Jade Cargill flashes impressive power moves in victory over Naomi
'I'm ready to go out there, show people what I've learned and how much I've grown. I think people are really going to be shocked.'
The match certainly had a long, emotionally-charged story going in its favor. It started last November with a mystery attack that wrote Jade off television for still mysterious reasons. The mystery continued during her months-long absence, with Naomi being revealed as her attacker when Jade returned and attacked her former friend at Elimination Chamber last month.
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That's why, after a weather report gimmick teed up her entrance...
...The Storm went right in for a double-leg takedown at the bell and slammed the now-heel Naomi.
Cargill controlled the early going, but her nemesis was able to get in plenty of offense in the middle portion of the match. The tide turned for good when Jade caught a blockbuster attempt and threw Naomi down with a Jackhammer.
That was first of two spots where the taller woman caught her opponent's aerial attempt and converting it into power move. It was followed by a more impressive bulldog after the top after the two traded reversals in the corner. Then came an even more jaw-dropping moment when Cargill busted out an electric chair powerbomb, popped Naomi in the air from her shoulders, then spinning and catching her an slamming her flatbacked on the mat.
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Jaded ended things after that.
We've seen Cargill's power — in WWE and, some of us, before that in AEW. People probably won't be 'shocked' that she impressed with a couple practice-able spots, but this performance did what it needed to do.
Now we'll see what's next for That Bitch (her words, not mine). Hopefully they have something for Naomi as well after her eye-opening heel work over the last month.
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