Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler’s Women’s Tag Team title defense against Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan was pulled from Sept. 27’s Clash of Champions PPV. Word is that bout and one other were changed due to circumstances surrounding the recent COVID-19 outbreak at WWE (not to be confused with the ones at AEW and CMLL). The company just announced that Jax & Baszler - along with Nikki Cross - weren’t medically cleared to compete.
That’s not what Nia says, though...
— (@NiaJaxWWE) September 27, 2020
So what happened then? Well, Jax’s explanation is...
My tag partner is expecting
— (@NiaJaxWWE) September 27, 2020
With that second one, from the jump, we were 99.99999% sure Jax was heeling and/or trolling. The tweet about Shayna potentially covers a few different bases; two that immediately come to mind are how fans assume a pregnancy announcement is forthcoming whenever something is going on with a woman, and the way Baszler roasted Becky Lynch for her impending motherhood back in May.
Why? Mostly, she just wants us to know they’re okay. And to mess with her partner a little bit...
Girl....I could not be better I apologize that the announcement scared some, but all is great and healthy on my end & my tag partner’s end as well (not that I speak for her, but I kind of just did ) https://t.co/8eQXodGAdN
— (@NiaJaxWWE) September 28, 2020
Shayna also responded, first to speculation she may have tested positive for COVID-19...
1. It’s not.
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) September 27, 2020
2. She’s never gonna win anyway
Then to her partner’s explanation...
I’m expecting......to die from a broken heart caused by the @Vikings
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) September 27, 2020
(Minnesota lost to Tennessee yesterday on a late field goal to drop to 0 - 3 on the season.)
To be fair, I stopped expecting that to happen awhile ago https://t.co/qbyAMgkcbE
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) September 28, 2020
These two...