WWE banned ‘wild’ request from top stars over major safety concerns

WWE superstars Jade Cargill and Naomi wanted to take things to another level in their No Holds Barred Match.

The real life friends culminated their bitter on-screen rivalry with a brutal weapon-filled bout at Evolution last month with Bianca Belair as the special guest referee.

Speaking exclusively to Metro before WWE’s upcoming Road To Clash in Paris tour of Europe, Jade admitted some of their suggestions for the match were rejected by bosses.

‘There was so much we wanted to use that was asked,’ she laughed. ‘We wanted to use mace, that was going to be tough. And then we wanted to use razors, and that was going to be tough, but I welcome it!’

However, not surprisingly there were some safety concerns when it came to the idea of spraying mace at a live event.

‘I wish we were able to use the mace. [But] we gotta think about the crowd, we don’t want anybody in the crowd to be maced, because mace goes so far,’ she added.

‘That would’ve been wild! The whole first front row would have been lit with mace!’

I pointed out us at the Metro would’ve loved the headlines made from that level of drama, and Jade laughed and insisted ‘we don’t need that’.

Jade and Naomi, who is currently out of action for an undisclosed reason, also ‘wanted to go into the crowd’, which is something the women of WWE seldom get to do.

‘I love interacting with the crowd,’ she smiled. ‘One, you get your money’s worth. But two, it’s that moment that people bring back with them, and they forever talk about it.’

Jade is hoping to make more memories when WWE kicks off its return to Europe next week, as the tour culminates with SmackDown in Lyon, France, as well as Clash In Paris and Raw in the City of Love.

‘I think it was the Lyon crowd that really started that whole European craziness and fans going wild,’ she said.

‘I couldn’t hear anything. You just lost the noise,’ she recalled, admitting it was her ‘first time experiencing such a crowd’ – but it’s an environment she thrives in.

She added: ‘The louder the crowd, the bigger the crowd, the more I come alive.’

That proved to be the case earlier this year when Jade returned from injury at Elimination Chamber to attack Naomi, revealing the latter as the mystery attacker after months of build up.

She still ‘gets goosebumps talking about it’, as the wrestling star reflected on the incredible reaction that night.

‘I didn’t know what the Canadian crowd was going to the reaction was going to be, because Naomi is so loved,’ she explained.

‘I know a lot of people are waiting for, “What’s happening? When is she coming back? Who’s the person who did it?” So I think the whole twist from me going from Liv and then attacking Naomi was jaw dropping.’

Jade has also had some embarrassing moments in the ring, including a particularly mortifying one just over a year ago when she slipped off the top rope at Clash At The Castle in Glasgow.

‘I’ve never failed in wrestling, was when I got on that top rope and I had failed,’ she said after laughing with her head in her hands.

‘Everybody backstage was comforting me, and I remember people were showing me their mishaps. I’m like, “Yeah, but you gotta understand, it’s my first one. It was on TV!” Oh my gosh.

‘And everybody’s like, “Jade, look, let me show you my time. This is mine and this is mine. You just have a target on your back”. But that was my most embarrassing moment.’

Jade acknowledge that you’ve ‘gotta make mistakes’ in wrestling, but she is always looking to be ‘perfect’ in the ring.

‘It’s how you turn around and you make that story from that mistake, and how you come out on top with these mistakes,’ she pointed out.

She’ll be hoping for a much smoother ride in the UK and Europe, with her and the rest of the roster buzzing to get back everywhere from Manchester and Dublin to Lyon and Paris.

‘Europe is just an electric crowd. I don’t think anything’s like it. If anything, I feel like they’re all competing with one another,’ she laughed.

‘One’s like crazy, and the other is like, “Okay, watch this. We’re going to be better! It’s great, and it shows us exactly what we’re here for.’

WWE returns to the UK & Ireland this August for the Road to Clash in Paris Tour – featuring a show in Manchester August 26, SmackDown in Dublin on August 22, and Raw in Birmingham on August 25. Tickets are now available here.

Fans in the UK & Ireland can watch all SmackDown and Raw shows on Netflix, along with all Premium Live Events and WWE Archives. Clash In Paris airs on August 31.

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