5 WWE Superstars who asked to change their opponent

#2 Nia Jax asked to change her WWE opponent

As mentioned earlier in this article, Ronda Rousey said she “loves” facing Alexa Bliss in WWE, but it seems that Nia Jax does not have quite as much enthusiasm when she sees her real-life best friend against “The Baddest Woman on the Planet”.

In September-October 2018, Bliss suffered concussions against Rousey in separate matches after receiving the same headlock takeover move.

Rousey, the WWE RAW Women’s Champion at the time, went on to headline the WWE Evolution pay-per-view against Nikki Bella at the end of October, but Bliss was unable to team with Mickie James in a dream match against Trish Stratus and Lita due to her injury.

Jax revealed during a Twitch stream in 2020 that she asked WWE to change her opponent to Rousey during this time, as she did not want Bliss to risk suffering another injury against the UFC Hall of Famer.

“I was like, ‘No, she cannot do this anymore.’ I personally would not allow her to get back in the ring to get hurt again, and I had to go to the people, to the higher-ups, and tell them, 'Listen, Lexi is five foot nothing, a hundred pounds, getting thrown around like a little ragdoll and injured every night.' I was like, 'Put me in, I'm a six foot, three hundred pound b**** and I can handle it.’”

Although Jax did not initially mention Rousey’s name, she later confirmed that she was indeed referring to the WrestleMania 35 main-eventer.