Nia Jax Apologized to Shayna Baszler Over Her Previous Conditioning

Nia Jax has always used her size as an advantage in the ring, and as a gimmick. Like her theme song once said, she’s not like most. Indeed, she previously revealed that she was advised to wrestle more like a monster with surprising agility than do too many moves that were supposedly outside her lane.

In a recent interview on Beyond the Bell, however, she discussed recognizing that at a certain point, her weight was making her worse. During the period she was out of WWE, she realized she was at her heaviest, and that needed to change. And that she owed her former tag team partner an apology.

“I was large but not healthy,” she said. “And that was when I had to sit and re re-evaluate and I had to go back and watch my wrestling and watch what I I used to do. It was funny, cuz I sat with Shayna, Shayna Baszler is one of my closest friends outside of work as well, and I just remember looking [at] her when I watched myself back, and saying ‘I’m so sorry that I didn’t give you the best that I could have given venue just because I wasn’t my healthiest.'”

“You know, I saw that I moved slower. I wasn’t crisp enough. I just wasn’t there. And I think it helped me on my return because now I feel as though like I have a little bit more of an edge because I am a little bit quicker. I’m a little bit lighter on my feet. I can definitely perform a little bit better than I used to. And it was that time off that I didn’t realize I really needed, to re-evaluate myself and and thankfully have the opportunity to come back better.”

Maybe one day we can get Baszler back as well for a deserved rematch.