Before her match against Kairi Sane, Nia Jax cut a heel promo on tonight’s WWE RAW episode.
The promo included a line where she mimicked what Asuka and Kairi Sane sound like to her. A lot of fans found it racially insensitive:
“Don’t believe the hype. They aren’t what they say they are. The oh besties and the bright colors and memememe Japanese, it’s all smoke and mirrors.”
The backlash on Twitter was instant. Fans couldn’t believe that WWE edited their way around Kairi Sane’s bloody injury, but not around Nia Jax’s offensive line.
One fan questioned WWE’s decision saying: “So Nia Jax mocked Japanese which is kinda racist, mocked Becky Lynch being pregnant, said the title got handed to Asuka, played victim, & this is the match where Kairi gets busted wide open, i miss anything?”
Plenty of other fans shared a question asking how this line made it through the editing process. Some were more upset than others.
“Don’t believe the hype. They aren’t what they say they are. The oh besties and the bright colors and memememe Japanese, it’s all smoke and mirrors.”
– Nia Jax on The Kabuki Warriors #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/7uXx5Sfmwo— GIFSkull IV – @jack fix your DMCA! – #Lawyer. (@GifSkullIV) June 2, 2020
So Nia jax mocked japanese which is kinda racist, mocked Becky Lynch being pregnant, said the title got handed to Asuka, played victim, & this is the match where kairi gets busted wide open, i miss anything? #WWERaw— Flyin Brian (@BrianSwiftie13) June 2, 2020
WWE can edit the nia/kairi match but won’t edit out Nia’s racist japanese speaking in that awful promo. i’m really not all that surprised lol #WWERaw— Ｔｗｉｌｉｇｈｔ | 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙺𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚊 🖤 (@Milahvee) June 2, 2020
Did she just… Did she just make fun of their Japanese accent? #RAW— Shriyut Kumar Srivastava (@tuyirhs) June 2, 2020
I knew y’all were gonna say that was racist! I’m not a Nia fan but she was just mocking Asuka and Kairi’s voices…. aaaaaand they literally are Japanese people speaking Japanese…so… racism where? #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/p1uPjze4n9— Let’s Talk WWE! (@WWEislife123456) June 2, 2020
That Japanese line Nia made.. Mad heel. But also mad cringe. #WWERaw— Will B (@ItsYaBoyWillB) June 2, 2020
seriously did Nia Jax mock Japanese? i don’t wanna be that guy but… #WWERaw— Flyin Brian (@BrianSwiftie13) June 2, 2020
Did @NiaJaxWWE just… “*gibberish* Japanese”?? Seriously? Wow. This is totally NOT the time to belittle someone’s race, nor is there ever a time. Promo or not, that was tasteless #CancelNiaJax #WWERaw— Ash Myburgh (@ashmyburgh) June 2, 2020
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