Tommy Dreamer articulated his high regard for Roxanne Perez, currently reigning as WWE NXT Women’s Champion, relating her potential to that of wrestling legend, Mickie James.
In the 2024 NXT Battleground, Perez is set to guard her championship title against TNA Knockouts Champion, Jordynne Grace.
In a recent episode of the widely heard “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Dreamer recollected his initial meeting with Perez in TNA during 2022, where he immediately realized her prodigious talent and her future potential in the wrestling arena.
Dreamer exclaimed, “I just saw this amazing performer who was so young and so already TV ready. Then all of a sudden, she shows up in NXT [a few months later]. I couldn’t be happier for her. And I compared her to, she’s the next Mickie James… She has that personality, and this heel run that I see her having, I never saw that. Which is like when Bully [Ray] says like sometimes do the unexpected, and it works.”
Perez, who held the title of ROH Women’s Champion, made an appearance in TNA where she faced off against Deonna Purrazzo. This event was soon followed by her signing with WWE, leading to her NXT debut in April of the same year.