Lana vs. Nia Jax set for next week’s WWE Raw

Lana and Nia Jax will face off in singles action ahead of TLC.

WWE has announced that Lana vs. Jax will take place on Raw next Monday. The episode is Raw’s go-home show for TLC. Jax & Shayna Baszler are defending their Women’s Tag Team titles against Lana & Raw Women’s Champion Asuka at the December 20 pay-per-view.

To set up them getting the title shot, Lana & Asuka twice defeated Jax & Baszler in non-title matches. Asuka defeated Baszler in a singles match on tonight’s Raw following a distraction. Jax had attacked Lana at ringside, but Lana sent her into the steel steps. Jax then tried to powerbomb Lana, but Lana countered it and sent Jax into the announce table. Baszler got distracted by that and Asuka rolled her up to get the win.

Asuka gave Lana a pep talk later on tonight’s show as Lana was worried about facing Jax next week. After Asuka left, Jax appeared behind Lana and Lana backed away.

Jax had put Lana through the announce table several times leading up to Survivor Series. At that PPV, Lana was the sole survivor for Team Raw in their five-on-five women’s elimination match against Team SmackDown. After Jax and Baszler ordered Lana not to tag in, she was the only person left at the end of the match when Jax and SmackDown’s Bianca Belair got counted out.