"Jade beat Tiffany down so hard that the crowd was laughing about it by the end. Not a bad ring story, but they are driving at the NXT speed that you would expect from people that should still be there, realistically. They were probably rushed for time and the botches would not have been so bad if they slowed down and Tiffany sold that injury for another 7 minutes."
[0.0] "If someone is injured in Kayfabe before a squash match then there's zero purpose for it. If they really wanted to make Jade look dominant then they should've NOT done the knee angle. It's a frustrating habit Triple H has of protecting his babyfaces and just makes so many matches very frustrating to watch since there's always a screwy finish or "bad ribs" or like here Tiffany had a bad knee. Hate this."
[2.0] "There is really not much to say about this, it was a squash match against someone who had been champ for 300 days, an injured tiffany who came into the match with a hurt knee, now the funny thing is that tiffy only remembers she has an injured leg after the bell rings, walks completely fine to the ring, gets kicked by jade to sell it, then forgets its injured again, only to remember its injured again when attempting a moonsault, sums up tiffany as a whole tbh, shes green and mediocre at everything and should not have been champ for as long as she did, jaade is not much better if we are being honest, better then tiffany but thats about it, her becoming was needed but its not the division saver people think it will be, because there is no smackdown women's division, and even a potential bianca mania feud does not excite me as it once did, jade still cant wrestle long matches and as we saw from this match just does a couple power moves and thats is. So is it worth sitting through a 5 month title reign just to give bianca belair a mediocre mania title match, only time will tell."
[4.0] "The five-minute squash concept could've been clever, but the match never sold it convincingly. Tiffany's 'injured knee' spot felt exaggerated, and Jade's heel shift came off rushed rather than impactful. Some intrigue, but overall poorly handled."
[1.0] "I have to say, it's a brilliant idea to end a 300-day reign in 5 minutes and improvise a heel turn just 2 weeks before a transition event. I wonder: what are they thinking when they write these things? Because this is pure madness."
[3.0] "Why on earth did they have to make Jade's title win that anticlimactic & that weak? Tiffany had to get protected like crazy in a defeat with the angle that she's not 100%? Idk Jade should've dominated her without that crutch. Match was a dud"
[1.0] "So you are telling me that a 300 day reign ends in a squash match? I get that Jade is supposed to be dominant and I'm all for it, however when you do this to a champion you built your brand around for over a year and squash her in barely five minutes? Completely horrible booking. Jade wasn't ready for the title and there was barely any build up at all."
[0.0] "Tiffany Stratton's 300 day title reign comes to an end in a 5 minute match. Very strange booking decision to build a talent up for so long and invest heavily in them just to have them lose in this fashion. I don't think it makes Jade look any better. Match length aside, the in ring work was not good either. If you haven't seen this match yet, don't bother. It might as well have been a segment where Stratton just hands over the belt to Cargill."
[3.0] "So many things mystify me about this match and the booking behind it and leading up to it. Why have Tiffy go on such a rampage for almost an entire calendar year, only to drop the belt in such an anticlimactic fashion? Why put the strap on Jade when she is still as green as a lime - and when it could have made a lot more sense to have her go against Giulia and have a little run with the US belt instead? How did anyone think that this was gonna push Jade to feeling like a legit main star of the women's roster when the result was such a foregone conclusion and the blame laid almost entirely on the shoulders of Tiffy being injured? Bewildering all over."
[6.0] "Exactly what it needed to be, but the execution felt flawed. Tiffy going a year undefeated only to lose consecutive matches and her title be taken by someone's shes beaten clean multiple times. Yeah she's injured, yeah she got hope spots, regardless of the efforts it felt like a lackluster ending to a reign that felt so inspired initially. Hopefully Jade can lift the belt out of this bad feud, but I have yet to be impressed with her as a singles wrestler in WWE. She has the look and charisma, she just lacks that in-ring storytelling currently."
[7.0] "It wasn't bad, I even enjoyed it before the final (very short) part. I don't know if Tiffany was acting, but her work here was really good. It's a pity that she (probably) had an injury, this made Jade's win not so legit from the point of view of kayfabe, and this isn't the thing you expect when someone ends such a long title reign. Anyway, Cargill looked like a treat, and only the abrupt final and the abscence of Tiffy's fire up (I know why, but I didn't then) can't make me like this match more. It was fine, with bigger potential."
