Jade Cargill wanted to do more.
The former AEW star dropped the WWE Women’s Title to Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania 42, ending her reign at 169 days. Since winning the title from Tiffany Stratton in November last year, she only defended the championship successfully once on TV, and had a total of 8 televised matches, including the encounter with The Mami.
The now former champion reflected on her reign during a recent interview with Sports Illustrated. Jade Cargill revealed the one regret about her run at the top, stating that she wanted to be part of more matches to be able to showcase her skills better:
“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 match with Rhea Ripley, comparing it to her encounter with Naomi at the Show of Shows last year. She claimed that her superb match with Naomi did not get as much attention because it was not a title match.
Cargill then explained her role in making the match with Ripley good, saying that Rhea can’t go out there and have a stellar match is she doesn’t put on a show as well.