Nia Jax spoke with Mark Lelinwalla of Sporting News to promote this weekend’s WWE Fastlane pay-per-view (PPV). Check out some of the highlights below:
Competing in the Men’s Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant at the 30th position after attacking R-Truth to take his place:
The Royal Rumble was on another level — probably the highlight of my career thus far. It was pretty incredible to compete in both the women’s and the men’s Rumble in one night, and not only that, but being able to share the ring with Randy Orton, Dolph Ziggler, Andrade, Rey Mysterio and have such a great — like you said — a viral moment. I’m sitting here like, “I don’t know if I could top that.” And then, of course, the WWE … we’re such a fast-moving ship, we go over stuff and before I get a chance to enjoy it, the next thing I get to be a part of is the Elimination Chamber.
That’s the first time I’ve ever been in an Elimination Chamber, so that was another moment where I was like, “Oh, my gosh.” It’s incredible every time I get to do these things. To be in the ring and get RKO’d and 619’d, I’m like, “This is incredible.
And then I go to Elimination Chamber, where I’m in a pod, I feel like everything keeps getting better and better. So, competing at Fastlane against Sasha and Bayley for the tag-team championship is just another exciting moment for Tamina and I, and I can’t wait.
What she learned from all the criticism she received after breaking Becky Lynch’s nose back in November:
Obviously, we learned that I can’t throw punches (laughs). I’m just kidding. From that experience, there’s always an opportunity whether it’s good or bad. If somebody gets hit, that happens in a contact sport. It happens, so you just have to be able to look at the positives and take it and run with it.
I just realized that everything is an opportunity no matter what happens. People might freak out like they did on me and that’s OK because now I’m one of the top heels in this company and I’m OK with that. That’s my job, so I take everything as an opportunity.
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