Stephanie Vaquer’s shoulder injury from Monday’s Raw backstage attack is real. Bryan Alvarez has confirmed that the AC sprain referenced by Michael Cole during the broadcast is a legitimate injury — though the exact circumstances of when and how it was first sustained remain unclear. Cole stated during Raw that Vaquer had suffered a second-degree AC sprain following the assault by Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, in which Perez rammed an equipment crate directly into Vaquer’s shoulder, and that she “would be out for a bit.”
The attack came in Vaquer’s first Raw appearance since losing the WWE Women’s World Championship to Liv Morgan at WrestleMania 42 Night One in Las Vegas — a defeat that ended her 210-day reign. Morgan subsequently stood over the fallen Vaquer and taunted her following the assault, establishing a clear post-WrestleMania dynamic between the Judgment Day faction and the former champion that is now complicated by the genuine injury timeline attached to Vaquer’s shoulder.
Vaquer’s Absence From WWE Programming Will Be Ongoing as She Recovers From the Second-Degree AC Sprain
A second-degree AC sprain — involving partial tearing of the acromioclavicular ligament — typically carries a recovery timeline of several weeks to a few months depending on severity, meaning Vaquer’s absence from WWE programming is likely to be meaningful rather than a brief storyline absence. The injury adds an additional layer of genuine physical uncertainty to a post-WrestleMania women’s division picture that already features significant storyline momentum heading into the Backlash season.
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