Nia Jax Reveals Reason For Her WWE Sabbatical, Says Rock Didn’t Tell Her to Leave

– Nia Jax spoke with PopCulture.com for a new interview and addressed her extended sabbatical from the company in October of last year. Jax told the site that deszpite rumors to the contrary, it was not out of dissatisfaction with her creative direction and The Rock did not tell her to leave if she wanted.

“That was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard,” she said. “The fact that people would think that Dwayne would ever tell me to not do something for the WWE, a place that’s actually given him his start and the reason he is on top of the world, it’s completely false and hilarious.”

Jax went on to say, “It has nothing to do with that [her being dissatisfied] at all. It wasn’t something that was that big of a deal. I had actually had an injury that happened to me personally on a flight—an overhead bag fell directly on top of my head while I was on a plane. I was out of it, I was completely out of it. I’m not kidding you…It was just something where I had to go and make sure I was okay and rest up. It was right before a tour. All it was, was just like, ‘Hey, you’re not the storyline right now. Go take a break. Make sure you’re okay, and then come back for tour.’ That was it. That was the bottom line. That was the story.”