WWE star Zelina Vega recalls wrestling in NJ, making history as US champ and touts SummerSlam

WWE SummerSlam will be a two-night event for the first time in its history when the premium live event takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford New Jersey later this summer For Zelina Vega it will be a homecoming of sorts CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe current women s United States champion grew up two rivers to the east in Queens New York but got her legs underneath her as a wrestler in the Garden State specifically in Union City I was training at the Ace Arena in Jersey for a while Vega shared with Fox News Digital in a contemporary interview Me and A J Lee genuinely trained together in Jersey and it also kind of helped me prepared for the role if I m going to be honest in Fighting with My Family to play her It was just getting to know her then and applying that now and seeing it where it all kind of went down But yeah I spent a lot of time in New Jersey training and just that whole New York New Jersey feel it was just where I was constantly when I was coming Vega won the Women s United States Championship in a match against Chelsea Green after WrestleMania The title was added to the menu as another opportunity for the loaded women s roster on SmackDown The Raw roster has the Women s Intercontinental Championship Vega notified Fox News Digital previously that she hoped WWE was going to add a midcard title to the fold and now she holds the belt the first singles championship of her career in the company JEFF COBB MAKES WWE DEBUT AT BACKLASH HELPS JACOB FATU RETAIN US TITLE It feels amazing When I was growing up I just desired to be a part of it she mentioned And of class I needed to be champion I made this huge thing in my mind when I was a kid I was like I m gonna be champion this is gonna happen for me I didn t see a Plan B in my mind Now it s like not only did you make it not only you re champion you re also a part of history First-ever Queen of the Ring like I never thought that was gonna happen So it s still shocking me but also that eight-year-old Thea that was like trying to get all of this sorted out in my mind I didn t see a Plan B I was so stubborn I was like No this is happening So proving her right it feels like the most of amazing feeling Vega as confident as ever that she will be walking into SummerSlam as the champion also had advice for the young girls who are looking up at her It s just never give up on you because you will have so a great number of nos you will have so a great number of people giving you reasons as to why you shouldn t be champion why you shouldn t make it where you want to be she explained to Fox News Digital But as long as you don t give up on you no one s going to stop you You don t take no for an answer and you don t give up on yourself If I can do this and I can stand here as champion it should be proven in so a great number of people s minds that your own determination is what s going to get you where you need to be Fans interested in attending SummerSlam can get their tickets on Ticketmaster The event will take place on Aug and Aug It s our first-ever two-night SummerSlam which is crazy because usually that s only WrestleMania she declared There s a lot of buzz about it The whole week is really gonna be amazing because it s in just where I grew up So it s kinda cool to feel like it s a coming home feeling whether it s Raw SmackDown and then the two-day SummerSlam It s gonna be really fun Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter