Jade Cargill says CM Punk, Ricky Saints, Cody Rhodes are ‘like family’
Jade Cargill says that CM Punk, Ricky Saints, and Cody Rhodes are like family to her.
During a recent appearance on Booker T’s Hall of Fame podcast, Cargill was asked about a photo posted by Punk following her WWE Women’s Championship win. In the photo, Cargill appears alongside her three former AEW co-workers, all of whom are also champions in WWE.
Cargill said about the photo:
“When we took the picture, it just felt like family. And I say that because Cody’s seen me from day one. Ricky’s my best friend in the industry. CM Punk has always been the most honest, most brutal person that I have ran into from day one when I met him. We’ve always had a friendship. These are three phenomenal people who have sat with me and who have always been in my corner.”
“They have seen me go through so many situations and so many feelings trying to understand this industry because this industry will chew you up and spit you out. So for these people to see me at the top of the mountain at WWE, it’s no other feeling.”
Cargill mentioned that Rhodes was in her first match ever, when she teamed with Shaquille O’Neal against Rhodes and Red Velvet on the March 3, 2021, episode of Dynamite. She also noted that CM Punk taught her how to use a chair.
Cargill continued:
“(Punk) showed me how to properly use a chair. Cody was in my first match ever. Ricky helps me out with so many things that I don’t understand in the industry that take years and years and years of knowledge. These are people that have been in my corner forever. So again, it felt like family.”
Cargill defeated Tiffany Stratton at the November 1 Saturday Night’s Main Event to win her first WWE Women’s Championship. She has since defeated B-Fab and Alba Fyre on episodes of SmackDown and interrupted Chelsea Green’s US title celebration on last week’s episode.
Cargill’s comments about the photo with Punk, Rhodes and Saints begin around the 1-hour and 16-minute mark of the interview. The video below is cued.
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