Dwayne Johnson’s Cousin Believes Will Smith’s Slap Was Soft: “If I Slapped Chris Rock..”
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Nia Jax aka Lina Fanene was an indestructible force in WWE. The cousin of Dwayne Johnson had some amazing feuds on NXT and also on RAW. The major highlight of her career was winning the RAW Women’s title at WrestleMania 34.
Many fans and critics also criticized Nia for being an unsafe opponent to work with. Once Nia’s punch landed hard on Becky Lynch, which got her injured, but it skyrocketed The Man’s career.
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WWE released Nia in November 2021 and she is currently pursuing other interests than wrestling.
Recently, Nia shared her reaction to the Oscars’ infamous slap event. Chris Rock joked about Will Smith’s wife, which led to Will walking to the stage and slapping Chris. Nia’s reaction to this incident was funny and a shot at her time in WWE being called unsafe.
The tweet said, “If I slapped Chris Rock, he would be out for 6-8 weeks…just sayin”
If I slapped Chris Rock, he would be out for 6-8 weeks…just sayin
— Lina Fanene (@LinaFanene) March 28, 2022
Like many other celebrities, Nia also shared her reaction uniquely to the incident. The infamous slapping incident got viral and more different versions of reactions are still coming in.
Nia Jax was being sarcastic by saying this. She basically reflected the tweet on her WWE career. During her time in WWE, she was called an unsafe opponent who injured other pro-wrestlers during the match.
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Nia didn’t injure anybody on purpose and she has stated this many times. She has an excellent sense of humor, as she shared her reaction to the Oscars’ event in a good sarcastic way by addressing herself.
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Nia Jax is half Samoan and is the cousin of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Sometime back, Nia appeared in an interview ‘The Sessions’ with Renee Paquette, where she discussed her WWE career.
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Renee asked her how Nia’s family bloodline affected her backstage in WWE? How was the reaction of others when they got to know Nia’s connection with The Rock?
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Nia replied, “I mean, she is not gonna lose her job because she is related to The Rock and all this stuff. Everybody under that was signed gripping me to shreds about that and it’s funny because it is so far from the truth, like Vince didn’t had an issue. He knew it was like sh*t happens, we are gonna make the best of it.”
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Jax revealed, she made all of her WWE career by herself. It took her long time for all the support she has now from her family. However, WWE released her in November 2021, as a part of budget cuts.
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