Booker T says Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Nia Jax from WWE SmackDown “wasn’t a good night at all”

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 his podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T addressed the match’s botched finish…

“You could tell there was a lot of miscommunication. You’ve got an NIL talent, Tiffany Stratton. You’ve got Jade Cargill who’s pretty much fresh off her AEW run, and just think about that time in AEW for her, she probably didn’t learn a whole lot, because – no disrespect or anything – but she was just put on a wing and she never really got a chance to really wrestle anybody. And then you’ve got Nia Jax, who’s been there, of course is gonna feel like, ‘I need to quarterback this thing, I feel like I know more than these girls.’ It could have been a plethora of things, but you could tell there was a lot of miscommunication.

One thing about matches like that – the only thing they’re gonna remember is the finish. You’ve gotta get everybody to that point to where that finish can happen and it goes off without a hitch. And that didn’t happen, that didn’t happen in this match. Was it a botch? Heck yeah it was a botch. Was it a miscommunication? Was it a screw up? Whatever term you wanna put on it – yes it was. But one thing I do feel about that kind of stuff – that can’t happen on live television… If I went to go and see Hamilton, and they were going home, and the guy slipped on his butt and he forgot his lines, I think I would be pretty upset about that too… They went out there and it wasn’t a good night. It wasn’t a good night at all.” (quote courtesy of WrestleTalk.com)