8 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Nia Jax
2. Her Character Has Layers
At this stage in her career, Nia Jax is a female wrestler like no other. Her look means she stands-out from the prototypical WWE women’s wrestler as soon as she appears on the television screen, and naturally, she plays the powerhouse role. While still working learning her trade, Nia is developing into the kind of dominant athlete who tosses smaller opponents around at will, and in her trademark Leg Drop, she has a simple but devastating finishing maneuver.
Jax isn’t just a one dimensional monster character, though. She’s not yet convincing enough to be an all-out conquerer in the ring: her character and ring style play-up the fact that she’s still relatively early in her development, and her ascension to “unstoppable force” status is still underway.
Able to rely on her size, athleticism, and raw strength to overcome lesser foes, Jax has continually run into trouble against the likes of Bayley and Asuka. NXT’s top tier women overcame the green Jax with craft and guile, and Jax is slowly learning that being bigger than her opponents just isn’t enough. She has to compliment her physicality with ring smarts and ruthlessness if she’s to make it to the top, and when she fully realises her potential, it’ll be more than the division can handle.