After almost ten months on the sidelines, there is concern that WWE Superstar Nia Jax still may not be returning to action any time soon.
The former RAW Women’s Champion is a much-missed member of the roster, having been out with injury since April 2019.
Jax suffered an horrific double anterior cruciate ligament injury shortly after WrestleMania 35, needing major surgery to repair both knees.
At the time, it was noted that she would be forced to miss around nine months of action, so the absence was always going to be long-term. However, it now appears that even with that loose deadline having come and gone, Jax may still yet have some time to wait.
The 35-year-old, whose cousin is The Rock, was discussing her potential return to WWE on social media, when one fan quizzed the Australian-born Superstar on when fans might get to see her back on screen and in the squared circle.
Dishearteningly, her response was less than positive, with Jax adding that she has “no idea” when she’ll be back in competitive action – while also quipping that maybe the fan who’d asked could be her manager!
Jax had enjoyed a memorable rise through the WWE ranks following her NXT debut some six years ago – after two years at Full Sail, she lost in her bid to claim the NXT Women’s Championship from Asuka, before embarking on her permanent move to the ‘main roster.’
Her championship win came a year prior to her injury, a memorable victory over Alexa Bliss at Wrestlemania 34.
NIKKI BELLA ON RONDA ROUSEY BEING A DIFFERENT KIND OF OPPONENT IN WWE
Ronda Rousey has yet to make her WWE return since last year’s WrestleMania event. Nikki Bella was fortunate enough to get a match with The Baddest Woman On The Planet at WWE Evolution.
The two headlined WWE’s first-ever all-female pay-per-view event. Bella remembers that match well.
During the Bella Twins’ appearance on WWE Backstage, Nikki Bella discussed her match with Ronda Rousey. She had to prepare differently due to Rousey’s unique set of skills.
Bella also discussed how she trained with Ronda Rousey for about 20 minutes and that was all the contact they had before the match.
“Having this champion, this UFC fighter, I knew I couldn’t go in there and be like ‘Fearless Nikki’ always was. I had to wrestle different, I had to be more aggressive. Before that match, Ronda and I trained for maybe 20 minutes, that was all we ever touched.”
“I felt her strength and power, and I was like, ‘Oh, this is something way different, I never felt this from a man before.’ So, I went in there thinking, ‘You are Goliath about to fight David—even though David conquered—but you are going to be the monster in that.’ That’s how I had to think.”
Nikki Bella will likely never wrestle again. She had a neck injury and a cyst on her brain. Now that she is pregnant, motherhood and other celebrity ventures will likely take up her time.
A return for Ronda Rousey still isn’t out of the picture. She did exit WWE on an “impregnation vacation,” but we have yet to hear about an incoming bundle of job at Browsey Acres.
