Nia Jax: How WWE Embraced Her Body, Growing Up in Hawaii & Her Samoan Roots | Keep It Aloha Ep. 252
Nia Jax (Savelina Fanene) is a professional wrestler and WWE Superstar who was born in Australia and raised between Hawaiʻi and California.
She comes from a legendary Samoan wrestling lineage that includes her cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — but she has built an incredible legacy of her own.
Before stepping into the ring, she played college basketball and worked as a plus-size model before eventually signing with WWE and beginning her professional wrestling career in NXT. Since then, she has become a two-time WWE Women’s Champion, three-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, and the 2024…
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