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Speaking on his Hall of Fame show, WWE NXT announcer Booker T agrees with that sentiment, praising both Vaquer and SKY, particularly noting SKY as “one of the best that has ever put on a pair of boots.”
Saying he believes Vaquer and SKY represent a “changing of the guard” in the women’s division, Booker said:
>“Changing of the guard man, that’s what I see more than anything. We’ve had Charlotte reigning supreme for many, many years. Becky Lynch, Bayley, these ladies, they’ve been bringing the noise for quite some time in WWE.
>And now we’ve got IYO SKY who came along and proved that she is truly one of the best that has ever put on a pair of boots. She can go with anybody in the ring. She’s just as good or better than any of the ladies that she’s stepped in the ring with on any given night. That’s just a fact.
>“And for the company to believe in Stephanie Vaquer to be the one. The one to actually carry that mantle as the WWE Champion in such a short amount of time – it seems like Stephanie just got here, and now she’s the World Champion. But truly deserving of it at the same time.
>"This is not one that was given to her, this is one that was truly earned. I’m just glad that I was there to see it and had just a little bit of a piece in the rise of Stephanie Vaquer, I really am
