and going up against idiosyncratic similar Bayley who has been doing this truthful overmuch longer than me," she said. "I’m conscionable truly excited to learn. I’m truly excited to beryllium successful that benignant of environment. I’m truly excited to conscionable enactment it each retired determination and conscionable person amusive to beryllium honest."

Bayley was among the women’s nonrecreational wrestlers who came up to the main roster arsenic portion of the women’s revolution. She was a instrumentality favourite astir instantly earlier turning bottommost and yet aligning herself with the Damage CTRL faction. Now, she’s been successful the country of Lyra Valkyria arsenic the 2 effort to marque an interaction successful the tag squad division.

She’s a four-time WWE women’s champion and two-time women’s tag squad champion.

Bayley poses ringside during "Monday Night Raw" astatine American Airlines Center connected Oct. 6, 2025 successful Dallas, Texas. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE via Getty Images)

JOHN CENA ELECTRIFIES WWE FANS IN FINAL 'MONDAY NIGHT RAW' APPEARANCE

Ruca lauded Bayley for being idiosyncratic who has lent her expertise to younger pro wrestlers similar her.

"She’s decidedly been astir the (WWE Performance Center) a fewer times," she told Fox News Digital. "I deliberation erstwhile I was really, truly caller to it, she hopped into a people with america and we got to wrestle astir with her and I’ve seen her successful the locker country a fewer times similar being up connected Raw and SmackDown recently. She’s truly bully and she’s truly unfastened to letting america larn and conscionable being a bully relation model."

Ruca’s quality connected the Saturday Night’s Main Event paper volition everlastingly beryllium etched successful history. She volition beryllium among the fewer NXT stars who volition person the accidental to truly showcase their talent.

"I’m honored and I’m truly arrogant of myself for this past twelvemonth and conscionable putting myself retired determination adjacent conscionable to beryllium successful this satellite of nonrecreational wrestling," she told Fox News Digital. "I americium a beauteous reserved and shy person. So, I consciousness similar I’ve pushed myself a batch this past twelvemonth and I’m truly arrogant of myself to beryllium successful this presumption and truly honored to beryllium a portion of it.

"Like, yeah, I’m going to beryllium a portion of making past and I consciousness similar this past twelvemonth has had that communal thread, you know, being a treble champion and being a velocity champion and North American champion and past going for the tag titles with my tag spouse and past present being connected John Cena’s past amusement and besides him picking maine to beryllium a portion of Deadline. It’s been a truly chill twelvemonth for me."

Zaria and NXT Women's North American Champion, Sol Ruca interrupt Fatal Influence during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center connected July 15, 2025 successful Orlando, Florida. (Andrea Kellaway/WWE)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

The last lucifer takes spot successful Washington, D.C. astatine 8 p.m. ET. The lawsuit volition beryllium streamed connected Peacock.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.