[0.0] "Disgraceful to end a 300 day title regin this way, especially to a performer as weak in the ring as Cargill. But, actually what made it worse than that, was how obvious it was going into it that this is EXACTLY what would happen. It made what should be a crowning acheivement in Cargill's career a predictable, underwhelming outcome. Obviously Cargill has an incredible body and look, but I just feel you need more than a look to become a world champion in WWE. She has yet to show the ability in-ring (lack of ring awareness is glaring) to really become a world champion. Her mic work is also among the worst in regard to the top women in the division."
[4.0] "Hold mid man. Jade is still very green and still needs to learn a lot about in-ring work. She really shouldn't be getting a major belt especially when there are better options. Granted in terms of better options this is also a problem on Smackdown. There really isn't as much high end / pushed talent on Smackdown. I guess they did the best with what they've got? Idk this match was just so eh."
[7.0] "This result was telegraphed a little bit by how much they kept talking about the injury, but this was really really effective in establishing Jade and it sets up interesting things for both women to do next."
[3.0] "MEHH...it was both expected and unexpected. Tiffany was protected by a leg injury, but I think even with that, Jade squashed her. This isn't how the 300-Day Reign should have ended... I can't even say anything about the match itself. There were a few good moments, but for the most part, Jade just dominated rather boringly. 1.5 / 5"
[5.0] "Not exactly understanding the hatred here. Sure, it wasn't an all-time classic, but that was never the intention. The fact that Jade has tried & failed before makes the dominant performance a little less meaningful, but I enjoyed her presentation. The story-telling here definitely could have been better execute too, but I feel it was relatively inoffensive, & that Tiffany carrying the injury in to the match means that the nature of the defeat doesn't do her any harm."
[3.0] "Are we seriously doing this again? Look, I know Jade is the big bad heel that's supposed to crush the face, but Jade has a history of having really poor quality and short title defenses, and all this match told me was that we're gonna see it again. Plus, this was a pathetic end to a 300+ day title reign, as mediocre as it was."
[0.0] "That's terrible! Why did they let Tiffany compete when she had a bad knee? And the match ended in a one-sided victory for Jade! Everyone, think about this carefully. Some people say Tiffany's reign as champion was terrible, but she was just doing her job (understand business). Understand that the problem lies with TKO and WWE. Jade may have the power and muscles, but she lacks the wrestling skills necessary for professional wrestling. A professional wrestler should be able to wrestle. It was a mistake to win the belt without being able to wrestle."
[5.0] "They keep it simple and as a result they have the best match they have ever had with eachother. Of course Stratton selling could be more sympathetic and Jade bombs look more brutal, but it does the job. Tiffany did bump big in the beginning in what I thought to be the best moments of the bout."
[5.0] "A match that ultimately did what it needed to do. Tiffany sold like death and Jade came out looking strong. It's up to Jade now whether she sinks or swims as the primary focus of the women on Smackdown."
[2.0] "A squash match with botches. They dropped Jade's interesting storyline just to say "today, she's strong and unbeatable." It's stupid and not believable. Throwing Tiff's reign in the trash like that is pure nonsense, even if they tried to justify it by saying "yeah, but she's not at 100%." Nothing about this match makes sense."
[0.0] "WWE really dropped the ball with this one. Cargill's victory over Stratton felt completely unearned and exposed the glaring talent gap between the two. While Tiffany continues to prove she's one of the most complete performers in the women's division--mixing charisma, athleticism, and in-ring skill--Jade once again showed that power alone doesn't make a good wrestler. The match itself suffered because of Jade's limited moveset so we were forced to see a squash match end a 302 day title reign. Afraid the WWE Womens championship is a bad spot right now."
[4.0] "Almost a squash by Cargill, what I'm not expected to see. I'd like to Jade's winning, but not so simple. From Tiffany I only remembering Swanton bomb. Maybe she is really injured, because their match cna be much longer. But I'm happy with result and this was not a typical WWE booking for now, what is a good sign."
