Thank goodness Tiffany Stratton ended up retaining her WWE Women’s Championship tonight to go on to face Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer at Crown Jewel here in a few weeks, because “Tiffy Time” needs to be as far away from Jade Cargill, and especially Nia Jax, as possible right now, and neither Cargill or Jax should be challenging Vaquer after the sloppy match they put on tonight. I think I can speak for quite a few of us here at WINC that we weren’t entirely thrilled that both Cargill and Jax were getting another match against Stratton, though we definitely didn’t know what we were in for tonight.

Tonight’s triple threat match was incredibly sloppy, and it just kept getting worse. It got to the point of being like a car crash you couldn’t look away from – and if you went on social media following “SmackDown,” you really couldn’t get away from the botch at the end, as the footage is currently posted everywhere.

There was some general sloppiness throughout the beginning of the match, but nothing too terrible or, I hate to say it, out of the ordinary for a match involving Jax or Cargill. I thought things started to really go downhill when Cargill hit a Jaded on Stratton that didn’t look great at all. 

While I hated this match, I really do hope all the women involved are okay. The way Jax handled the end of the match had some of us wondering if she was possibly somehow concussed or something somewhere throughout the match, possibly during the steel steps spot with Cargill, and Cargill showed off her nasty gash to the camera before stopping short at ringside to have referee Daphanie LaShaunn ran to her with a towel to attempt to put a little bit of pressure of it and mop up the blood.

The worst part of course was the clip that’s all over X right now. Jax seemingly forgot to kick out. Cargill hit her with Eye of the Storm, but Stratton broke up the fall and pinned Jax herself, and LaShaunn stopped the count at two when Jax didn’t lift her shoulder off the mat. The way the camera was angled, it caught everything and the botch was one of the worst I’ve seen on TV in a long time. 

Things wrapped up quickly after the awkward moment with a Prettiest Moonsault Ever, but I think this is one all three women would like to forget, and for everyone else to forget, as well. This match proved more than anything tonight that Stratton desperately needs some new challenges on the blue brand. Hopefully Bianca Belair will be cleared for action here soon, but if not, WWE needs to consider calling some women up from “WWE NXT” who are ready, even if it’s just for a one-off match or feud with Stratton. While I wasn’t looking forward to this match tonight, I had no idea how much I would end up hating it.

Written by Daisy Ruth