5 dream matches for Jade Cargill in WWE

Jade Cargill's Debut Ruffles Feathers with the Rhodes Family
Jade Cargill's Debut Ruffles Feathers with the Rhodes Family

AEW's continued attempt to cement Jade Cargill as the hottest prospect within the Women's Division is starting to gain significant traction.

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Cargill has dominated since her debut alongside Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal against a tandem of Red Velvet and Cody Rhodes. Cargill is still only half a year into not just her AEW career, but her pro-wrestling career, and has just earned a monumental win against former AEW Women's World Champion Nyla Rose and former NWA Women's Champion Thunder Rosa in their triple threat clash.

Thunder Rosa holds a win against the current AEW Women's Champion Britt Baker, and Cargill pinning Rosa puts her name in the conversation of title challengers.

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While it's natural to believe that Jade Cargill is going to continue to dominate the AEW women's roster for the foreseeable future, there remains a variety of suitors in wait for dream matches in the promotion she originally tried out for, WWE.

5. Raquel Gonzalez vs. Jade Cargill: NXT vs AEW Resumed

Raquel Gonzalez has had a meteoric rise in NXT
Raquel Gonzalez has had a meteoric rise in NXT

When you speak of dominance in pro-wrestling today, names like Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu spring to mind. Raquel Gonzalez has been one such champion reigning over the NXT Women's Division, even if her reign has been somewhat undercut by the genesis of NXT 2.0.

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Originally brought into the fold as the Diesel to Dakota Kai's Shawn Michaels, Gonzalez has blazed her path within NXT and stands on her own within the company. Gonzalez has gone on to claim wins over Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai, Ember Moon, and her former partner Dakota Kai, making her a dominant force in WWE NXT.

Like Cargill, Gonzalez ran through her competition claiming big-name scalps to the point where the championship became an eventuality.

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In many ways, Gonzalez is a glimpse into the future of Jade Cargill adding an interesting dynamic to their dream match with Raquel representing what Cargill wants to achieve.

Jade Cargill vs. Raquel Gonzalez isn't just a traditional dream match but also a test for Cargill to measure her progress against someone who, not too long ago, sat in a similar position.

4. Charlotte Flair vs. Jade Cargill: To be the Woman, You Have To Beat the Woman

Charlotte Flair wins championships for fun in WWE
Charlotte Flair wins championships for fun in WWE

Say what you will about Charlotte Flair, she's an exceptionally talented performer inside the ropes. The surname Flair carries a pedigree that adds insurmountable pressure and, yet, Charlotte has carved her own path.

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Considering how fresh Jade Cargill still is, Charlotte Flair would make for a great opponent as a seasoned veteran. Charlotte is more than capable of working multiple styles as shown with her previous matches against the likes of Sasha Banks, Ronda Rousey, Nikki Bella, and Nia Jax.

Charlotte could very well be the opponent that brings the best out of Jade despite her relative inexperience in the industry.

3. Sasha Banks vs. Jade Cargill: The Legit Boss Would Legitimise Cargill

Sasha Banks returned at Extreme Rules for her championship
Sasha Banks returned at Extreme Rules for her championship

Sasha Banks has produced the best work of her career over the last two years, piling accolades upon accolades. Banks is arguably the best seller in women's wrestling and, even when she emerges victorious, manages to make her opponents look like a million bucks.

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Jade Cargill, despite being a star in the making, is relatively new. Although she's a good worker, pairing her with someone like Banks would elevate her ten-fold.

Banks' immense star power gives her major match-ups the big fight feel. You only have to look at this year's WrestleMania main event against Bianca Belair and the mainstream impact that had, even winning an ESPY.

Whenever you have someone on the precipice like Jade Cargill, it's natural to await her eventual battles with the very best, and Sasha Banks is right up there when it comes to the best of women's wrestling.

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2. Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill: The Match to Break The Glass Ceiling

Rhea Ripley is one half of the Women's Tag Champs
Rhea Ripley is one half of the Women's Tag Champs

Rhea Ripley is a spectacular talent who has climbed from the bottom and risen to the top, earning success at every level she has performed at.

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Ripley has held championships in Riot City Wrestling, NXT UK, NXT, and on RAW making sure that, despite any setbacks, she'll beat the very best along the way. Much like Ripley, Jade Cargill is making her way through the early stages of her career.

Although Ripley has accomplished a substantial amount in her career already, she still has a lot of ground to cover. Jade Cargill, on the other hand, is at a different stage of her career, but would find a great challenge in Ripley while also posing a legitimate threat.

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Their clash would be brutal, indicative of the passion and determination they share. Ripley is yet another example of a wrestler who elevates her opponent when in the ring, and we have seen this in her matches with Raquel Gonzalez, Bianca Belair, and Toni Storm.

A clash between Ripley and Jade Cargill would be a hard-hitting affair fit to propel either of them to the main event of their divisions.

1. Bianca Belair vs Jade Cargill: Performance Center vs Nightmare Factory

Bianca Belair emotionally wins the SmackDown Women's title
Bianca Belair emotionally wins the SmackDown Women's title

Much like Jade Cargill in AEW, Bianca Belair has been a highlight of women's wrestling within the WWE. While her booking has taken a stumble recently, Belair has slotted herself alongside the Four Horsewomen as a main event calibre star and credible champion.

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Capturing her first title within the company and in her professional wrestling career in the main event of WrestleMania, making history with her opponent Sasha Banks as the first black women to main event the company's showpiece event, Bianca Belair has gone from prospect to champion and future Hall of Famer at such a rapid speed it is natural to draw comparisons to what Jade Cargill is currently doing in AEW.

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In sports, fans like to match the best with the best, and like with like, we have seen in other combat sports like boxing that dominance is a catalyst for fantasy when discussing future match-ups.

Take Oleksandr Usyk for example, dominating the world cruiserweight boxing scene allowed him to earn challenger status for Anthony Joshua's world heavyweight reign after just two fights in the heavyweight division.

Additionally, Israel Adesanya went from middleweight to light heavyweight in the UFC and his first fight in his new weight class was for the title. It's no different for wrestling: when someone rises above their peers there becomes a shortage of credible challengers and the cross-promotional fantasy begins. This is the situation with Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair, who represent cross-promotional nemeseses.

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What makes Jade Cargill vs Bianca Belair a dream match isn't just their dominance, but their in-ring styles and personas mesh well. Belair has based all of what she does on the fact that she is the EST, claiming and proving to be the fastest and strongest within the company.

She proclaims that no one on the roster can touch her in a 1-1 scenario; this is a parallel that she shares with Jade Cargill. Cargill continually demands competition whilst in AEW and has grown impatient with the fact that she believes no one she stands opposite can hold a candle to her ability.

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Where they differentiate is the fundamental core to their character. Whilst Bianca comes across as a role model and an inspiration, Cargill comes off as arrogant and self-aware.

Both women are aware of their talents and make sure to flaunt it, but while Belair puts an emphasis on inspiring her fans, Cargill believes her talent makes her better than everyone else.

This adds yet another dimension to their match-up. They share so many similarities in the ring to almost guarantee they would blow the roof off, but it's their character differences that make them perfect foes. If we ever see Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair in the same space, we may witness the birth of the latest legendary rivalry in professional wrestling.

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