Nia Jax Explains The Origins Of Her Ring Name, TV Show That Influenced It

Nia Jax has explained the origins of her ring name and how she came up with it, naming the TV show that influenced the name.

Nia has been a part of WWE’s roster for over a decade now, making her debut in 2015 in WWE NXT. Jax has found success on the main roster, and is a multi time women’s world champion.

While speaking to Jimmy V3 in a new interview, Nia Jax spoke about the origins of her ring name, noting that she got her surname from Sons Of Anarchy.

“So back when we were choosing names, like, we had to send a list of names of, like, what we possibly wanted, and they ran it through, I think, like, their legal department to see what they can actually give us. Nia, you know, I pronounce it Na-ya, but Nia is actually a Samoan woman name, like a name in the Samoan culture, and Jax is from Jax Teller, because at the time I was obsessed with Sons of Anarchy, and yeah, it was such a great show, and so Nia Jax came about from from that.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Nia spoke about The Bloodline potentially calling on her, Naomi or Tamina Snuka. You can read more about that here.

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