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Ruiz made her professional wrestling debut in Pro Wrestling 2.0, at a house show named PW2.0 And Justice For All which took place on July 3, 2018, where she teamed up with her "Diamond Dynasty" teammates Robyn Reid and Salem, and Sofia Castillo in a losing effort to The Dream Team (Gabrielle Arce, Lacey Lane, Santana Garrett and Tessa Blanchard).[4] In Ring of Honor, she made her first appearance at ROH Women's Division Wednesday #32 on December 1, 2021, where she fell short to Trish Adora.[5] Ruiz made her first AEW appearance at AEW Dynamite #17 on December 3, 2021, where she fell short to Jade Cargill.[6] At Warrior Wrestling 22, an event promoted by Warrior Wrestling on May 28, 2022, she unsuccessfully challenged Athena for the Warrior Wrestling Women's Championship.[7] At Major League Wrestling's MLW Slaughterhouse event from October 14, 2023, Ruiz defeated Delmi Exo to win the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship.[8]

Ruiz competed in one of Game Changer Wrestling's signature events, the GCW Bloodsport, in which she made her debut in GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 6 on April 8, 2021, where she fell short to Karen Tran in singles competition.[9] At Barnett's Bloodsport 8 on March 31, 2022, Ruiz fell short to Masha Slamovich.[10]

She also worked in other events promoted by the company. At The Wrld on GCW on January 23, 2022, she competed in a 20-person Pabst Blue Ribbon kickoff battle royal won by Big Vin and also involving notable opponents such as Psycho Clown, Ruckus, B-Boy, Lufisto, and Thunder Rosa.[11] In the second part of the sixth Joey Janela's Spring Break event, she competed in the signature Clusterfuck Battle Royal, bout won by The Second Gear Crew (AJ Gray, Mance Warner and Matthew Justice) which also involved notable opponents such as Billie Starkz, Blake Christian, Jimmy Wang Yang, Maven, Edith Surreal and many others.[12] Another signature pay-per-view she competed in is the GCW Cage Of Survival, making her first appearance at the second edition from June 4, 2023, where she fell short to Maki Itoh.[13] At JCW Big Ass Extreme Birthday Bash on July 9, 2023, she unsuccessfully faced Utami Hayashishita in singles competition.[14]

Ruiz made her debut in the Japanese promotion Gleat at GLEAT Ver. 6 ~ 2nd Anniversary on July 1, 2023, where she teamed up with Aoi, Michiko Miyagi and Risa Sera to defeat Itsuki Aoki, Rydeen Hagane, Unagi Sayaka and Yukari Hosokawa.[15] One month later, it was revealed that Ruiz alongside Aoi, Miyagi and Sera formed the "Diamond Egoist" villanous stable and had their first match as a group at GLEAT Ver. Mega on August 4, 2023, where they fell short to Dash Chisako, Kyoko Inoue, Unagi Sayaka and Yukari Hosokawa in a eight-woman tag team match.[16] At GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 60 ~ Max Voltage on September 20, 2023, she teamed up with stablemate Miyagi and Hiragi Kurumi in a losing effort against Kairi, Nanae Takahashi and Yukari Hosokawa.[17]

Ruiz made her first appearance in Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling on the finals night of the 2023 Max Heart Tournament from February 11, where she teamed up with Hikari Noa to defeat Yuki Arai and Rika Tatsumi.[18] She briefly moved to title scene at TJPW City Circuit Winter ~ Nagoya Performance on February 18, where she unsuccessfully challenged Miu Watanabe for the International Princess Championship.[19]