Nia Jax Found Out She Was In The Main Event The Night Before Elimination Chamber

Nia Jax did not find out she would be main eventing Elimination Chamber until the night before the event.

Nia Jax found out about her Elimination Chamber main event the night before the show.

At Elimination Chamber last month, the show was main evented by two Australian born women, as Nia Jax challenged WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley for the title in Perth. The match was a back and forth affair between the two women, with Ripley eventually overcoming Jax to retain her championship.

Despite the loss, Jax still main evented her first Premium Live Event, and while speaking to Booker T and Brad Gilmore on The Hall of Fame podcast, Jax reflected on her trip down under.

“So like a lot, not a lot of people know I was born out there. I was born in Sydney. I was like, I’m a hometown girl. So it’s funny because I used to go out there a lot because my Oma, my mom’s mom and my, my mom’s sister, my auntie live out in Sydney. So I love Australia. It’s beautiful. The people are beautiful. The atmosphere is gorgeous. The weather is beautiful. So being in Perth was actually my first time. I, funnily enough, I have so many cousins on my Samoan side and one of my cousins was out there. He took me around Perth and let me see all the beautiful sights. Being out there was just, it felt like home. I wish we would have stayed longer. But being in that Optus Stadium was incredible. I mean, you know how WWE does it. Set it up like, I felt like it was a WrestleMania. It was incredible. Huge. The crowd was electric. So, I mean, standing in that ring and everybody chanting for Rhea, which was amazing, but I wish it could have lasted longer. I hope we go back again because I feel like they just got a little taste and I think we can put an even bigger show on.”

Jax was then asked about main eventing, noting that she only found out about it the night before the event.

“I didn’t know until I think the night before. I think somebody had like sent a card to me and I’m like, ‘wait a minute. Does this mean that we’re on in the main event?’ I’m not gonna lie. I felt like a lot of pressure because you had some pretty stacked Elimination Chambers and a great tag on the card. Then you had like the Grayson Waller Effect being main event of that show. It was a pretty big deal for me. And yeah, I just wanted to put on the best match I possibly could and it was a great story, you know, easy with Rhea Ripley, but wanted to be able to tell a really good story to the fans and hope that it resonated to them. It was an honor to be a main event in front of all those people.”

Jax has continued her reign of terror over the Monday Night RAW women’s division, facing the likes of Liv Morgan and Becky Lynch since taking the loss to Ripley at Elimination Chamber.

Becky Lynch recently stated that she won’t be able to win a title until she overcomes Jax. You can read more about that here.

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