Roxanne Perez has a major opportunity waiting for her at Worlds Collide on September 26, but the WWE star is viewing her return to AAA as something much larger than one championship match.
Perez defeated Nattie, La Hiedra, and Faby Apache during Night One of TripleMania to secure the chance to challenge for the AAA Women’s Championship. The title picture then changed on Night Two, when La Catalina defeated Flammer to become champion. That result means Perez’s promised championship pursuit now has a new target, and Perez has left little doubt about the scale of her ambition heading into Worlds Collide.
Speaking on Muscle Memory with MuscleManMalcolm, Perez reflected on her early connection to AAA and explained why the promotion remains personally significant to her. Her message was direct: this is not a brief appearance or a respectful return to a place from her past. Perez believes she is arriving prepared to take control of the division.
“I’m here and I’m not asking anybody for permission,” Perez said on Muscle Memory with MuscleManMalcolm. “I’m here and I’m going to take over AAA. Just watch. I’m going to become Reina de Reinas Campeona. I promise.”
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A Full-Circle AAA Opportunity for Perez
Before she became one of WWE’s most prominent young competitors, Perez was a teenager pursuing every available chance to develop as a professional wrestler. She began training at age 13, putting in years of preparation before she was legally old enough to take the next steps in her career. That early commitment is central to the way Perez frames this AAA moment.
Perez recalled that AAA invited her to train and take part in its shows when she was 16. At that stage, an invitation from a major lucha libre promotion represented one of her first meaningful openings beyond training. It was a potentially defining opportunity for a young wrestler, especially one who had spent years preparing for the moment when she could compete on a larger stage.
“So when I was 16, I got invited by AAA to come and be a part of it and train there and be a part of their shows,” Perez said. “And that was so special to me because that was one of my first opportunities that I got on the indies.”
That plan did not come together at the time. Perez acknowledged that she was still too young, and her parents did not permit her to go. Rather than treating that missed chance as an unfinished chapter that had closed, Perez now sees it as part of the story behind her return. She was unable to walk through the door when it first opened, but she is now approaching AAA with the confidence of an established WWE performer and a title opportunity already in hand.
That distinction matters. Perez is not entering the company simply to revisit an early-career memory. She earned her place in the championship conversation through a difficult four-way match at TripleMania, overcoming Nattie, La Hiedra, and Faby Apache. Each opponent brought a different type of challenge, and the victory ensured Perez would be positioned prominently when Worlds Collide arrives.
La Catalina Changes the Championship Landscape
Perez’s victory on TripleMania Night One initially established the challenger. TripleMania Night Two established the champion she will be chasing. La Catalina defeated Flammer to capture the AAA Women’s Championship, creating a fresh matchup and placing a newly crowned titleholder directly in the path of a challenger who has already declared plans to take over the promotion.
For La Catalina, the championship win provides immediate validation and a chance to define her reign from its opening stages. A first defense or early title program against Perez would come with significant attention, especially given Perez’s WWE profile and her personal history with AAA. La Catalina’s victory over Flammer was the accomplishment that placed the title around her waist, but retaining it against a determined challenger could be equally important in establishing the direction of her championship reign.
For Perez, the change at the top does not alter the goal. Her TripleMania success gave her an opportunity to challenge for the championship, while her comments made clear that she wants more than an isolated marquee win. Perez specifically named becoming Reina de Reinas Campeona as the destination she intends to reach.
The wording also reflects a competitor who is not looking to wait for approval from anyone in the locker room or management structure. Perez’s declaration is built around self-belief, urgency, and the idea that the chance she could not accept at 16 has come back around under dramatically different circumstances. In her view, this is the moment to claim the place in AAA that was once out of reach.
TripleMania Win Gives Perez Momentum
Winning a four-way match at TripleMania is an important statement in its own right. Perez did not need to defeat just one established opponent to reach the title picture. She outlasted three rivals in Nattie, La Hiedra, and Faby Apache, a field that ensured there was no easy route to a championship opportunity.
Four-way matches create a different kind of pressure from traditional singles competition. The pace can shift quickly, opponents can capitalize on openings they did not create, and a wrestler’s control of the match can disappear in an instant. Perez emerged from that environment with the win that mattered, giving her tangible momentum as she moves toward Worlds Collide.
That momentum will now be tested against La Catalina. The champion enters with the confidence that comes from defeating Flammer to win the title, while Perez enters with the confidence of someone who has already made a public promise about the outcome. Neither woman will be entering the potential meeting without a major recent victory behind her.
There is also an inherent contrast in their positions. La Catalina is the champion who must protect a newly earned prize. Perez is the challenger who has spent years carrying the memory of a lost opportunity and now believes she has returned to finish a story that began during her teenage years. The title is the central prize, but the personal motivations on both sides give the situation added weight.
Perez Is Making Her Intentions Clear
Perez’s comments leave no room for a cautious interpretation of her AAA plans. She is not presenting herself as a visitor who is grateful merely to have received a championship opportunity. She is presenting herself as a wrestler who expects to be a central force in the promotion.
That confidence has long been an important part of Perez’s identity. Her latest declaration ties her current standing to the determination she showed as a young trainee. She started early, waited through a moment when she was not yet able to pursue an AAA opportunity, and continued developing until she reached a stage where she could enter the promotion on far stronger footing.
Now, her first major objective is clear. Worlds Collide on September 26 represents Perez’s chance to turn words into a championship accomplishment. La Catalina stands as the newly crowned AAA Women’s Champion, and Perez stands as the challenger who believes the Reina de Reinas title is in her future.
Whether that promise is fulfilled at Worlds Collide remains to be seen. What is already certain is that Perez has framed the match as a full-circle moment with consequences beyond a single night. She once had to let an AAA invitation pass because of her age. Years later, she has earned her way back into the championship picture, and she is arriving with no intention of quietly stepping aside.
La Catalina’s reign begins with a major challenge on the horizon. Perez’s AAA chapter, meanwhile, is no longer defined by the opportunity she could not take at 16. It is now defined by the title opportunity she won at TripleMania—and by a promise to become Reina de Reinas Campeona.
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