Stephanie Vaquer returned to in-ring competition at a WWE house show in Portland, Oregon, on November 5, 2026, ending several weeks of uncertainty over her status following an ankle injury.
Vaquer had been scheduled to make her comeback on Monday Night Raw in a match against Becky Lynch, but WWE announced shortly before that bout that her ankle had not fully healed, and she was pulled from the card. That setback left her timeline for returning to the ring unclear until her appearance at the Portland event.
According to Fightful and Ringside News, the Portland house show marked Vaquer’s first match back since the injury sidelined her. Both outlets confirmed the return came after the scrapped Raw matchup with Lynch, though neither detailed when the original injury occurred or how long Vaquer had been out of action beyond describing it as several weeks.
The former NXT Women’s Champion has been one of WWE’s most prominent recent arrivals, and her pairing with Becky Lynch had been positioned as a notable showcase match before the injury scuttled those plans. With Vaquer now cleared to compete at a live event setting, attention turns to whether WWE will look to reschedule the Lynch confrontation on television, given it was the program that was originally interrupted by her ankle issue.
House shows typically serve as a low-risk setting for wrestlers working back from injury, allowing performers to test their conditioning without the added scrutiny of a televised broadcast. Vaquer’s appearance in Portland suggests WWE viewed her as ready to resume an in-ring schedule, though neither report indicated whether she is expected to immediately rejoin Raw programming or what her next scheduled matches will be.
Lynch, who was set to face Vaquer before the original match was scrapped, has not been reported as appearing in the Portland return bout. The sources did not specify Vaquer’s opponent at the house show. WWE has not issued additional comment beyond the confirmation of her participation in Portland, and further details on her upcoming schedule had not been reported at the time of publication.
