Booker T: Jade Cargill Is Pretty Fresh Off Her AEW Run, She Probably Didn’t Learn A Whole Lot

The triple threat WWE Women’s Title bout between Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, and Nia Jax had an unfortunate ending on WWE SmackDown with a botched count.

At the end of the match, Stratton knocked Cargill out of the ring and pinned Jax. Referee Daphanie LaShaunn counted two and then pulled up on the three count. However, Jax never got her shoulder up.

After the two count, Jax then threw her shoulder up, and the match continued. Stratton would hit the prettiest moonsault ever for the victory following the botched count and kickout.

Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T weighed in on the finish.

“You could tell there was a lot of miscommunication in the match, as well. For me, it’s no different than what we do at Reality of Wrestling with girls and triple threats. Trying to put the girls in the best position to be comfortable in the ring is the most important thing. You have NIL talent in Tiffany Stratton. You have Jade Cargill, who is pretty much just fresh off her AEW run. Just think about the time in AEW for her. She probably didn’t learn a whole lot. No disrespect or anything, but she was put on a wing and never really got a chance to wrestle anybody. Right? Then, you have Nia Jax, who has been there and is going to feel like, ‘I need to quarterback this thing. I feel I know more than these girls.’ It could have been a plethora of things, but you can tell there was a lot of miscommunication. One thing about matches like that, the only thing they’re going to remember is the finish. You have to get everybody to that point where that finish can happen and boom, it goes off without a hitch. That didn’t happen in this match. Was it a botch? Heck yeah, it was a botch. A miscommunication. A screw up. Whatever term you want to put on it. That can happen on live television,” stated Booker.

Cargill has been in WWE for two years.

Elsewhere during the podcast, Booker commented on Jazmyn Nyx exiting WWE. You can find his full comments here.

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