WWE NXT Superstar Jaida Parker made her mark earlier this year in the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble match. Entering at the 16th spot, Parker received a great ovation from the crowd.
Despite her strong reception, Parker had a short stint in the match. She lasted about seven minutes before being eliminated by Jordynne Grace. As she continues rising through the WWE NXT brand ranks, Parker recently revealed her reaction to finding out about her Royal Rumble spot.
Parker shared her emotional reaction to learning about her Royal Rumble spot on the No-Contest Wrestling Podcast. WWE officials informed her about her entry, and she struggled to hold back tears, reflecting on the challenges she had faced in her journey.
She stated, “Okay, so, to answer your first part, they reached out to me. They let me know and I was informed of being in the (Royal) Rumble and I tried to hold back all the tears that I had built-up because it has not been an easy journey at all. There’s days when you question everything and you question yourself and for me to get that reassurance, I told my momma, I was like, ‘You can’t tell me God ain’t real.’ Hey, you can’t.”
She continued, “Because there’s no way I can go through all these trials and tribulations and then still end up on top. That ain’t nothing but God. So, I cried, I called my momma and I was just like, ‘We gon’ do this and this my chance to show the world, the WWE universe, in front of those fans, in front of millions of people tuning in, who the hell Jaida Parker is’ and that’s exactly what I did.” [H/T: PostWrestling]
Jaida Parker on her Royal Rumble moment with Bianca Belair, Naomi & Chelsea Green
In the same interview, Jaida Parker reflected on sharing the ring with Bianca Belair, Naomi, Lash Legend, and Chelsea Green during the Royal Rumble match. She described the experience as surreal.
She stated, “Now, to answer your second part, that moment (in the match with Bianca Belair, Naomi, Lash Legend & Chelsea Green), it was insane. It was insane because I went in there, did my lil stuff, hit my Teardrop, had that moment with Lash and then I turned and I’m like, oh, that’s Bianca, and I look, I was like, oh, that’s Naomi. I was like, ‘Oh! Okay, okay,’ and I was just embracing that moment because a lot of people can’t say that they’ve ever had that moment with them and I always on — especially other podcasts that I’ve done and interviews that I’ve done, I’m always praising them because they were the Black women that I look up to.”
Parker also discussed her moment with Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green. She praised Green’s confidence during the match and mentioned that she can’t wait to face all of them again.
