AEW may have its faults, but the company did a great job of making Jade Cargill a top star. With a Goldberg-like winning streak, she was soon established as one of their top female talents, and it was no great surprise when WWE quickly signed her.
The problem with an endless series of squash matches is that Cargill still has a lot to learn and we've seen her paired with experienced wrestler Bianca Belair as part of the women's tag team division since making her WWE debut.
Now one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions, it's clear Cargill's star is on the rise. However, she admitted in an interview with The Ringer that the different work rate in WWE has been a big adjustment.
"I came out with the Royal Rumble, but I have consistently been working since Mania. The travel is brutal. It’s very, very brutal and the crazy thing about it is this, and I know B [Bianca Belair] talks about this all the time. This isn’t even half of what they used to do for travel. The fact that we travel internationally, and then we have to turn around, and people have to go to RAW and their clocks have to be on point to whatever time change they’re in right now, I think that’s crazy."
"You have to go out there. You have to perform. You have to be 100% in front of all these people, regardless if you’re jet lagged, if you’re beat up from a week tour like we just had in Germany, and then had to go off and have a PLE that Saturday. That is very much different for me because I was so used to working one day a week, maybe two days a week, traveling on the same day and leaving the next morning as early as I can. One thing for sure, and again, B can attest to this, is you literally share your life with the WWE Universe, and I’m not used to that."
"I would say that the biggest challenge to this all is the travel. Yes, you take all the bumps. Yes, you go in the ring. Yes, all this stuff, but travel is the biggest part of it all."
Recently, it's been said that WWE plans to cut down its non-televised live events in 2025 as both a cost-cutting measure and because the company's rise in popularity means they're no longer needed (especially when they don't turn a particularly good profit).
That should reduce how much Cargill and other WWE Superstars are working, but for those looking for a much lighter, easier schedule, AEW remains a preferred option.
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