Nia Jax
Nia Jax | |
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Cal State San Marcos | |
Relatives | Dwayne Johnson (second cousin) |
Family | Anoaʻi |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Lina[1] Lina Fanene[2] Nia Jax Zada[1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[3] |
Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg)[4] |
Billed from | San Diego, California[3] |
Trained by | WWE Performance Center[3] |
Debut | May 7, 2015[1] |
Savelina Fanene (born May 29, 1984) is an Australian-American
Fanene signed with WWE in early 2014 and was assigned to the
Early life
Savelina Fanene was born in Sydney, Australia on May 29, 1984,
Professional wrestling career
WWE (2014–2021)
NXT (2014–2016)
Jax was signed by WWE in early 2014 and was assigned to their developmental territory NXT, based at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. She 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.[1] In August, her ring name was changed to Nia Jax.[1][14]
After a series of introductory vignettes throughout September,
On the January 27, 2016, episode of NXT, Jax returned to the ring after a month of inactivity due to a storyline injury with a win over Liv Morgan.[27] On the February 10 episode of NXT, Jax assisted Marie in an attack on Bayley and Carmella after their championship match until Asuka made the save,[28][29] which led to a tag team match on the February 24 episode of NXT, where Jax and Marie scored the victory.[30] On the May 25 episode of NXT, Jax won a triple threat match over Alexa Bliss and Carmella to become the number one contender to Asuka's NXT Women's Championship.[31] On June 8, Jax lost her title match at NXT TakeOver: The End.[32] On July 20 episode of NXT, Jax was defeated by Bayley.[33] On December 28 episode of NXT, Jax lost to Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship in her last match in NXT.[34]
Main roster beginnings (2016–2018)
Shortly after being
In December, Jax started a feud with her mentor
Starting from December 4 episode of Raw, Jax was placed in an on-screen relationship with then
Raw Women's Champion and alliance with Tamina (2018–2019)
In March, Jax turned
After a short hiatus due to a minor injury, Jax returned on the September 17 episode of Raw as the mystery tag team partner of
On January 27, 2019, at the
Teaming with Shayna Baszler (2020–2021)
Jax returned from injury on the April 6, 2020, episode of Raw, defeating
In August, she was paired with
At WrestleMania 37, Jax and Baszler retained the tag team championship against Natalya and Tamina. On the May 14 episode of SmackDown, they lost the title to Natalya and Tamina, ending their second reign at 103 days. On the September 20 episode of Raw, her alliance with Shayna Baszler ended when she was attacked by Baszler after their match against each other. Baszler destroyed her arm by stomping on it while wedged in the steel steps, leaving Jax shrieking and crying while being attended to.[107] After the team disbanded, she asked WWE for time off to take care of her mental health, but on November 4, Jax was released from her WWE contract.[108][109]
Return to WWE (2023–present)
Jax returned in the
Professional wrestling style, persona, and reception
Jax was nicknamed "The Irresistible Force" during her time in WWE.[113] She uses a Banzai drop named the Annihilator as a finisher.[114][115]
Jax received increasing criticism over the years for reports of her being an "unsafe worker".[116][117] In November 2018, she accidentally punched Becky Lynch in the face during an episode of Raw and gave Lynch a broken nose, lacerated face, and concussion.[118][119] In May 2020, Kairi Sane suffered a cut on her head during a match against Jax after Jax threw her onto the ringside steel steps.[120][121] Wrestling promoter and manager Jim Cornette attributed incidents involving Jax to her size and suggested that she "can hurt people whether she knows it or not",[122] while fellow professional wrestler Deonna Purrazzo stated that she had "never walked away hurt" after wrestling Jax.[123]
Other media
As Nia Jax, Fanene is a playable character in the WWE video games WWE 2K17,[124] WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19,[125] WWE 2K20,[126] WWE 2K22,[127] WWE 2K Battlegrounds, and WWE 2K24 as downloadable content.[128]
In July 2017, Jax joined the cast of the reality television series Total Divas beginning in its seventh season.[129]
In August 2017, rapper Magneto Dayo released a song dedicated to her titled "Nia Jax".[130]
Personal life
On August 2, 2014, Fanene and her cousin Ata Maivia-Johnson (the mother of
Championships and accomplishments
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Rookie of the Year(2016)
- Ranked No. 8 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 100 in 2018[133]
- Ranked No. 30 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021[134]
- Ranked No. 24 of the top 50 Tag Teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2021– with Shayna Baszler[135]
- Sports Illustrated
- Ranked No. 12 in the top 30 female wrestlers in 2018[136]
- Rolling Stone
- Most Overdue Yet-to-Be Title Holder of the Year (2017)[137]
- WWE
- 1 time)[138]
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Shayna Baszler[139]
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External links
- Nia Jax on WWE.com
- Nia Jax's profile at Cagematch.net , Wrestlingdata.com , Internet Wrestling Database
- Nia Jax on Twitter
- Savelina Fanene at IMDb