WWE star Zelina Vega has eyes on women's title at Backlash in Puerto Rico: 'It’s a dream come true'

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Backlash will be the first WWE premium live event held in the aftermath of WrestleMania 39 where Rhea Ripley defeated Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship.

The event will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico – the first time a WWE premium live event will take place in the territory since New Year’s Revolution in 2005. While the event – hosted by Bad Bunny – is sure to attract thousands of wrestling fans, it means more for Zelina Vega.

Vega, whose real name is Thea Büdgen, will be battling Ripley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. It will be Ripley’s first title defense since she beat Flair in an epic battle during the first night of the star-studded spectacle in Inglewood, California. Vega is of Puerto Rican decent and will be wrestling in the territory for the first time in her career.

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American professional wrestler Zelina Vega arrives at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards Red Carpet at Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa on March 4, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. (Jun Sato/WireImage)

"It’s exciting. It’s surreal. It’s nerve-racking. It’s a dream come true," Vega told Fox News Digital in a recent interview days before Backlash kicks off.

"And not just the match, really, but the location. Like, getting to do it in Puerto Rico is something I never thought was going to be the case. And to have this kind of a match there is crazy. The family that lives there will finally see me wrestle in person. It’s really cool."

WWE announced it would be going back to Puerto Rico in March. Vega said that when she heard the news she immediately tried to decide how she was going to get herself on