Stephanie Vaquer Lands Top Spot On PWI Women’s 250 List

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Stephanie Vaquer was called up to the WWE main roster last year and she quickly established herself as one of the top stars in the women’s division. She defeated Iyo Sky to become the new Women’s World Champion at Wrestlepalooza, and she held onto the belt for 210 days before she dropped the title to Liv Morgan at WrestleMania.

La Primera then went on to become a two time Women’s World Champion when she won the belt at a WWE live event in Santiago, Chile on September 12th.

Now Stephanie Vaquer can add another accomplishment to her resume as she landed on the top spot of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 250 list. The top 10 competitors on the list.

1. Stephanie Vaquer
2. Willow Nightingale
3. Thekla
4. Mercedes Moné
5. Saya Kamitani
6. Liv Morgan
7. Persephone
8. Syuri
9. Rhea Ripley
10. Kris Statlander

PWI also shared a reminder noting that the criteria for the list is as follows:

“As a reminder, our evaluation period extends from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and the criteria include:

In-Ring Achievement
Influence
Technical Ability
Depth/Quality of Competition
Activity (minimum 10 singles matches or six such matches in six months of the period)”

Stephanie Vaquer’s status has led to a lot of confusion in recent months as it was announced that she suffered an ankle injury at Money in the Bank on 10/10, but she went on to compete at WWE live events on 10/16 and 10/17.

Originally Stephanie Vaquer was set to face Becky Lynch to determine the new number one contender for the Women’s World Championship on the 10/26 episode of Raw. However, she was pulled from the match after Adam Pearce announced she was not medically cleared to compete. The announcement only led to more confusion as Vaquer went on to compete in more live event matches on 11/5, 11/6 and 11/7.

Recently it was reported that Stephanie Vaquer is cleared, and you can get more details on why she’s not on TV here.