Sol Ruca Injured, Zaria To Defend NXT Women’s North American Title
Sol Ruca will miss WWE NXT Halloween Havoc due to injury, but the NXT Women’s North American Championship will still be defended. During the October 21 edition of WWE NXT, Ruca was seen walking with a crutch and a knee brace, indicating that she was dealing with an injury.
Ruca was joined by Zaria and WWE NXT GM Ava in the ring, and acknowledged that she is injured. Rather than relinquishing her Women’s North American Championship, Ruca announced that she will allow her tag team partner Zaria to defend the title on her behalf, as she doesn’t know when she will be cleared.
Blake Monroe then interrupted and argued that she should be awarded the WWE NXT Women’s North American Championship. Zaria took exception to this and a match between the two has been made for WWE NXT Halloween Havoc, with Zaria defending Ruca’s title.
This situation is the latest setback for Ruca, who suffered a ruptured ACL in April 2023 that required surgery. That injury would force her to miss close to a year of in-ring action before she returned at WWE NXT Roadblock in March 2024.
At this time, Ruca remains both the NXT Women’s North American Champion and the WWE Speed Women’s Champion, though said she will address the future of the Speed Championship at a later date. It remains to be seen when Sol Ruca will be cleared to return to action.