[0.0] "Simply a horrifyingly bad match. If this is the best Jade has, then why is she becoming a champion? Booking her like a monster after we've seen her for a year and a half have 1-2 star matches is not a good call. Do they think we don't remember those matches? I cannot see Jade ever getting to the level of being a world champion that is taken seriously. There are about 32 women on the main roster, so it's a bit crazy to push someone who is arguably the worst in-ring worker as being this unstoppable force."
[2.0] "This match could've just been an email. Everyone knew with how obnoxiously they were pushing this "knee injury", Tiffany Stratton was going to lose. To her credit, she sells her ass off during this match. It just feels so unceremonious to have her 300-day reign come to an end, at the hands of getting squashed by a notoriously struggling in-ring performer. Who already lost to her multiple times."
[7.0] "A good fast match that made Jade Cargill look like the biggest star in the world. A dominant win was exactly what this match needed. The swanton bomb by Tiffany Stratton was beautiful, Jade's finisher looked deadly, a good 5 minutes match."
[6.0] "Completely solid match. Jade wins in dominant fashion as she should, ending the worst title reign in recent history. Not for the first time, I am forced to point out the fact that a lot of the criticism Jade Cargill receives is not based on her wrestling, but her skin colour and gender."
[3.0] "Both women are so used to having everything scripted that they couldn't even pull off a simple squash match. The crowd was silent, Stratton wasn't selling to the fans at all, and Cargill didn't seem to care about getting any reaction either. It would've worked much better if Jade had just destroyed Tiffany with a few big moves and finished her off clean, but instead, they completely killed any rhythm the match had with constant pinfall attempts."
[3.0] "This felt like WWE admitting defeat on Jade Cargill. Namely they have spent the last year trying their hardest for her to have competitive back and forth one on one matches that last about 10 minutes. But here they decided to just book her like AEW did. Just let her go out. Do power moves for 5 minutes and squash someone. Which is the only thing Jade knows how to do at this point. This was pretty lousy. I understand why WWE decided to just go back to booking Jade like they did in AEW because she has not improved at all. So I have no idea what their end game is now putting the belt on her. Because she can only do one type of match. Squash matches. There is only so many squash matches you can do before you run out of jobbers to feed her and also it will make the belt feel boring. Tiffy's title reign has been thoroughly uninteresting but I can't imagine a Jade Cargill title reign will be much better. She is nearly 5 years into her career and people are still calling her green. Which I think perfectly sums up her skills as a professorial wrestler. All looks no substance. Tiffy on the other hand has had an awful year. Boring matches. Terrible promos (That one she had with Charlotte is the only one that is memorable. Charlotte recovered from that very strongly since) Tiffy needs to go back to the drawing board and pronto."
"300+ days title reign (especially one of two most important women titles in WWE) shouldn't end like these even though it wasn't good reign. Basically it was a squash.Tiffy instantly tried to sell the knee after the attack from Jade weeks ago but at least give the champ a chance to lose the title with fight or something. I think heel Jade was the only person on Smackdown now who can defeat Tiffy but also why didn't they do it on Summerslam ? Now I hope they will put Jade against Bianca when she returns because if not it's gonna be another boring reign."
"Absolute garbage. These ladies make the WWE house style look like PWG, with how fucking slow they are. Jade should have been a heel from the start - she works and behaves like one anyway, and I'm actually kind of shocked at the complete lack of booking instincts to spot something that should be obvious to any fan. So, her turn is a good decision - but honestly, I just don't care anymore. I can't wait until she is off to the movies and no longer doing this. Not only that - who is she going to face? Is she just going to run over all these new girls they've invested in that are on Smackdown/NXT? She can barely work longer than how long this match was! This whole show was bad, and this was easily the worst match. Also worth noting: it's getting really hard for me personally to watch these matches where the clear-and-cut heel wins and everyone in the crowd is happy because they finally for a shoot got their hands on the gold. This tells you two things. One, the fans are way more into these people as ACTORS playing wrestlers, than they are as WRESTLERS. Two, the product is so fucking terrible, that none of the angles can even halfway get the crowd to suspend their disbelief and play along. Just because everyone's an influencer and a BRAND now, easily accessible by mobile phone, doesn't mean that you can't get people to invest in the characters they are playing for 20-30 minutes. I think a lot of WWE's catering to this new type of fan is a cop-out for having good writing or taking creative risks. They've submitted to this MCU-ified culture where everything has to be marketed to be acceptable to everyone. It kills their own creative process dead in the water, and it sucks ass. When Triple H was champ for those long 3 years, everyone hated him and wanted to rip their hair out when he won. Today, everyone would be singing along to his song and spitting their own water in the air. So yes - awful, horrible, amateur-hour all around, and I'm just about fed up watching any new WWE programming."
