Nia Jax has confirmed that her in-ring altercation with Charlotte Flair was real, revealing she threw legitimate punches after her warnings were ignored.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Jax addressed the incident that left the live crowd in stunned silence.
You know, it was a miscommunication. I will say I'm going to call it a miscommunication. Things got heated, like legit got heated in that match. And I did warn her a few times to stop, like to chill out, and she didn't. And so then I two-pieced her.
Crowd Goes Silent
Jax described the surreal atmosphere in the arena when the situation escalated beyond the planned match.
When I did it, when it happened in the moment, I couldn't hear anything because I was angry—I was legit pissed. So I didn't hear anything but then when I felt the dead silence of the crowd... I think the crowd was kind of like, they're trying to figure it out, like is this really happening? And I could hear Corey Graves. Corey Graves' commentary is the only thing I could hear because the crowd was dead silent because I think they were kind of in shock.
Despite the heated exchange, Jax confirmed that she and Flair have since resolved their issues.
We came back and once we were calm and level-headed we all kind of were just like, all right, it got kind of out of hand. Sometimes it happens. We started swinging.
When asked directly if they're good now, Jax confirmed: "Oh yeah. Yeah we're good."
The two were able to "redeem themselves" with subsequent matches after the incident.
