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Last Friday, Tiffany Stratton defended the WWE Women's Championship in a triple threat match in the main event of SmackDown. Jade Cargill and the former WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax challenged for the Championship, but ultimately, Tiffany Stratton managed to retain the Championship.
But the match is already labelled as the worst worked match of 2025. The fans worldwide and also the wrestling pundits are criticizing this match for the back to back botches. Both Nia Jax and Jade Cargill made botches, but Nia is getting more hate for this match, and that is mostly because of her notorious past.
Booker T defends Nia Jax amidst criticism
But two times WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has a different opinion in mind as she defended Nia Jax for whatever happened last Friday on SmackDown. But the five times WCW World Heavyweight Champion was mostly critical of Jade Cargill. Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast recently, he explained the following;
“You could tell there was a lot of miscommunication. You’ve got an NIL talent, Tiffany Stratton. You’ve got Jade Cargill who’s pretty much fresh off her AEW run, and just think about that time in AEW for her, she probably didn’t learn a whole lot, because – no disrespect or anything – but she was just put on a wing and she never really got a chance to really wrestle anybody.”
Booker T criticizes Jade Cargill over weak performance
“And then you’ve got Nia Jax, who’s been there, of course, is gonna feel like, ‘I need to quarterback this thing, I feel like I know more than these girls.’ It could have been a plethora of things, but you could tell there was a lot of miscommunication.”
“One thing about matches like that – the only thing they’re gonna remember is the finish. You’ve gotta get everybody to that point to where that finish can happen and it goes off without a hitch. And that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen in this match. Was it a botch? Heck yeah it was a botch. Was it a miscommunication? Was it a screw up? Whatever term you wanna put on it – yes it was.”
Nia Jax made multiple botches on Smackdown last Friday
“But one thing I do feel about that kind of stuff – that can’t happen on live television. If I went to go and see Hamilton, and they were going home, and the guy slipped on his butt and he forgot his lines, I think I would be pretty upset about that, too. They went out there, and it wasn’t a good night. It wasn’t a good night at all.”
Jade Cargill joined WWE back in 2023, and he has been active in the ring since January 2024. She has always been promoted as a top star of WWE, but her performances in the ring have always been questionable. A lot of fans still believe that she is never worth the push she receives in WWE. We hope she improves more in the future.
