Shayna Baszler Credits THIS Ex-WWE Star For Her Main Roster Success

'Queen Of Spades' puts over "far more experienced" former colleague.

by Michael Hamflett
Shayna Baszler Nia Jax
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Shayna Baszler has paid tribute to Nia Jax for helping her develop on the main roster.

The 'Queen Of Spades' was generous in her praise of the released former Women's Champion, particularly when it came to adjusting to life after NXT following her 2020 call-up. Speaking to Metro (h/t EWrestlingnews) she said;

“As experienced as I am in one-on-one combat, she was far more experienced in being on Raw and SmackDown. So she would really help me, “You might wanna try this instead”. She helped me find my footing for sure. When I came up, I didn’t know anybody so for a while she was the only one I was hanging out with just ’cause we were kind of forced to have this sort of relationship together."

She continued;

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"I think that’s one of the best things that my tag team did, was show a completely different side to me. I was still trying to be comfortable and find my footing and get in the groove. Getting in this tag team and showing this side of me really helped me be comfortable. Now, if you look at my singles run when I first got called up, as compared to my singles run now, I think you can see there’s definitely a difference in comfort level and just how I carry myself in the ring.”

Baszler and Jax held the Women's Tag Team Championships twice, teaming for most of 2020 and 2021 before Jax' November release.

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