Top WWE Star Believed They’ll Get Fired After Injuring Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch was once seriously injured by a top WWE star.
On November 28, during a segment on WWE Raw, the SmackDown women’s roster attacked the Raw roster. During the chaotic brawl, Nia Jax accidentally punched Becky Lynch in the face so hard that she broke her nose.
The brutal impact caused Becky Lynch to bleed heavily in the ring, creating one of the most historic and widely shared moments on social media. That punch ultimately led to Becky Lynch’s transformation into “The Man” in WWE.
Nia Jax On Breaking Becky Lynch’s Nose
Nia Jax recently appeared on the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, where she was asked how she felt in that moment and whether she realized how significantly it would affect both her and Becky Lynch’s careers.
Jax revealed that once she realized she had legitimately injured Becky Lynch, she was terrified for her job and believed Vince McMahon might fire her:
“No. I do realize in the moment when I hit her, I felt on my knuckle a little [contact], and I was like, f*ck. Because when it happened, this will be funny. Go back to the beginning, where we came in and they were like, ‘Hey, we got to sell this match, go in there, give it your all. Say sorry later.’ A producer said that to us. I was like, All right, we’re in there.
And naturally, I feel like I’m an easy target because I’m the biggest girl. So I kept getting punched, hit from all angles, and I’m like, mother trucker. I’m in the corner with Naomi, and we’re fighting, and somebody comes and just clinks me in the back of my head, and I just turn around. I’m like, ‘Get the f off me.’ Didn’t realize it was Becky. I thought it was Lana.
I turned and connected, and I felt it, and I was just like, oh sh*t! I didn’t realize how bad it was until I looked down and I just saw her bleeding all over the mat. Then she rolled out, and Dana was looking at her, taking care of her. Then we get done, and we go to the back, and I’m sitting there going, like, Oh my gosh, I’m in so much trouble. This is it. I think they’re done with me. I was getting my papers.
Then Becky was in the trainer’s room, and I couldn’t go in there, they were checking her out, and I was just trying to make sure she was okay. Then I had to go talk to Vince and the producers, and they were all quiet, but talking to each other and not saying anything to me. Then in gorilla they had it on the screen, he was talking to Kevin, ‘Let me see the footage.’ They were replaying it from every angle.
However, in a surprising turn of events, the incident helped launch Jax as one of the biggest heels in WWE history.
And I was like, oh, man, it was a tough time. Then Vince was like,’It’s not ballet, sh*t’s gonna happen.’ I was like, okay, because I’ve been cussed out by Vince before for other things, so I thought oh for sure I’m gonna get cussed out for this. He was like, ‘It’s not ballet. Sh*t happens, is she okay?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know.’ He said ‘Go check on her.’ He’s like, go check on her.
Then from there, it just exploded all over the internet. Then I think when I tweeted out, it was a joke, and I asked Becky about it if I could, it was like I had a cut on my hand from the punch. And it was from the movie The Campaign, ‘Is anybody asking me how my fist is doing?’ I thought it was funny just like every heel is justified. But it was definitely that people were way too sensitive to it. That’s when I went nuclear heat.
I’ll never forget the next week was Survivor Series, and I wasn’t supposed to win that match, whatever it was supposed to be. I think it was Sasha was supposed to win that match. I was still trending about the punch, and everybody was telling Vince the internet is still going nuts about Nia punching Becky in the face. Then right before the doors open, he was like, ‘Finish change, Nia over.’ He said, ‘Yeah, when you go out there, you show your fist and you smile.’ I was like, All right.”