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Nia Jax is one of the most imposing female wrestlers to have ever graced the squared circle.
The mighty Samoan truly is a Force of Nature but, oddly enough, she's never been a champion during her WWE career. The 33-year-old Jax is on a leave of absence from RAW and will return during the promotion's European tour.
Regardless, given that Jax is likely to return sooner rather than later, a vast majority of fans have been clamouring for her to be pushed as the RAW Women’s Champion. She’s strong, imposing and has an intimidating personality. Here are a select few reasons which more than merit her claim to the red brand’s throne—
#5 A worthy foe
Firstly, one ought to address the elephant in the room: Asuka’s RAW debut. All signs point towards the Empress of Tomorrow becoming the Raw Women's Champion at some point in the future.
Given that Nia Jax and Asuka have indeed faced each other in NXT— with said competition between the two powerhouses culminating in beautiful ring-work — it’s safe to say that putting the title on Jax and having the two feud over it makes all the sense in the world.
Additionally, the rest of the Raw roster, including current titleholder Alexa Bliss, may find going toe-to-toe with Asuka a rather daunting task. However, Jax matches up stupendously with the Empress of Tomorrow.
Should the WWE book a long, gruelling program between the two over the Women’s Division’s biggest prize, the fans would be guaranteed an incredible feud on Monday Night RAW.
#4 Boom or Bust
The WWE has attempted to promote several performers as monster heels, only for them to eventually fizzle out. When one talks about instances of the sort, names such as Nathan Jones, Giant Gonzalez and ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams come to mind.
Speaking of which, the WWE did, in fact, build up Nia Jax in a somewhat similar manner, having her rip apart every opponent she faces with most of her losses coming in multi-person matches. However, the WWE recently had her lose clean to Sasha Banks on RAW—something which was set to repeat itself at TLC if it weren’t for Jax's leave of absence.
The WWE messed up Kharma (Awesome Kong) in an identical way, and by having Jax lose repeatedly and relegating her to the lower-tier of the show, they’re risking doing the same to the Samoan wrestler. Now, considering all the talk of the ongoing ‘Women’s Revolution’, it’d be a gross error on part of the promotion to let Jax fade into oblivion Bolivian.
And that’s not even mentioning the risk of some other organization signing her and utilizing the Force of Nature to her optimum level. So, why not make sure Jax is a boom rather than bust by making her Raw Women's Champion at least once?
#3 Character Validation
This factor may very well be the most vital in Nia Jax’s argument to the throne of Monday Night RAW. In order to comprehend this more surpassingly, one ought to look at the severe backlash WWE has faced after their decision of having Jinder Mahal be the WWE Champion came to fruition.
The primary criticism of Vince and co. putting the promotion’s most prestigious belt on Mahal is that the former 3MB member went from being a lower-tier jobber to holding the highly-regarded title without any kind of significant build-up.
Now, coming back to Nia Jax, her odyssey is quite the opposite, in this case, given that she was hyped as a dangerous and capable monster heel before suddenly having her job to someone who’s literally half her size in Sasha Banks.
On that note, the WWE most definitely need to validate their characters with befitting affectedness, rather than wildly oscillating the portrayal of key figures from a low-level jobber straight to up Champion status.
In simple terms, they should respect Nia Jax’s character arc and stay true to their original plans of presenting and booking the Samoan Superstar as a formidable monster… which, in turn, can be solidified by having her win the RAW Women’s Championship!
#2 The Samoan bequest
Speaking of the towering 270-pound Samoan Superstar, this lovely lady, in fact, comes from a family with a rich heritage in the professional wrestling business. As most would probably know, Nia Jax is a real-life cousin of WWE legend and Hollywood kingpin Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
Now, this blood affiliation—and here’s where things get interesting—isn’t really indicative of nepotism in the business; quite the contrary indeed. Unlike a few other performers in the business, Jax has never unfairly used her backstage leverage — owing to her relationship with the Rock— to her advantage in the WWE. Jax has time and again chosen the hard road; whatever the woman has accomplished thus far has been earned, NOT given!
Nevertheless, as is the case with most Samoan Superstars in the WWE—Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe included—Nia Jax proudly represents her culture in the WWE and grinds through obstacles like the warrior she is. It only seems fitting that Jax carries on the Samoan bequeathal and bags the Women’s Championship in the WWE.
#1 As real as it gets
Honestly, could there be any other importunate, far-reaching reason that could possibly convince the folks over at WWE HQ in Stamford to put the RAW Women’s belt on Nia Jax? She is the real deal!
Apart from working as a plus-size model, Jax is also well-known for her exploits in the weight room. The 6-footer is widely-respected for the tireless efforts and unwavering discipline in her training regime. The results are quite evident, as she cuts a highly intimidating figure inside the squared circle.
Now, noted that it’s all kayfabe and the best ‘legit’ fighter isn’t always the Champion in the WWE. However, should the WWE place the red brand’s Women’s title on Jax’s mighty shoulders, it’d serve to bring a sense of legitimacy to the belt.
When one takes a closer look at the current Women’s Championship scenario on RAW, reigning champion Alexa Bliss—as great as she is on the mic—doesn’t quite seem to be the best ‘wrestler’/fighter/badass ruler of the division.
Speaking of which, if the WWE are to place the very same belt around Jax’s waist, it goes without saying how grand and legitimate the Championship as well as the entire women’s roster would seem.
Nia Jax deserves to be the next RAW Women’s Champion, and rightfully so!
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