History Wrestling / NiaJax

* WrestlingMonster: She's pushed as such, using moves like bear hugs and powerbombs and presented as an immovable giant, being fed jobbers faster than Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. Properly solidified in the first Women's Wrestling/RoyalRumble match in 2018, where she truly proved herself the Women's Division's answer to Wrestling/BigShow by eliminating 4 opponents (Wrestling/KellyKelly, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Ruby Riott) and eventually requiring the combined efforts of ''six other women'' to get her out! This continues to hold true even after Nia's HeelFaceTurn, placing her into a role similar to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}.

Although not officially retired, Fanene has stated on twitter that a return to the ring is "unlikely" due to various injuries. However, she did make a one-off appearance in WWE in 2023, entering the Women's Wrestling/RoyalRumble at the #30 spot.

Although not officially retired, Fanene has stated on twitter that a return to the ring is "unlikely" due to various injuries. However she did make a one-off appearance in WWE in 2023, entering the Women's Wrestling/RoyalRumble at the #30 spot.

Although not officially retired, Fanene has stated on twitter that a return to the ring is "unlikely" due to various injuries.

* RantInducingSlight: Becky Lynch made fun of her on Twitter by noting "jax" is a slang term for a toilet in Ireland and directly comparing her to one. Let's just say [[https://www.sescoops.com/becky-lynch-nia-jax-renew-hostilities-on-twitter/ she had some choice words for that]].

* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: As a face. Lampshaded by being the only woman whose weight is announced during her introduction.

* TheDogBitesBack: In retaliation for the two of them fat shaming her, Nia spent weeks scaring the hell out of Alexa Bliss and Micke James. At ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV'', she attacked Mickie to prevent her from interfering her match with Alexa and then ended Alexa's 223 days reign as Raw's Women's Champion.
* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]: Like other [[WrestlingMonster Monster Heels]] before her, Nia Jax's matches tend to be full of powerful, brutish moves. Unfortunately (much like Wrestling/{{Vader}}), she's also become known for accidentally injuring her opponents in the ring due to her sheer strength and the amount of mass she's capable of throwing around. She famously concussed Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the build-up to Survivor Series (though Lynch was able to use the injury to sell her own {{Determinator}} character in something of a WorkedShoot) and has been involved in a number of other botches ever since.

* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: As a heel. Lampshaded by being the only woman whose weight is announced during her ring introduction.

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Savelina “Lina” Fanene (born May 29, 1984) is an Australian-born American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and plus-size model. She is best known for her time in WWE performing under the ring name Nia Jax. She modeled and played college basketball prior to her wrestling career. She was signed by WWE in early 2014, performing in a house show under the ring name Zada in May 2015. She finally debuted on NXT in October under the name Nia Jax as a monster {{Main/Heel}}, teaming up with Wrestling/EvaMarie for a brief period. She challenged for the NXT Women’s Championship twice, and was moved up to the ''Raw'' brand during the 2016 draft.

!! "Lucky for me, these aren’t like most tropes."
* AbortedArc: Her brewing romance with [[Wrestling/EnzoAndCass Enzo Amore]] after he was fired for an alleged sexual assault.

Savelina “Lina” Fanene (born May 29, 1984) is an Australian-born American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] and plus-size model. She is currently signed to WWE performs under the ring name Nia Jax. She modeled and played college basketball prior to her wrestling career. She was signed by WWE in early 2014, performing in a house show under the ring name Zada in May 2015. She finally debuted on NXT in October under the name Nia Jax as a monster {{Main/Heel}}, teaming up with Wrestling/EvaMarie for a brief period. She challenged for the NXT Women’s Championship twice, and was moved up to the ''Raw'' brand during the 2016 draft.

In March 2018, she turned {{Main/Face}} after being betrayed by her supposed best friend Wrestling/AlexaBliss, and went on to challenge Bliss for the WWE RAW Women’s Championship. She won the match at ''Wrestlemania 34'', becoming RAW Women’s Champion for the first time in her career.

As per usual, you can find out the rest at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nia_Jax#Professional_wrestling_career The Other Wiki]].

* TheDogBitesBack: In retaliation for the two of them fat shaming her, Nia spent weeks scaring the hell out of Alexa Bliss and Micke James. At ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV'', she attacked Mickie to prevent her from interfering her match with Alexa and then ended Alexa's 223 days reign as Raw's Women's Championship.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After nearly missing the opportunity to compete at [=WrestleMania=] 34 and then being betrayed by her so-called best friend, Nia finally gets her opportunity for the Raw Women's Championship and wins the title by flattening Alexa.

* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]: Like other [[WrestlingMonster Monster Heels]] before her, Nia Jax's matches tend to be full of powerful, brutish moves. Unfortunately (much like Wrestling/{{Vader}}), she's also become known for accidentally injuring her opponents in the ring due to her sheer strength and the amount of mass she's capable of throwing around. She famously concussed Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the build-up to at Survivor Series (though Lynch was able to use the injury to sell her own {{Determinator}} character in something of a WorkedShoot) and has been involved in a number of other botches ever since.

