The WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2025 event featured two championship matches between the men’s and women’s WarGames matches. With John Cena in his second-to-last match before retirement from wrestling, he defended the Intercontinental Championship against Dominik Mysterio in the second match of the event.
After those two wowed the crowd, it was time for the women to have the spotlight. Stephanie Vaquer defended her WWE Women’s World Championship against her former friend, Nikki Bella, who betrayed her on “Monday Night Raw” several weeks ago.
While Vaquer has been amongst the top stars on the main roster this past year, including her championship win, Nikki returned as a WWE Hall of Famer and two-time Divas Champion. Some felt that it gave her strong credentials to provide Vaquer with a serious fight in Saturday night’s second-to-last match.
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“This isn’t about your Women’s World Championship; this is about something bigger: your legacy, and you will respect it. Ad tonight, you think you’re gonna destroy me? No, I’m sorry, mamacita, I will embarrass you,” Nikki said in a pre-match interview.
While Nikki may have felt her legacy deserved more respect, she is quickly learning about the new generation of talent on WWE’s main roster. During Vaquer’s arrival to the ring, WWE noted that “La Primera” is the winningest women’s star on the roster this year.
Nikki put up decent offense and tried to reach into her bag of tricks, but it was to no avail. Late in the match, Vaquer connected on a Meteor double knee move to Nikki in the corner. However, Nikki yanked her leg off the corner, then hit a Rack Attack for a near pinfall. However, Vaquer wisely put a foot on the bottom rope to break the count.
Moments later, Stephanie landed a huge knee onto Nikki’s neck on the side apron before bringing her onto the announce table for a serious Devil’s Kiss. After exchanging some slaps in the ring, Vaquer gained the upper hand and hit another Devil’s Kiss on Nikki before going to the corner for a corkscrew splash to grab the pinfall win.
Nikki was previously unsuccessful in her attempt to dethrone Becky Lynch for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship at Clash in Paris. However, it doesn’t seem the WWE Hall of Famer is stopping anytime soon when it comes to capturing another championship during her latest WWE run.
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