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Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Nia Jax called “the worst WWE match of the year” by longtime analyst

Aaron Rift

As seen during the September 26th 2025 edition of WWE SmackDown, Tiffany Stratton defended her Women’s Championship against Nia Jax and Jade Cargill in a triple threat match. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, longtime analyst Dave Meltzer stated the following about the encounter…

“I thought it was the worst WWE match of the year. I was shocked at how bad it was in a lot of ways… There were so many botches of stuff that nobody else in the company botches. It wasn’t just Jade, Nia didn’t look good. Tiffany looked really green, more than she’s looked probably since she was really green – stuff that she always hits was not there.”

“The finish – what I understand is they’ve done this match at house shows. It’s a practiced match. It’s the same match they’ve been doing, and the finish is the spot where the referee stops counting. That has been the finish at house shows. So I believe that was the final spot here too… I don’t think it was anyone’s fault on the finish, the referee just stopped counting. I guess she didn’t know.”

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