Raquel Rodriguez signed with WWE in 2016 and made her NXT debut the following year. In 2021, she and Dakota Kai won the inaugural Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, becoming the first NXT Women's Tag Team Champions in the process.
She later joined the main roster in 2022 and, after floundering for a while, has recently found great success alongside Liv Morgan as a Diesel-like bodyguard to the woman with whom she holds the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.
During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Rodriguez talked about her WWE return and how she came to be part of The Judgement Day alongside Morgan (who joined the group when she and Dirty Dominik Mysterio forced out Rhea Ripley).
"I had my connection with Liv, of course. So I had that beautiful connection with Liv," she said of their previous partnership. "So when I was getting healthy and coming back, we talked a little bit and she was like, 'I think this is something that would be beneficial for the Judgment Day, especially just having her at the forefront with Dominik and I think it just brought another element to the Judgment Day.'"
Asked about the comparisons to Shawn Michaels and Diesel, Rodriguez added, "I love it. I love it. I absolutely love it. I feel like Dakota and I had those comparisons in NXT too when we were tagging and so I was calling myself Big Mommy Cool for a while, because I love it. I don't know if Rhea Ripley's gonna like that. No it's really, really cool and what a comparison to be compared to Diesel."
"He was just known for his swag and his attitude and his confidence so I tried to bring that. Especially coming back from my illness. I was like, 'I want to come back and I just want to exude confidence," she continued. "I want to exude machismo to quote a little bit of WWE there with Razor Ramon.' But machisma. So yeah, I love that comparison."
With Morgan no longer involved in the Women's World Championship scene, this pairing has benefited both women, and Rodriguez admitted that she has lofty goals for herself and Liv heading into the Show of Shows.
"It's tough. I definitely think I go to WrestleMania as Tag Team Champions, and me and Liv retain whoever it is that we will face. Then after that, I think we hold on to these bad boys for as long as we can, and we become the longest reigning, three-time greatest ever World breaking Women's Tag Team Champions," she teased, adding that she sees a singles title in her future as well.
You can watch the full interview with Rodriguez in the player below.