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The Ringer Wrestling Show

The ‘Cheap Heat’ Friday Something: NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez on Accomplishing Her Dreams

The Ringer Wrestling Show

The Ringer

Sports, Wrestling

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of her NXT “Vengeance Day” performance, the new NXT Women’s Champion joins Rosenberg for an inspirational conversation about the 21-year-old’s journey to the top of professional wrestling. Today, Perez tells Rosenberg about: What it was like winning the NXT title last year (3:00) Her relationship with Booker T. and her experience at his wrestling promotion (4:20) Why she is so confident she will win the women’s Royal Rumble one day (7:03) The moment WWE called her (26:10) Dream matchups in WWE (32:30) Plus, she talks about the moments she considered quitting, saying no to high school hangouts so she could take the Greyhound to wrestling events instead, getting her mother on board with her wrestling career, and more. And to polish off the episode, Rosenberg hits some Mailbag (35:00). Host: Peter Rosenberg Producer: Troy Farkas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.8

Ladies and gentlemen, the world's number one sports and recreation podcast is cheap heat. It is the

1:08.8

There's something going on Friday edition for this Friday February 3rd frigid on the east coast

1:14.8

Hopefully you're somewhere warm sipping a peanut collada or a daiquiri right now and maybe a pool. I hope there's someone on vacation

1:20.8

Listen to the show because let me tell you right now in New York City. It's not a vacation. It's disgusting

1:25.8

We have a fun show today. First of all, I just want to say shout out to everyone who listened last week. I know last week's

1:31.8

There's something going on Friday. It was definitely something something interesting a little bit of a mission

1:36.8

Moshe we threw together, but this week we're trying to bring you I told you we're going to bounce back with a big

1:41.8

Full episode and that's what we're doing. We have a big interview coming up and then we'll get into some mail back.

1:47.8

The mail back has been absolutely blowing up. So shout out to everyone who's writing us. Rosenberg beats at gmail.com. I'm going to try to get through as many as I can.

1:55.8

But before that, you guys know we don't do a ton of NXT on this show, but I heard a lot about Roxanne Perez.

2:03.8

A, because of course she dethroned Mandy and then Mandy left and B, because she came from reality of wrestling, which is my guy book or T's

2:10.8

Promotion. So I've heard a lot of powder and when I was offered her this week in promotion for the NXT Vengeance Day premium live event tomorrow, I said, you know what?

2:18.8

Let's talk to the NXT Women's Champion. So that's we're going to do right now a conversation with your NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez.

2:25.8

And then we'll get into some mail back. It's there's something going on Friday.

2:31.8

Her name is Roxanne Perez, the NXT Women's Champion Roxanne. How are you? Welcome to GP.

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