Nia Jax Discusses The Change In Backstage Culture In WWE

Ever since Vince McMahon began distancing himself from WWE before eventually parting ways completely in 2024, the change in WWE both on and off screen has been clear and evident. A healthier atmosphere, improved quality, and more willingness and openness to change have been a big part of WWE’s new regime.

Queen Of The Ring Nia Jax is someone who has been open in the past about WWE’s poor backstage culture, highlighting that as part of the reason why she was initially released and left WWE. However, when speaking on the Battleground Podcast, she revealed how much better the culture is in WWE today.

“So, the locker room culture, it’s constantly changing but I do find as though we have more of a support system for each other. I come from a team background. I’ve played sports my whole life and it’s always been like you’re only strong as your weakest link and I find as though, like previously, everybody took it more of a me, me, me sort of thing where it’s like, ‘I need to do this’ and now we’re like, ‘Well, we all need to come together to support so and so’ and, ‘We all need to come together’ so I think it’s more of a team, a group effort in the locker room I feel.”

It isn’t just in the locker room where the change has been felt, but amongst the creative team and other staff too, as Jax continued to explain. 

“I also feel a lot of the creative and our producers are more just like, ‘Hey, this is what we’re doing but make sure you realize, go have fun. Go enjoy what you’re doing.’ It’s not like to where it’s like, oh my gosh, I did this. I’m gonna have so many repercussions when I get backstage. It’s more of just, try something. If it doesn’t work out, figure it out. We’ll figure it out later. It’s a different kind of culture, a different kind of atmosphere… I feel as though there’s just more support and encouragement.”

Jax is set to go one on one with Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship at the upcoming SummerSlam 2024 PLE. 

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