During a recent appearance on “The Zaslow Show”, AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill commented on her mom’s reaction to her getting into the pro wrestling business, working with Shaquille O’Neal in her AEW debut match, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On her mom’s reaction to her entering the pro wrestling business: “My mom said no she said ‘you’re going to get hurt.’ When somebody thinks of wrestling, the first thing they think of is getting body slammed and getting hurt. My mom is still not a fan of me wrestling at all. My daughter is one of my biggest fans. She’s my wrestling partner. She loved it, we put her in tennis, soccer, golf, and right now, wrestling is her thing. I understand my mom because I’m like ‘no.’ My brother is another big fan of mine. My family, they’ll go with whatever I go with. My mom, however, is not a fan.
“My daughter was there the first day I stepped foot in the ring. My daughter has always been there. I would get tossed and every single second I got hit, my daughter would start crying. I would have to get out the ring and talk to her and get her to understand. Eventually, I was like ‘when I’m winning, and beating him up, I need you to cheer for me.’ She has been in this since she was two, watching me get beat up by these gigantic men since she was two. When people are booing me, she’ll look at them with this stern face. She’ll turn around and clap and cheer for me. I tell her that I’m a superhero, and mommy has to go and fight crime right now. We’re learning together. She’s gotten in trouble in school for using wrestling moves.”
On getting more recognition than her husband (Major League Baseball All-Star Brandon Phillips): “I think I’m starting to get more recognized than Brandon, so it’s pretty interesting, it’s surprising still. When I’m home, I’m a whole different person. I’m wearing sweats, wearing a hat. I’m like ‘oh, gosh, I have to start looking decent when I go to Target.’ It’s a whole new world. I’m so used to people interrupting him at dinner and wanting to get pictures and autographs and things from him, so now, that world has changed. He’s the co-owner of a team right now and the stay-at-home dad. It’s such a weird world.”
On working with Shaquille O’Neal in her AEW debut match: “It was a dream come true. This is a man that everybody watched growing up. I think every commercial break, you see an advertisement for this man. For me to even be in the same room and share conversation, share a ring with this man, was a blessing in disguise. Who gets a debut match with Shaquille O’Neal on prime-time TV? I remember before going out, I said ‘you ready?’ He looked at me and said ‘no. Are you ready? This is my world. I work in entertainment. Are you ready? Don’t embarrass me.’ That lit a fire under my ass. It was a surreal moment. This is a moment when people can see me. This is the time for me to make my mark.”
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