WWE NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez is reportedly dealing with a legitimate medical problem.
As PWMania.com previously reported, WWE did the injury angle with Perez following her Roadblock victory over Meiko Satomura on March 7. Perez collapsed and was stretchered away; it was announced that she spent some time at the local hospital before being released to rest at home. On this week’s NXT, it was announced that they may need to crown a new champion at Stand & Deliver, so qualifying matches for a Ladder Match were held.
In an update, the Wrestling Observer reports that Perez has an undisclosed medical issue that may prevent her from appearing at Stand & Deliver.
It was noted that the medical issue is not an injury or something that prevents her from wrestling, as she wrestled Satomura and was later seen training at the WWE Performance Center. Although Perez’s status was supposed to be determined this week, word from within NXT indicates that she may need to take a short or long break. Regardless, the way the injury storyline was handled on television covers them.
Zoey Stark defeated Sol Ruca to qualify for the Ladder Match on this week’s NXT, while Gigi Dolin defeated NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion Kiana James to qualify. Indi Hartwell vs. Tiffany Stratton and Wendy Choo vs. Lyra Valkyria have been announced as two more qualifiers for Tuesday’s NXT. There is speculation that Perez will be available for the Ladder Match, but this has yet to be confirmed.
Perez has been relatively quiet on social media since her injury at Roadblock.
