Sol Ruca Wasn’t Expecting WWE Raw Match Against Liv Morgan, Was ‘Thrown Off’ By Positive Crowd Reaction

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Sol Ruca Wasn’t Expecting WWE Raw Match Against Liv Morgan, Was ‘Thrown Off’ By Positive Crowd Reaction

NXT star Sol Ruca has reflected on her WWE Raw match last night against Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan.

The match saw Morgan emerge victorious, but only after Ruca was attacked by Zaria ahead of their Last Woman Standing match on NXT tonight.

Speaking on the official WWE Raw Recap show, Ruca discussed how she arrived in Las Vegas for WrestleMania weekend only expecting to be working matches at WWE World and some media duties, then found out after a few days that she was planned for Raw.

She explained:

“It feels absolutely incredible. This is not what I was expecting at all. I came here to do (WWE) World matches, some media stuff, and then a few days in they were like, ‘Actually, you’re gonna be on Raw.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, okay, cool, good thing I brought extra clothes and gear and stuff.’

“Honestly I thought it was gonna be a crowd shot or a backstage or what have you. And getting here they were like, ‘Promo, match, interviews, all that.’ And I’m like, ‘Alright, this is it, this is my time to make my moment and prove myself.’

“Especially being in the ring with Liv Morgan who just came off of a huge win at WrestleMania, and her mic work, her ring work is so incredible, and to be put in that position, it honestly gave me a confidence boost, like, ‘Yeah, clearly they know that I can do this and I’m here for a reason.'”

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Ruca added that she actually preferred having little time to prepare, saying:

“Honestly, I prefer that, I prefer to not know, because then I don’t get as nervous.”

She then spoke about how she was unsure what kind of crowd reaction she’d receive coming in from NXT, and was even “thrown off” when she got a pop during her promo.

She said:

“Especially coming in from NXT, a lot of the time people at Raw, people who who watch at home, don’t watch NXT as well, so coming out there coming from NXT is a big gamble and I don’t know if these people are gonna know who I am, I don’t know if they’re gonna care for what I have to say.

“Again going against Liv Morgan, yes she is a heel, but people do love her as well, so I’m like, ‘I could be booed.’ I don’t know.

“So yeah going out there, you just kind of have to be confident and go for it. It definitely threw me off a little bit – as soon as I said my first line they popped, and I was like, ‘Okay, they know who I am.’

“But it’s a learning curve going from NXT to here to listen to the crowd and be able to have a little bit slower of a pace and feed off the crowd and have your moments.”

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Ruca joins a list of promising young stars coming out of NXT onto the WWE main roster, with Oba Femi, Je’Von Evans, Lash Legend and Trick Williams all making their WrestleMania debuts this past weekend, and Ruca, Ethan Page and Joe Hendry all being called up on Raw.