Jade Cargill
Jade Cargill (born June 3, 1992) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is the current and inaugural AEW TBS Champion in her first reign. Early life. Cargill was born in Vero Beach, Florida. She attended Sebastian River High School and Vero Beach High School, helping her teams to two basketball district championships. Cargill is a Jacksonville University graduate with a social science degree, where she played basketball, and was named to Atlantic Sun Preseason First Team in her senior year. She also has a certified master's in child psychology . Professional wrestling career. Early career. In April 2019, Cargill attended a tryout at the WWE Performance Center. Subsequently, she began training at AR Fox's WWA4 Academy. Taking advice from Mark Henry, who Cargill described as her "mentor," she went to train at Heath Miller and Richard Borger's Face 2 Face Wrestling School. She then trained at Nightmare Factory under QT Marshall and Dustin Rhodes. Sonjay Dutt and Bryan Danielson started coaching her when they arrived in AEW in 2021, at the request of AEW founder and owner Tony Khan. All Elite Wrestling. Signing and debut (2020–2021). Cargill made  her professional wrestling debut with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on the November 11, 2020, episode of "Dynamite", interrupting Cody Rhodes, and teasing the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal. The next day, AEW President and CEO Tony Khan announced that Cargill had signed a multi-year contract with AEW. She would work with Cody Rhodes and his wife Brandi leading to a match on the March 3, 2021, episode of "Dynamite" titled The Crossroads. However, Brandi was replaced by Red Velvet. At the event Cargill and O'Neal then teamed to defeat Cody and Red Velvet, marking the first match of Cargill's  wrestling career. On the March 17 special episode of "Dynamite" titled "St. Patrick's Day Slam", Cargill wrestled in her first singles match, defeating Dani Jordyn. TBS Champion (2021–present). From November 2021 to January 2022, Cargill participated in the AEW TBS Women's Championship tournament, where she defeated Red Velvet, Thunder Rosa in the semi finals and Ruby Soho in the finals to become the inaugural AEW TBS Champion. She would retain the title against Anna Jay and Julia Hart on episodes of "Rampage" on January 21 and 28 respectively. On February 9, edition of "Dynamite"; Cargill successfully defended  her title against the debut match of AQA. On March 6, Cargill successfully defended her title against Tay Conti at Revolution. On April 13, on "Dynamite" Cargill formed The Baddies stable which includes her, Kiera Hogan and Red Velvet. On the April 22 edition of "Rampage", Cargill successfully defended her title against Marina Shafir to increase her undefeated streak to 30-0.l. Personal life. Cargill is of Jamaican descent. She has a daughter named Bailey Quinn with former Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips. Cargill has credited late female wrestler Chyna and "X-Men" character Storm as her inspirations. Jade