Details on Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill situation, reactions (Patreon)

Rhea Ripley and Jade Cargill had a war of words on social media. 

Ripley and Jade Cargill are slated to compete at WrestleMania, and went back and forth on Twitter. Fightful spoke to a number of sources who believed that the comments started as a playful work, and took a turn when Jade Cargill mentioning Rhea Ripley talking to creative for extended periods of time. After that, we’re told things took a more serious turn.

There were a number of WWE sources that were puzzled about bringing creative up as a point to further a feud. However, we’re told that WWE was generally happy about the buzz that emerged from it and the feeling that Ripley and Cargill have a legitimate dislike of one another, whether it be real or not. 

There is no concern from WWE sources that the two will work together. When reports emerged that it was entirely an elaborate work, one source in creative said “we would never include a mention of creative as a part of that, it undermines the point.”

The comments about vacations from Piper Niven was a reference to rumors that Jade Cargill didn’t want to work the 2024 Holiday tour because of a planned vacation. When Jade was legitimately injured, there were even conflicting reports claiming she was actually on vacation instead of being injured. However, it was clarified to Fightful repeatedly she had sustained an actual injury. 

Fightful reported in January that the locker room had taken notice of the fact that Tiffany Stratton, Michin and B-Fab missed time with injury after wrestling Cargill. However, it was stated to us that there wasn’t heat from management for Cargill. 

Sources near Cargill blew off and dismissed the situation as not a big deal. Others in the locker room said that they are of the belief that it ended up not being a worked interaction, but the two will do business together.

There doesn’t appear to be real heat on anyone for their tweets. Despite Ringside News irresponsibly aggregating our Q&A, we haven’t heard of any real heat on Jade Cargill from the office, either.