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Sophia Lopez: “The only thing that gave me hope was WOW” Sophia Talks Serpentine, Tormenta, Sylvia Sanchez, and Gets Vulnerable About Winning Her Fight with Breast Cancer!

Podcast
September 25, 2026

The World’s Greatest Attorney, Sophia Lopez, takes the stand to defend her past clients and dive deeper into her life outside the ring. Sophia genuinely changed the course of WOW history several times; from stripping the All American Girls of their WOW World Tag Team Championship Titles in order to give Caged Heat another title shot, to cutting a deal with the Mother Truckers to get them out of jail. Tune in to the most recent podcast episode to get the scoop on Sophia’s influential courtroom deals!

Sophia Lopez on her WOW career: “I am…the greatest manager…I’m the one that paved the road!”  

Sophia Lopez represents the best parts of WOW: never being afraid to speak up for what’s right, uniting a global audience, and persevering through adversity both in and out of the ring. Sophia uprooted her life in Mexico to move to California and start all over several different times, proving that with enough grit and commitment, anyone can make their dreams into reality! 

Sophia Lopez on: “I built everything by my own… I started from zero…”  

Just like many of her WOW sisters, Sophia fought through a hard battle with breast cancer, and thankfully came out the other end stronger than ever! She shares a story about the advice she got from Jungle Grrrl after she found the lump, and her fear when receiving her heartbreaking diagnosis. Sophia pushed through treatment, miraculously avoiding a complication that the doctors had deemed inevitable, and returned to the WOW ring to manage the next generation of WOW Superheroes.

Sophia Lopez on her cancer journey: “It was very hard because I kept all of this a secret for a long time…I was so scared. The only thing that gave me hope was WOW, going to the tapings, I was so excited. And I remember the first thing that came to my mind after getting the bad diagnosis was, ‘I’m a WOW Superhero’ so I felt like I can do this…there is no room to feel bad or to feel sorrow…I’m a WOW Superhero.”  

Check out Nigel Zane and David McLanes’s full interview with Sophia Lopez here to find out which lucha libre legend she’s related to!

Sophia Lopez on the slap from Sylvia Sanchez: “I would rather [Sylvia] break my face than break my heart…the face heals.”  

Written by: Zoe Nelson