The world of WWE everyone is trying to win championship gold. Back in November of 2025, Jade Cargill did just that when she defeated Tiffany Stratton to become the new WWE Women’s Champion.
Cargill held the belt for months before dropping it to Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 42, and she recently explained to SI.com why she views the title reign as a practice run.
“I wanted to wrestle more. I wanted more competitive matches. I wanted more grit. I really wanted to sink my teeth into whatever was being thrown at me. That’s all I wanted with my reign, but we didn’t get that as much as I wanted, and that’s fine. But now that I had a practice run, I’m gonna call it a practice run, I’m gonna say next time is gonna be totally different.”
Jade Cargill also talked about her WrestleMania match with Rhea Ripley when she said, “She can’t go out there and have that stellar match if I don’t put on [a show] as well. Rhea has always had amazing dance partners. She’s worked with Charlotte, she’s worked with Becky… It takes two to tango. I wasn’t nervous last year. I had a match with the great Naomi. I thought we had a superb match in itself. It wasn’t a title match, so obviously it’s not gonna have as much buzz around it, but I don’t think that this was any different. I just had a title. And a title doesn’t make me, I make the title.”
Rhea Ripley confirmed on Raw this week that she will be heading to SmackDown now that she’s the new WWE Women’s Champion. There’s currently no word on what’s next for Jade Cargill.
Stay tuned for updates.