Nia Jax Shows The Damage Of Her Hand From Punching Becky Lynch

Nia Jax Shows The Damage Of Her Hand From Punching Becky Lynch; ‘The Man’ Responds (Photo)

Nia Jax slugging Becky Lynch in the face during the women’s brawl to close RAW had quite the impact not only on the WWE Survivor Series card and Becky’s face, but Jax’s hand was much worse for wear as well. Jax posted a picture of her knuckle and played off of the feedback she’s been getting for punching the “The Man” right off of Sunday’s card:

https://twitter.com/NiaJaxWWE/status/1062738524347289601

Becky responded to the photo with a fair warning and choice words for the recently turned heel Nia:

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1062753374443978752

Due to Becky being out of action for Survivor Series, Ronda Rousey will now face Charlotte Flair as one of the headline matches for the show.

Many have been critical of Jax’s stiff shot, calling it careless and a mistake that’s easily avoidable if you know what you’re doing in the wrestling ring, including Wrestling Observer‘s Bryan Alvarez who has had his share of in-ring experience.

Well, there you go. That was not an inadvertent elbow. She punched her right in the face. I don't want anyone to lose their job, but at the very least Nia needs to be sent back to developmental for awhile. This isn't the first, second or even third time this has happened. https://t.co/ZoVhC4buSL

— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) November 13, 2018

If you're punching someone in the corner and you accidentally elbow someone behind you that you didn't see, obviously that's not nearly as bad as turning around, looking them square in the eye, and then punching them in the face. You don't need to be a worker to understand this. https://t.co/nP5m3oTgbi

— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) November 13, 2018

I started wrestling in the mid-90s. In over 1,000 matches with everyone from Buddy Wayne to Lance Storm to Rock & Roll Express and Los Villanos and Larry Sweeney and Jack Evans and everyone else, I never hurt anyone, ever. Pretty sure I'm qualified to give my opinion on working.

— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) November 14, 2018

From Bayley, to Alexa Bliss, to Charlotte Flair, Jax has had a track record of messing up spots with talent in the ring, injuring them or putting them in harm’s way.

There’s no reason not to think that Nia Jax doesn’t feel bad about hurting talent and you better believe she’s gotten a ton of (I’m sure harsh) criticism for it on social media, but something like Monday is another bad moment for her. I love Jax as a talent, but there also comes a time when things need to be reworked. Now may be a good time to refresh and re-acclimate considering the flip flop persona turns she’s been going through as of recent. It would only benefit all parties. That being said, this did garner attention and sets Jax up nicely for a feud down the road.

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