After several promotions over the past two episodes of WWE SmackDown, it was finally time for Raquel Rodriguez to make her SmackDown debut, and it was impressive to say the least. Rodriguez wasn’t the only one making his SmackDown debut either, as her opponent Cat Cardoza was also on Blue Brand for the first time, Cardoza went on to make a statement right away. Cardoza lunged at Rodriguez and hit her with a wave of punches before hitting the bell, catching Rodriguez off guard. Once he hit the bell though Rodriguez darted a clothesline and slammed it down, then he lifted it and walked around, until it flexed a little.
She kept her fist on Cardoza’s wrist and then threw her into a corner, and Fallaway Slam followed. Rodriguez picked Cardoza again and hit another Fallaway Slam, then went upstairs and hit a big splash from the top rope. Rodriguez stopped the run for a bit with an attack on Cardoza’s eyes, then Cardoza pinned Rodriguez’s head with the ropes and continued pulling her to do some damage and slow her down.
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– WWE (WWE) April 30, 2022
Rodriguez was only going to slow down for a long time, and after getting back on her feet, she picked Cardoza and hit the Cinguna bombshell, and that was all she wrote to Cardoza, giving Rodriguez the pin and win in her first match on SmackDown. .
ComicBook.com had a chance to talk to Rodriguez recently about her transition from NXT to SmackDown, and during our chat (which you can find here) we asked who was on her Blue Brand dream list. There are plenty of great matches to get into, including one specific Sasha Banks and current SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair.
Your winner, Raquel Rodriguez. 💪Tweet embed | #smackdown pic.twitter.com/ocZzUiJnWd
– WWE on FOX (WWEonFOX) April 30, 2022
“Oh, I can’t wait to get in the ring with everyone. I’m not going to lie to you. I was hoping to get in the ring the first week because yeah, let’s do this. You know what I mean? It’s nice of that expecting that you just…it kills you every week. I’ve always said That. I’ve always wanted to work with Sasha Banks and with Natalia and with Charlotte Flair,” Rodriguez said. “But I’d love to get back in the ring with Shayna Baszler because we had a few matches when she was in NXT on our Coconut Loops. I’d like to work with Aaliyah a little bit more, I never did much with her while she was in NXT but that’s the one I’ve always been looking for to get On a positive effect too, because she’s a positive beacon of light.But the possibilities are endless.Now that I’m starting to get to know Naomi a bit more too,I’d like to work with Naomi.Watching her with Rhea demolishing the house last Friday.I was like yeah,that’s what it’s about. This. “
What do you think of Rodriguez and her first match on SmackDown? Let us know in the comments and as always you can talk all about wrestling with me on Twitter @MattAguilarCB!
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