WWE NXT star Sol Ruca readies for emotional match against Zaria at Stand & Deliver

Sol Ruca and Zaria were inseparable for much than a twelvemonth arsenic nan 2 became acquainted faces successful WWE NXT.

But arsenic Ruca began to emergence into a apical contender for title golden successful NXT, Zaria would miss a fewer opportunities to get a loop for herself. Ruca won nan Women’s Speed Championship and nan NXT Women’s North American Championship complete nan past year. As 1 competitor rises, 1 must descend and nan duo, lovingly known arsenic ZaRuca, would yet break up.

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Zaria and Sol Ruca look connected successful ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center connected Feb. 3, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida. (Conor Kvatek/WWE via Getty Image)

Zaria speared Ruca earlier her women’s title lucifer against Jacy Jayne successful February, ending nan squad and sparking a feud that will culminate successful an affectional lucifer Saturday astatine Stand & Deliver – nan biggest show of nan twelvemonth for NXT.

Ruca told Fox News Digital location were a fewer bittersweet feelings going into nan match, conscionable knowing what nan 2 person been done together.

"Yeah, definitely. This lucifer isn’t conscionable a modular match. This is astir america and our communicative – started disconnected arsenic champion friends," she said. "I mean, to beryllium honest, I forced her to beryllium my friend because she didn’t really want to beryllium my friend to statesman with, but yeah, it evolved and we accomplished a batch of really, really, cool things together. But location on nan way, jealousy sewage involved. And I tin understand jealousy – it’s wholly normal. Everyone deals pinch it. But I conscionable can’t understand utilizing that jealousy and letting it fester and turning into resentment and dislike alternatively of utilizing it to substance your individual growth.

"And I’m not saying that I was cleanable successful this, but I’m not nan 1 that speared my partner and deed that F5 connected her title opportunity. This is astir jealousy. This is astir resentment. Some group opportunity I was selfish, and sure, possibly I was a small selfish. But this is us, and it’s not gonna beryllium a modular match. It’s gonna person emotion. It’s gonna person power and grit. And I mean, hopefully, I propulsion retired nan win, but she knows maine really, really good and I cognize her really, really good truthful it tin spell either way. But I’m excited to hopefully conscionable put this past us."

Sol Ruca looks connected successful ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center connected February 3, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida. (Matt Pendleton/WWE via Getty Images)

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Ruca, who is usually nan instrumentality favorite, has began to perceive boos from nan crowd.

She admitted that she didn’t precisely spot why she was connected nan receiving extremity of immoderate of nan jeers.

"Again, I don’t spot really personification who’s conscionable trying to support going pinch their momentum tin beryllium nan bottommost successful this benignant of situation," she said. "It’s for illustration having a friend and being like, ‘Hey you’re doing really good astatine your job. You request to extremity because I want to do really good successful my job.’ You know? I don’t cognize I don’t consciousness for illustration that’s normal aliases healthy. So, I mean, sure, I could person taken nan clip to beryllium down pinch her and inquire her astir really she’s emotion pinch everything, but she’s rather hard-headed and she knows she’s not nan champion astatine communicating feelings successful that type of way.

Sol Ruca enters nan ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center connected June 17, 2025 successful Orlando, Florida.  (Kevin Sabitus/WWE via Getty Images)

"I don’t deliberation I’m needfully successful nan wrong. I don’t deliberation she … I mean, she kinda is successful nan wrong. I don’t know, I consciousness for illustration it could spell either way. Sure, I could person been a small spot selfish, but I would alternatively beryllium selfish than personification who’s suspicious of their champion friend. That’s each I person to opportunity astir that."

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NXT Stand & Deliver will return spot astatine The Factory successful St. Louis, Missouri. The arena will statesman astatine 7 p.m. ET and tin beryllium seen connected YouTube.

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