Jade Cargill is currently a part of WWE, and her latest run in the Stamford-based promotion has been absolutely incredible. She has been thoroughly entertaining the fans as a part of the SmackDown brand division and has also participated in several Premium Live Events. In fact, she is currently the WWE Women’s Tag Team champion along with Bianca Belair.
Prior to becoming a part of WWE, Jade Cargill was well-known among the fans for her time in AEW. In the Tony Khan-led promotion, she performed from 2020 to 2023 and was also the inaugural AEW TBS Champion. However, even before becoming a part of AEW, Cargill attended a WWE tryout.
Jade Cargill at her WWE Tryout in 2019 pic.twitter.com/r3zQ05gwfg
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In April 2019, Jade appeared at the WWE Performance Center for the tryout. It has been known that pro wrestling legend Mark Henry was the one who got the tryout. It seems Cargill needed only two words to convince the veteran to take her into WWE. Here’s what she said.
Mark Henry talks about Jade Cargill
Pro wrestling legend Mark Henry recently appeared for an interview with Chris Van Vliet. During that, he spoke on various topics. In addition to all that, Henry also opened up about Jade Cargill. He mentioned that before Jade became All Elite, she had a tryout with WWE, and Henry was the one who got the tryout.
Mark said, “I knew Jade when it was an idea. When she was a basketball player she said she wanted to wrestle and I said you’re pretty girl and everything but wrestling is hard.”
The World’s Strongest Man added, “ I was like you know no disrespect to you, your pictures are great and you know but there’s a lot of pretty girls. She said ‘Im diffrent’. That’s my gimmick, I say I’m different. “
Finally, Henry revealed that when Jade said that she was different, he knew that she had it in her. Thus, it seems initially the WWE veteran wasn’t sure about taking Cargill into WWE. Jade, meanwhile, used only two words to convince the legend. Thereafter she was given a contract offer but she declined it and went to AEW.
Jade Cargill called Mark Henry her “wrestling father”
While Mark Henry recently opened up about Jade Cargill, not too long ago, the latter also talked about the WWE legend. In fact, one-half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions called The World’s Strongest Man her “wrestling father.”
Cargill appeared for an interview with Jazzys World TV. During that, talking about Henry, Jade said, “That’s like my wrestling father”. She added that Mark advised her to keep her head down and do the work.
Jade Cargill says Mark Henry is like her "wrestling father" and provides her with tons of advice 🙌 pic.twitter.com/fBs11quxr0
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He told her that if she does that, then her work will speak for itself. Finally, Jade revealed, “I still continuously hold that to my heart today.” Thus, it can be understood that Henry and Jade share a very close bond. Concerning that, fans will look forward to seeing Cargill and Mark make an appearance together sooner rather than later.