Jade Cargill returned to WWE at Elimination Chamber 2025 after an extended absence due to a mysterious backstage attack angle. She immediately targeted Naomi, who had replaced her as Bianca Belair’s tag team partner, suggesting Naomi was responsible for taking her out.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Cargill was involved in a real-life backstage confrontation with Shayna Baszler several months ago, before Cargill’s storyline injury.
There was a confrontation that took place a few months ago before the Cargill injury involving Cargill and Baszler. It’s been confirmed by a half dozen people that it happened, but nobody went into details past Cargill had rubbed enough people in the Raw women’s division the wrong way and Baszler was wanting to fight her until management found out and calmed the situation down.
The report notes that the confrontation occurred during the period when Cargill and Belair were feuding with Baszler and Zoey Stark in the women’s tag team division.
I don’t know what in particular happened other than it wasn’t just one thing, and the belief is that some of this stemmed from inside the ring in those matches and some didn’t.
Dave Meltzer also reported that sources indicated Cargill has even more tension with talent on the SmackDown women’s roster than those on Raw.
Management intervened in the Baszler-Cargill situation before it escalated further, according to the report. WWE has not made any official statements regarding the incident.