1. Nia Jax is signed to WWE where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Nia Jax.
23 Facts About Nia Jax
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Nia Jax made her debut in May 2015 under the ring name Zada, which was changed to Nia Jax in August that year.
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Nia Jax is of German and Samoan descent, and is the second cousin once removed of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as her father Joseph was Johnson's grandfather Peter Maivia's cousin.
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Nia Jax later lived in San Diego, California, and attended Carlsbad High School.
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Nia Jax attended Palomar College in San Marcos, California, where she played college basketball, and graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a marketing degree in 2005.
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Nia Jax made her in-ring debut on May 7,2015, at an NXT house show under the ring name Zada teaming with Devin Taylor in a defeat to Bayley and Carmella in a tag team match.
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Shortly after being drafted from NXT to the Raw brand as part of the 2016 WWE draft, which took place on July 19,2016, Nia Jax started a winning streak against various competitors.
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On January 27,2019, at the Royal Rumble event, Nia Jax competed in the women's Royal Rumble match, entering at number 29 and lasting for over 11 minutes before she herself was eliminated by the eventual winner Becky Lynch.
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Later that night, Nia Jax made history as she became the first person to ever compete in two Royal Rumble matches on the same night and the fourth woman to ever compete in a men's Royal Rumble match, after she attacked R-Truth and took his number 30 spot.
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Shortly after, Nia Jax underwent surgery to repair tears on the anterior cruciate ligament in both of her knees, which was expected to sideline her from in-ring competition for at least nine months.
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Nia Jax returned from injury on the April 6,2020, episode of Raw, defeating Deonna Purrazzo in a squash match.
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The next night on Raw, Nia Jax challenged Asuka again for the title.
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The referee was going to disqualify Nia Jax Asuka rolled up the distracted Nia Jax for a fast count to retain the title.
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At Royal Rumble on January 31,2021, Baszler and Nia Jax defeated Asuka and Flair to become record-tying two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
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Nia Jax returned in the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble for a one-off appearance as the 30th entrant and was eliminated by the combined efforts of the remaining 11 women in the ring.
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Nia Jax reignited her feud with Becky Lynch, culminating in a match at Day 1 where Nia Jax was victorious.
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Nia Jax went on to defeat Jade Cargill in the quarterfinals by disqualification after Cargill attacked Jax with a steel chair in response to Jax taunting Cargill's daughter at ringside, Bianca Belair in the semifinals, and Lyra Valkyria in the finals at King and Queen of the Ring to win the tournament, earning a WWE Women's Championship match at SummerSlam.
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At Saturday Night's Main Event, Nia Jax faced Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship, but failed again to win the title.
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Nia Jax finished in third place, being eliminated by eventual winner Charlotte Flair.
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Nia Jax was given the nickname "The Irresistible Force" during her first run in WWE.
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Nia Jax uses a Banzai drop named the Annihilator as a finisher.
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Nia Jax received increasing criticism over the years for reports of her being an "unsafe worker".
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In July 2017, Nia Jax joined the cast of the reality television series Total Divas beginning in its seventh season.