[5.0] "Did exactly what it needed to do. Injured champion loses emphatically to an opponent who recently turned. Both have been rather stale of late. Tiffy since retaining the title at Mania and Jade since the angle with Naomi and Bianca. One can assume it's a returning Belair who will eventually win the belt back from Jade which is a solid, logical story but it's what will have to endure in the meantime that doesn't necessarily excite. We've seen this film before in AEW and a relatively lengthy heel Jade title run, filled with mediocre matches at best/listless squashes at worse and stilted promos, isn't particularly compelling. But given the look and the perceived star power the WWE machine will go into overdrive to put this reign over and maybe they can make something of it to keep it interesting."
[3.0] "Less than adequate rating for me due to it being so damn short and Tiffy deserving better. I wont lie I don't watch frequently enough to tell you if the story was well built or built long enough to justify a title change on a throw away episode of Main Event in just a little over five minutes but I'm willing to bet the whatever the amount of build up behind this match was it was not worth the payoff or finish. The only story I really gathered from commentary was that Tiffy was coming off of a loss recently to Stephanie Vaquer and this shook her confidence. Sorry, this is not a good enough story or excuse for me to be even remotely satisfied with the outcome of this match. I enjoy Jade and her run as TBS champion was the best way in my opinion to book her based off her limited in ring work due to lack of experience and proper training. Until she becomes more advanced and can both lead and carry a match she needs to stay on the dominant heel squash run much akin to Goldbergs OG WCW run. However since this was not how she was portrayed since debuting like Goldberg was I think that's a BS excuse too. I do like Jade despite her limitations but hope this run pays off for her and Tiffy is able to rebuild to the height of her popularity which they seemingly killed for no reason ever since gaining the title."
[4.0] "A 300 or more days title reign that ended in less than six minutes? Seriously? I can understand every motivation behind these kinds of choices, but I felt like Tiffany Stratton was not treated well by this production style. However, I also feel like they are trying to do a Goldberg-style run with this new heel Jade Cargill."
[3.0] "This match was just a squash match because they didn't want to make Tiffany look weak for some reason they could've just had a banger match for Tiffany's last defense but they just decided for jade cargill to squash her and I'm not mad about jade cargill winning but I hope all her defenses aren't gonna be like this and hopefully she shows her improvement in the upcoming defenses."
[6.0] "Exactly what it needed to be. Cargill is never going to have 5 star matches but her look, presentation and promo skills mostly make up for it. She's the kind of woman that you either use to look dominant or just don't use her at all."
"This is exactly what I've wanted to see Jade Cargill do in WWE for about two years. I've no idea why they've been throwing her into long matches and expecting springboard offence, etc. Let her dominate and look cool as hell doing it."
[2.0] "This bout was only just a glorified squash match to put the title on Jade.Tiffy wasn't 100% from what I believe was a prior attack from Jade, and her knee was heavily targeted all throughout the match."
[3.0] "This was a squash match. Tiffany Stratton barely had any offense, and her moves weren't as effective. Jade Cargill went into her 2022 AEW Self and went into overdrive, squashing Tiffany Stratton like a bug to become a Women's World Champion for the first time in her career. Congratulations to Jade Cargill, as I expect the big Bianca Belair match will be coming sooner than later. I thought this match wasn't good because, like I said, this was a squash match and Tiffany Stratton stood no chance, even noting she was dealing with a knee injury thanks to Jade Cargill. But hoping Jade Cargill has a good reign and am interested to see how it goes."
