Jade Cargill discusses skipping NXT, adapting to WWE schedule
Jade Cargill discussed the impact of skipping NXT and directly joining the WWE main roster in 2024.
In an interview with Joey Karni, Cargill addressed missing out on the traditional route of competing on NXT before the main roster transition. She cited missing out on aspects – juggling regular touring schedules, engagement with audiences and relationships with talents in the locker room who already have a solid bond given their longstanding history.
“It’s a lot of things I feel like I missed at NXT, and you don’t see that until you’re actually in the storm. But the crazy schedule that is here, I was used to working one day a week, and then I come here and you’re on the go all the time. All the time. And I remember when I was in the tag team, I wouldn’t call it complaining because I wasn’t used to it, but I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re working this show and this show and this show.’ I wasn’t used to being on the go like this. People can take that as complaining but it was just me not knowing about how much we give ourselves to the WWE Universe,” said Cargill.
“But also the camaraderie of the locker room and just building that trust with my co-workers and things like that, and when I say that it’s people have these stories of having road trips and things of that sort and I never worked a live event before I got here. That’s another thing, they have stories that go back years, and I sit there and I’m like, ‘Well, I just met you guys.’ We don’t have that depth. But storytelling, and then on top of that, just them knowing your overall character and your move set. So when I came, people really didn’t know my character and what I was about. I think we’re getting there and seeing how raw I am. I don’t need a script, just let me talk. I can talk my stuff. I might curse here and there. I’m getting better at that. But that’s because I’m feeling it and I have to reel back at times and I get a little nervous. So I think they’re trusting me more with that kind of stuff.”
Cargill made her WWE debut at the 2024 Royal Rumble. She teamed up with Bianca Belair and Naomi against Damage CTRL for WrestleMania that year. Within that time, Cargill built a rapport with the WWE Universe.
Last weekend at the Premium Live Event, Rhea Ripley defeated Cargill for the WWE Women’s Championship, a title reign that extended for nearly 170 days. Following which, Cargill said she wished she had wrestled more during the reign, and considered it a ‘practice run’ before her next reign.
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