WWE: Stephanie Vaquer & Jordynne Grace Expected to Get Main Roster Call-ups Soon, Goldberg on His Son Gage Will Walk Him Out for His Retirement Match, More News

Stephanie Vaquer & Jordynne Grace Expected to Get Main Roster Call-ups Soon

As noted before, this past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida featured Jacy Jayne defeating Stephanie Vaquer to become the new NXT Women’s Champion. Jayne’s title victory quickly led to online speculation and rumors of Vaquer being called up soon to WWE’s main roster for the reason for the sudden title change.

Bodyslam.net’s Cory Hays reported that his sources stated that both Vaquer and Jordynne Grace are currently expected to be getting called up to WWE’s main roster soon.

Hays reported that Vaquer is currently expected to be called up to the RAW brand and Grace is currently expected to be called up to the SmackDown brand for their main roster destinations.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources confirmed that Vaquer is currently expected to be heading to the main roster very soon. Those spoken to reportedly stated that WWE officials current plan is for Vaquer to be called up after their Worlds Collide 2025 event on June 7th.

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Goldberg Comments on His Son Gage Will Walk Him Out for His Retirement Match

As noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg will be having a retirement match in WWE for his wrestling career that is currently planned to take place at the July 12th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show in Atlanta, Georgia.

A recent episode of The Claw with Ross & Marshall Von Erich podcast featured Goldberg as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Goldberg’s thoughts about his son Gage will walk him out for his retirement match.

“Just a little tease, there is one thing I can say about my match is that I will be proudly led out by my son.”

Goldberg also gave his thoughts about how his dream goal was for his retirement match to take place in Israel.

“I’ll do anything for my faith. Truth be told, my dream was to have my retirement match in Israel. Quite obviously, because of the surroundings right now and over the past five years, it just hasn’t been the right place to do it. I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you that I was sorely disappointed that I couldn’t do something in Israel, but retired doesn’t mean dead.

I would be honored to go out there at some point, I really would. Never say never, but we’ve been trying to do it for the past number of years and it didn’t work out. Fingers crossed, that’s all you can do.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2

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WWE News & Notes

Wednesday’s WWE EVOLVE show on Tubi featured WWE LFG competitor Leigh Laurel making a surprise appearance and being revealed as the newest signing for the brand. Laurel was also revealed to be going under the new ring name of Jin Talla going forward in WWE.

Wednesday’s WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Sol Ruca defeating Ivy Nile to retain the WWE Speed Women’s Championship.

WWE recently released the official poster for this June’s Night of Champions 2025 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia featuring current Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena as the sole WWE Superstar shown.

Musican and songwriter Rick Derringer passed away this past Monday at the age of 77. In wrestling history, Derringer was notable for being the singer of Hulk Hogan’s “Real American” entrance theme song in WWE. Besides Hogan’s theme song, Derringer had also been the singer for several other WWE wrestlers theme songs in the 1980s. Following Derringer’s passing, WWE issued an official statement paying tribute to Derringer and his contributions to the company. WWE stated “WWE is saddened to learn that Rick Derringer has passed away. An accomplished musician who landed a Top 40 hit in 1973 with ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Derringer lent his talents to WWE in the 1980s by creating Hulk Hogan’s iconic ‘Real American” entrance theme. Collaborating with WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart, Derringer also worked on the theme for legendary tag team Demolition. WWE extends its condolences to Derringer’s family, friends and fans.“

WWE recently released three new videos to their WCW Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a Vacant WCW International Heavyweight Championship match of Sting vs. Vader at WCW Slamboree 1994. The second new video was a WCW World Heavyweight Championship Barbed Wire Steel Cage First Blood match of Ric Flair vs. Hollywood Hogan (c) from WCW Uncensored 1999. The third new video was the full May 6, 1996 episode of WCW Monday Nitro.

WWE also recently released five new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a “Story of Mark Henry’s Hall of Pain (2011).” The second new video was a Money in the Bank Ladder match of Jack Swagger vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Evan Bourne vs. Kane vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Matt Hardy vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Shelton Benjamin from WWE WrestleMania XXVI. The third new match was a WWE Championship I Quit match of Batista vs. John Cena from WWE Over The Limit 2010. The fourth new video was a WWE Championship match of Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk from WWE Over The Limit 2012. The fifth new video was a “One hour of WILD WCW lucha tag team matches: From the WWE Vault.”

WWE also recently released four new videos to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full July 15, 2015 episode of WWE NXT. The second new video was the full July 22, 2015 episode of WWE NXT. The third new video was the full July 29, 2015 episode of WWE NXT. The fourth new video was an Extreme Rules match of Adam Cole vs. Aleister Black from NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia.

In a recent interview with the WWE Stephanie’s Places show, John Cena gave his thoughts about how Stephanie McMahon has been the inspiration for a lot of his ideas for his current heel run in WWE. Cena stated ”
Can I just say I had some really good people to learn from. You are on a very short list of names that falls into. I flat out steal a lot from you. So, thanks for helping me through this.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent Philadelphia Fan Expo event, John Cena gave his thoughts about his top three favorite feuds in his WWE wrestling career. Cena stated “I guess our goal as performers are to try and get you guys interested. Some of the most interesting ones over the years might have been The Rock, CM Punk, the third one I’ll leave up to the fans. [Fan mentions Randy Orton]. You know what, Randy Orton.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Casual Conversations with The Classic podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley denied recent online rumors of him holding a WWE Ambassador role nor being signed to one and confirmed that he is under a WWE Legends deal. Foley stated “I don’t have an ambassador job that pays me $2.88 million, as has been reported. I had an ambassador job for two years that paid me literally one-fourteenth of that, but it’s been rumored that I have this luxurious job, and I’m like, I don’t think I’d be out on the road 200 days a year if I was making $2.88 million a year to be an ambassador. If somebody else has that type of job, good on them, but I just want to put out, like, I love my relationship with WWE, right? I did an appearance for them at Royal Rumble, a signing. I’m doing an appearance for them at.. what the new version of Axxess is, and I have a Legends deal that, because WWE has seen fit to promote me as somebody of importance, is better than it was 20 years ago, which is crazy. So I’m really grateful for that relationship, but I don’t receive $2.88 million. I receive $0 because I’m not an ambassador. In some ways, I always will be. Anywhere I walk, I’m kind of a walking billboard for WWE, but I just want to clear that up as an exclusive. I do not have any ambassador contract, let alone an ambassador contract for $2.88 million a year.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)