10 questions from WWE Extreme Rules that most need answering

#4 Should Nia Jax have been on the main card?

A missed opportunity?

So it appears the controversial rivalry between Bayley and Alexa Bliss might have come to an end for the time being. If this week’s episode of RAW is anything to go by, it looks like Alexa is going to have her hands full with the dominant Nia Jax for the next few weeks and months.

This is a positive step forward for the women on Monday Nights, as fans have always felt like Jax could be being better utilised. For a while, it did look like the pair were going to form a tag team rather than a rivalry, but perhaps this is the time for WWE to put their foot down and accelerate their Monday night female monster’s career.

While this transition is positive, it feels like the company missed a bit of an opportunity to highlight Nia more than they did at the PPV. Jax was instead placed on the pre-show, where a significantly smaller number of viewers would have seen her perform. Bearing in mind the other ‘women’s match’ on the card was a mix-gender bout, it seems strange that Jax wasn’t given the main card to showcase what she could do ahead of her challenge for the title.

Jax was involved in a bit of controversy this week after claiming that RAW are underutilising their women’s division in comparison to Smackdown. There is definitely some heat around the woman at the moment, which the WWE clearly recognise, and it’s a shame this wasn’t used to elevate and improve the Extreme Rules show.