Sol Ruca
Sol Ruca
Calyx Harmony Hampton (born August 26, 1999) is an American professional wrestler. As of March 2022, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT) brand under the ring name Sol Ruca. She is a former one-time NXT Women's North American Champion and one-time WWE Women's Speed Champion, holding both titles simultaneously for the longest reigns in their respective histories. She is also the longest-reigning WWE/NXT Women's Double Champion in history.
Early life
Calyx Harmony Hampton was born on August 26, 1999 in Ontario, California. She is biracial as her father is African American musician, Paul A Hampton, and her mother is White American Sandy Brown-Hampton. She has a brother named Coda. In 2017, Hampton graduated from Western Christian High School), in Upland, California. She then majored in human physiology at the University of Oregon, where she also competed in gymnastics.
Early beginnings (2022–2024)
Hampton was part of a group of new recruits signed to the WWE Performance Center in March 2022. She had no previous wrestling experience, instead coming from an acrobatics and tumbling background. She began to work under the ring name Sol Ruca, gaining viral fame for her innovative finisher, a springboard frontflip cutter#Springboardcutter) dubbed the Sol Snatcher. She made her in-ring debut on June 24, 2022 at a live event, and her on-screen debut on the July 15 episode of NXT Level Up, losing to Kiana James. In April 2023, Ruca was written off television as she required surgery for her ruptured ACL. Prior to being written off, Ruca appeared on Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 in a cinnamoji costume during Rey Mysterio's entrance. Ruca returned from injury at NXT: Roadblock) on March 5, 2024, attacking Blair Davenport, who had injured Ruca in kayfabe. Ruca defeated Davenport twice, first at NXT and later, at Spring Breakin') in a Beach Brawl. On the June 25 episode of NXT, Ruca defeated Arianna Grace to earn a NXT Women's North American Championship match against Kelani Jordan at NXT Heatwave) on July 7, but failed to win the title from Jordan.
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