* [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]: Like other [[WrestlingMonster Monster Heels]] before her, Nia Jax's matches tend to be full of powerful, brutish moves. Unfortunately (much like Wrestling/{{Vader}}), she's also become known for accidentally injuring her opponents in the ring due to her sheer strength and the amount of mass she's capable of throwing around. She famously concussed Wrestling/BeckyLynch in the build-up to their bout at Wrestlemania (though Lynch was able to use the injury to sell her own {{Determinator}} character in something of a WorkedShoot) and has been involved in a number of other botches ever since.

* WrestlingFamily: She's a distant relative of [[Wrestling/TheSamoanDynasty the Anoa'i family]], and a cousin to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

* WrestlingFamily: She's a distant relative of [[Wrestling/TheWildSamoans the Anoa'i family]], and a cousin to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

** Shayna Baszler, since July 27, 2020. Both wanting a shot at the Raw Women's Championship, but it ain't easy for the two of them. Even when she's suspended (without pay), she still wants to get her hands on her during their tag team match. With the suspension lifted after she apologized to the WWE official, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork she would form an uneasy alliance with her, even though they still despise each other]] to become the WWE Women's Tag Team champions.

* TheRival: Wrestling/TaminaSnuka, due to both of them being Samoan-American AmazonianBeauty {{Wrestling Monster}}s. The two faced each other on opposing sides at two consecutive women's Wrestling/SurvivorSeries matches, where both were considered their respective sides' heavy lifters, and then again at the ''Evolution'' pay-per-view during a battle royal. Later subverted when they formed a heel TagTeam.

** Shayna Baszler, since July 27, 2020. Both wanting a shot at the Raw Women's Championship.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite turning face, she appears to be keeping the black jumpsuit.

* TheBrute: As a heel

* TheBigGuy: As a face. Lampshaded by being the only woman whose weight is announced during her introduction.

* WrestlingFamily: She's part of [[Wrestling/TheWildSamoans the Anoa'i family]], and a cousin to [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].

** Alexa Bliss, starting in late February 2018. This culminated in Nia beating Alexa and taking her RAW Women’s Championship at Wrestlemania 34.

* OddFriendship: With Eva Marie. For a while, at least. Later on with Alexa Bliss.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gave a short one to Alexa Bliss during the run up to thier match at Wrestling/WrestleMania.

* SquashMatch: What she spent most of her time doing after being called to the main roster. She had a few in NXT as well.
** Defeated Wrestling/ScarlettBordeaux in 1:00 on the December 26, 2016 ''RAW''.

** Wrestling/BeclyLynch after Nia broke her face during a RAW vs. Smackdown confrontation.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Strong enough to carry two women over her shoulders for a double Samoan Drop.

* TheRival: Wrestling/TaminaSnuka, due to both of them being Samoan-American AmazonianBeauty {{Wrestling Monster}}s. The two faced each other on opposing sides at two consecutive women's SurvivorSeries matches, where both were considered their respective sides' heavy lifters, and then again at the ''Evolution'' pay-per-view during a battle royal. Later subverted when they formed a heel TagTeam.

* ArchEnemy: Alexa Bliss, starting in late February 2018. This culminated in Nia beating Alexa and taking her RAW Women’s Championship at Wrestlemania 34.

* BigBeautifulWoman: What, could you not tell from the page picture?

** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: After a fairly stable run as a heel from her debut through the end of 2017, Nia made four turns in the span of eight months before her legitimately injuring Becky Lynch while already being a heel locked that alignment in. Once again, see DistaffCounterpart...

** After breaking [[Wrestling/BeckyLynch Becky Lynch's]] nose, Nia took pride in this botch and brought up this feat for weeks until Becky beat her up at ''TLC'' 2018.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In retaliation for the two of them fat shaming her, Nia spent weeks scaring the hell out of Alexa Bliss and Micke James. At ''[=WrestleMania=] XXXIV'', she attacked Mickie to prevent her from interfering her match with Alexa and then ended Alexa's 223 days reign as Raw's Women's Championship.

* DavidVsGoliath: She's Goliath to any woman she wrestles. During the first Women's Royal Rumble match she played the Wrestling/TheBigShow's part by dominating anyone who came near her, eliminating four other wrestlers and requiring the combined might of ''six'' women at once to get out; the only single woman who could even ''begin'' to stand up to her power in one-on-one confrontation was Wrestling/BethPhoenix.

* WrestlingMonster: She's pushed as such, using moves like bear hugs and powerbombs and presented as an immovable giant, being fed jobbers faster than Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}. Properly solidified in the first Women's Wrestling/RoyalRumble match in 2018, where she truly proved herself the Women's Division's answer to Wrestling/TheBigShow by eliminating 4 opponents (Wrestling/KellyKelly, Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, Wrestling/{{Naomi}} and Ruby Riott) and eventually requiring the combined efforts of ''six other women'' to get her out! This continues to hold true even after Nia's HeelFaceTurn, placing her into a role similar to Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}.

* DistaffCounterpart: WWE book her as the female answer to Wrestling/TheBigShow (in [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor more ways]] than [[Wrestling/TheGiant one]]).