[3.0] "Cargill vs Stratton: calling this a squash would be far too generous. This was the WWE finally admitting Jade's obvious limitations. This had no joy or energy. I was genuinely amazed that it ran long enough to get a rating. 3/10"
[2.0] "While I wasn't a fan of Tiffany's reign, this is such a terrible way to end a supposedly dominant 300 day reign. It's been clear for months that WWE doesn't trust Jade or Tiffany for longer matches, which begs the question of why this is the main event division. Regardless, not a disaster, but a very uninspiring and predictable squash."
[0.0] "What praise can one possibly conjure up for this? A barely 5 minute title match with the winner being someone who still can't time a pump kick 5 years into her career. It's not like Tiffy Time is ever on time either but you'd think a producer could tell them when or something. This was a truly shameful match in an era where women's wrestling is supposed to be at its apex. Instead we have two incompetent workers bringing back memories of divas era crap."
[4.0] "These two have had some shaky encounters leading up to this, but the summerslam match they had wasn't bad so this might not be so bad despite these guys' inexperience. Jade's execution leaves something to be desired from time to time which for a throw-heavy power wrestler isn't ideal. This doesn't last long and is essentially a squash but for these two maybe that's a good thing. You're not missing much by skipping it."
[7.0] "Finally they're running Jade as the character she was in AEW. Took them long enough to realise she's a dominant killer and works best as a total dominator instead of a babyface. Tiffany's reign was a disaster imo and an indictment of the Smackdown women's division. This should have been the way it was worked at SummerSlam for the biggest stage possible, but better late than never, and it was great to see Jade target the leg and ragdoll Tiffany around. Brief hope spot was good, but Jade's powerbombs and Jaded looked fantastic. I thought how she was booked post QOTR was so bad that I wasn't sure they were going to be able to make her a top champion, but glad to have been proven wrong. Tiffany should also really turn heel sometime sooner than later, she wasn't a fit as a top babyface and hasn't gotten more noticeably over since being champ for 300 days."
[8.0] "I thought that it was a good match. Nice first part with the story of the injured leg and some callbacks to their pre-match story and a nice second part of a dominant beat-down, which probably could've been a little longer even. And the wrestling was clean, I liked it."
[7.0] "Short and sweet. Jade picks up a dominant win to finally win singles gold in the WWE. She looked way more comfortable here. One of my fav performances of her run in the WWE so far. Way more intention in everything that she was doing. This was gonna be the third time she faced Tiffany so she had to do what she had to do to win the match. Went after the knee almost immediately, set the tone of what was to come. From the abundance of fall away slams, to the powerbombs, to Jade just throwing Tiffany around like she was nothing, Jade looked right at home here. Tiffany also does a good job in selling the knee here (finally! ) she didn't get much offence in outside of the hope spot from the swanton bomb but that's fine. She went out strong in defeat since she had the injury excuse. I'm intrigued in how they book this Jade world title run. They had to do something with her and they finally pulled the trigger. Tiffany has been under a lot of scrutiny in her WWE run so far for a lot of different reasons. Her title run has gotten a lot of criticism but the main issue was the booking imo. She had good matches during her run as champ but the creative fucked her badly. Will be interesting to see how she bounces back from this. She's still very young at the end of the day so she will be ok. Congrats to Jade! Good piece of business right here. ***1/2"
[1.0] "Wha a steaming pile of garbage this match was. We all know Jade is terrible in the ring and she cannot go very long, but for a world title match to be this short is disgraceful. Also, ending a 300 day title reign with an essential squash match because the new "champ" cannot wrestle is embarassing."
"3/10 : If the only way to make a good Jade Cargill match is to give her a Squash match... I'm so disappointed of what Jade give us since her debut and I think she will never upgrade unfortunately."
[3.0] "Mediocre match for the women's title. Jade just turned heel and Tiffy comes in with a knee injury, so it was obvious what the outcome was going to be. Jade dominates in a squash before winning clean for the title change. While Jade isn't ready to be champion, Tiffy's reign had been stale for a while. 3/10"
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