WWE Allegedly Made Stephanie Vaquer’s Contract More Lucrative to Match AEW Offer

During AEW’s Forbidden Door event, Mercedes Mone and Stephanie Vaquer had a solid encounter and this became the catalyst for Vaquer becoming the most desirable name in pro wrestling last week as she attracted interest from both WWE and AEW. While she did sign with WWE, it appears WWE did bump up their contract offer to match that of AEW.

Stephanie Vaquer’s departure from CMLL and NJPW was confirmed last week. Vaquer chose to relinquish both the CMLL Women’s Tag Team Championship and the CMLL Women’s Championship, citing personal reasons that also prevented her from participating in FantasticaMania.

Subsequently, it was revealed that Stephanie Vaquer has officially signed a contract with WWE, surprising fans with the swift turnaround in securing her deal with the company.

While speaking on the Keepin’ It 100 podcast, Sports reporter and Las Vegas Raiders’ radio announcer Harry Ruiz claimed that WWE had plans laid out for Vaquer for a whole year and she appreciated that fact. It was further added that WWE made her contract more lucrative in order to match the money AEW was offering her. In fact, her contract is similar to what Giulia is getting in NXT a swell.

“So I just heard WWE had plans laid out for her for a full year, and that she loved that aspect of it. WWE bumped up their offer to match the money AEW was offering her because NXT contracts aren’t big. So, she’s going to be on something similar to Giulia, who came over from New Japan, and she’s going to be in NXT, a situation similar to that.”

Stephanie Vaquer was also allegedly contacted by Shawn Michaels just before AEW finalized deal with her and AEW also allegedly didn’t provide her with travel support for Forbidden Door. Stephanie Vaquer has already made her in-ring debut in WWE last weekend, so we’ll have to see how she will fare as part of the WWE family now.

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