It’s difficult to say whether or not WWE would have been worse off without signing Cargill in 2023, but the company certainly would have missed out on the buzz in signing one of the hottest women who found some of the quickest success in its rival promotion. There’s one notable storyline that could have suffered, however, and it was one of WWE’s best in 2025.

Without Cargill becoming best friends and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions alongside Bianca Belair, who knows if Naomi would have ever had her excellent heel turn, leading to her capturing the Women’s World Championship? Hopefully, it still would have happened for Naomi, but Cargill being there for Naomi to direct her fury and jealousy toward, leading to her laying out Cargill on the top of a car during a November 2024 episode of “SmackDown,” worked very well in storyline. 

No Cargill in WWE doesn’t necessarily mean that the company couldn’t find a way to turn Naomi’s character heel, but it might not have been as good of a story, especially when it came to Cargill’s return and beatdown of Naomi with Belair looking on while locked in a pod, at Elimination Chamber. Naomi’s betrayal of Cargill led to everything else, including a major WrestleMania moment for Cargill and the eventual title win for Naomi.

Cargill still has plenty she can accomplish in WWE, and she’s worked her way to the top at a fairly steady pace since signing in 2023. While there will always be some “what ifs?” about “The Storm” and if she had chosen to stay in AEW, WWE fans are likely going to see her climb the ranks even higher, due to her presence and star power, over the next few years.