"A storm...(laughs)...is coming."
Jade Cargill (born June 3, 1992) is an American professional wrestler and former fitness model. She is currently signed to WWE, wrestling on its SmackDown brand. She is also best known for her tenure with All Elite Wrestling from 2020 to 2023.
Under the mentorship of Mark Henry, Jade attended the Face2Face wrestling school in 2018 and spent the next several years training at several additional schools. In late 2020, she would sign with AEW, antagonizing Cody Rhodes and his wife, Brandi. She then made her in-ring debut on the 3/3/21 episode of Dynamite, where she and Shaquille O'Neal defeated Cody and Red Velvet note in a mixed tag team match. From there, Jade would go on a winning streak lasting over 60 matches in the span of her tenure with AEW, during which she became the company's inaugural TBS Champion, before suffering her first loss, dropping the title to Kris Statlander at Double or Nothing 2023. After a brief absence, she returned in September to challenge Statlander for the title on the 9/15/23 episode of Rampage, where she was unsuccessful. Following this, she left AEW soon after.
Later that month, Jade would sign with WWE and make her on-screen debut in October at Fastlane 2023 before making her in-ring debut at the 2024 Royal Rumble. After a period of free agency since her debut, Jade would with sign with SmackDown.
Jade was the inaugural AEW TBS Champion and as of the time of this writing, the longest-reigning TBS Champion at 508 days. In WWE, she is currently one-half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions (with Bianca Belair).
That Bitch Tropes:
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: Her undefeated streak in AEW (and as the TBS Champion) had clearly gotten to her head - the more wins under her belt, the more egotistical and dismissive she acted towards the rest of the women's division, including the broadcasting team.
- Amazonian Beauty: Tall and extremely toned.
- Bash Sisters: In WWE with Bianca Belair
- Berserk Button: In AEW, Jade did not take kindly to Taya Valkyrie using the same finishing move as she does, which the latter calls "Road to Valhalla." This was to the point where the stipulation her TBS Championship against Taya forbade the latter from using the move.
- Broken Win/Loss Streak: In AEW, she had a 60+ match winning streak from her debut in early 2021 until it was finally ended by Kris Statlander at Double or Nothing 2023
- Character Catch Phrase:
- Often ended her promos with "I am that bitch!"
- "Tony, cut the shit!" when interviewed by Tony Schiavone.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Nearly all of Jade's wins in AEW had come under the two-minute mark - her entrance was usually longer than her actual matches.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Her entrance themes in both AEW and WWE begin with her saying "A storm is coming."
- Finishing Move: A sit-out double chickenwing facebuster called "Jaded."
- Graceful Loser: After losing a TBS Championship match to champion, Kris Statlander, on the 9/15/23 of Rampage, she embraced Statlander before leaving the ring. This was Jade's final appearance on AEW programming as she left when her contract expired.
- Humble Pie: Taya served Jade this shortly after Jade's match at Battle of the Belts VI, where Taya not only easily countered an exhausted Jade's attack on her, but nearly pulled off her identical Finishing Move on her. While Jade escaped, the experience left the usually haughty champion to flee in fear from Taya.
- Insistent Terminology: As TBS Champion, Jade insisted that "TBS" stood for "That Bitch Show" (which includes Rampage) on her justification that AEW was her show.
- Insult Backfire: When her online detractors objected to her undefeated streak and TBS title victory due to her being "green", she started saying she was green like money in promos, going as far as dyeing her hair green and wearing green clothes.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In WWE, while she retains the haughty arrogance from her days in AEW, she made her SmackDown debut on the 3/29/24 episode coming to the rescue of babyfaces Bianca Belair of Naomi against the villainous Damage CTRL.
- Ms. Fanservice: Jade is a fitness model/personal trainer, and loves to flaunt her physique/looks, even bragging about her ass during promos. Jade was definitely not lacking in confidence.
- Power Stable: In AEW, she led The Baddies, which consisted of herself, Red Velvet, Kiera Hogan, Leila Grey and Stokely Hathaway. Incidentally, The Baddies was also AEW's first prominent female faction since The Nightmare Collective.
- Red Baron: One of the most unusual nicknames a wrestler has ever gone under as Jade referred to herself as "That Bitch". In WWE, it was bowdlerized to "That Chick."
- Running Gag: Jade had an inexplicable dislike for Tony Schiavone - every time he interviewed her, apropos of nothing, she would tell him to "Cut the shit, Tony".
- Shout-Out
- She has admitted to being a huge fan of Marvel Comics' Storm, which likely inspired her white hair, her logo (which depicted her throwing a lightning bolt) and her slogan "A storm is coming!". On January 5, 2022, she outright cosplayed as Storm for her Dynamite entrance, while at AEW All Out 2022, she wore the 2004 costume of She-Hulk.
- At AEW Revolution 2022, she came out cosplaying as the character sharing her namesake from Mortal Kombat (specifically from Mortal Kombat 9), doubling as Visual Pun.
- For her AEW Full Gear 2022 entrance, Jade appeared as the 1985 version of Cheetara.
- Squash Match: After WrestleMania XL, Jade has a match against Chelsea Green and defeated Green less than ten seconds.
- "Take That!" Kiss: Had occasionally grabbed an opponent by the head and planted a forceful "kiss of doom" on her opponent's forehead either after a confrontation or during a match.
- White Hair, Black Heart: An arrogant, trash-talking Heel who dyed her hair silvery white, though she had dyed it in other colors, such as green.
- Worf Had the Flu: After narrowly defeating Taya Valkyrie at AEW Double or Nothing 2023, Jade held an open challenge for her belt immediately afterwards, with a returning Kris Statlander taking up the challenge. As Jade was still exhausted from her recent fight, Kris defeated Jade with little effort, resulting in Jade losing the title and taking her first official loss in AEW.
