10 Biggest Winners & Losers From WWE Backlash 2018

9. Loser: Nia Jax

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The manner in which WWE Creative has consistently booked Nia Jax since her babyface turn prior to WrestleMania has completely lost sight of what made her such an appealing character in the first place.

It was not because she was an inspirational Superstar who fought off insults about her weight and other bullying tactics to become champion. No, they loved her because she met confrontation head-on and obliterated it with an unmatched fury.

While there was a hint of that Jax Sunday night at Backlash, the post-match promo she cut moments after successfully retaining the Raw Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss unraveled all of it.

Cutting a promo straight out of WWE's Be A Star program, she was greeted with boos by a WWE Universe that simply does not buy it.

They want Goldberg and Vader, not whatever it is WWE is trying to accomplish with Jax. They want a badass, not

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