Baron Corbin has publicly defended Nia Jax following an in-ring injury โsustained by Jade Cargill duringโ the September 29, 2024, episode of SmackDown in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred during a tag team matchโ where Cargill and Bianca Belair faced off against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.
The injury to Cargill, a rising starโข in WWE, has prompted debate among fans โand within โคthe wrestling community regarding the circumstances surrounding it. Corbin, speaking on social media, asserted that Jaxโข is aโข professional andโค the โคincident was an unfortunate accident inherent toโข the physicality of professional wrestling.โฃ He stated,”Nia is one of the most professional people I know. Accidents happen inโข this โbusiness. let’sโข not turn โฃthis into something โit’s not.” The defense comes as Jax has faced criticism online,with some โalleging carelessness โin her actions leading to Cargill’s injury.
Cargill sufferedโค a โฃlegitimate knee โขinjury duringโ the match, confirmed by WWE officials. The extent โof the injury and a potentialโข recovery timeline have not yet been โขdisclosed, but โshe was seenโค beingโค assistedโฃ to the backโ and did not finish the contest.Belair continuedโฃ theโ match alone, โขultimately losingโค to Jax and Baszler.
The injury significantly impacts Cargill’s momentum as she is relatively new to WWE,having signedโฃ with the company in October 2023 โขafter a dominant run in Allโข Elite Wrestling.โ Her pairing with Belair was intended to elevate her profile and establish her as a top โฃcontender in theโ women’s division. The situation nowโ leaves Belairโฃ without a tag team partner and casts uncertainty โคover Cargill’s immediate future in the company. WWE has not yet โannounced any changesโข to โขscheduledโข matches or storylines asโข a result of the injury.
