Jade Cargill won the 2025 WWE Queen of the Ring tournament. (Credit: Michael Marques/WWE via Getty … More
Jade Cargill is WWE’s newest Queen of the Ring after the biggest win of her career at Night of Champions 2025.
“The Storm” defeated Asuka in the finals of the 2025 Queen of the Ring tournament to inch one step closer to her first singles championship in WWE. In the most important match of her young WWE career, Cargill planted “The Empress of Tomorrow” with a massive Jaded finisher out of nowhere to punch her ticket to SummerSlam.
The two stars battled in a match largely dominated by Asuka, but ultimately, Cargill stood tall after hitting her finisher to cap off a mediocre QOTR finals match. With the victory, Cargill will now go on to face the WWE Women’s Champion, currently Tiffany Stratton, at WWE’s first-ever two-night SummerSlam in August.
WWE Night Of Champions 2025 Results for Jade Cargill vs. Asuka
Cargill pinned Asuka at WWE Night of Champions despite having a rough go-round getting out of the gate.
Among the key highlights of the WWE Queen of the Ring finals were:
- Asuka dominated early on and locked in an ankle lock before Cargill countered it with a wheelbarrow German suplex.
- Asuka was able to regain control with a top rope missile dropkick. Jade nearly countered into her Jaded finisher, then avoided a kick and hit Asuka with a sit-out powerbomb for a close two-count.
- After Cargill escaped an armbar attempt, she missed a big boot and found herself locked in the Asuka Lock. Cargill nearly reversed it into a successful pin.
- Cargill caught Asuka as she went for a running hip attack and immediately put her down with a Jaded finisher for the win.
The 2025 WWE Queen of the Ring tournament began with four Fatal 4-way matches, won by Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Cargill and Roxanne Perez, respectively. In the pair of semifinals matches, Asuka defeated Bliss while Cargill toppled Perez to set up the highly anticipated finals between Asuka and Cargill.
With Asuka just returning from an extended layoff and having a lengthy history with Raw’s Women’s World Champion Iyo Sky, Asuka and Cargill entered the QOTR finals in a “pick ‘em” battle that seemingly could have gone either way. But Cargill has been protected throughout her run on WWE’s main roster, and WWE seems to have huge creative plans for her in the months ahead.
WWE SummerSlam 2025 Preview After Jade Cargill Wins Queen of the Ring Tournament
The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer recently shed some light on why he believed Cargill would win the Queen of the Ring finals at WWE Night of Champions 2025.
On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Wrestling Inc), Meltzer said, “”Jade was supposed to be, if she hadn’t gotten hurt, Jade was supposed to be champion by WrestleMania. And defending it at WrestleMania. Not [win it]
at WrestleMania, but before WrestleMania.”
While Cargill’s injury derailed those championship plans temporarily, her career appears to be back on track. Cargill’s win over Asuka at WWE Night of Champions, albeit in a somewhat sloppy performance, was her biggest singles victory to date, and with that win, she’s just weeks away from getting a shot at SmackDown’s WWE Women’s Championship.
Why is that so intriguing? Well, SmackDown’s Naomi, Cargill’s most hated rival, is currently holding the Money in the Bank briefcase, making her a virtual shoo-in to be the world champion in the near future. Cargill’s win over Asuka only makes it clearer where WWE should take Naomi’s storyline.
The best bet here is that Cargill beats Stratton at SummerSlam only for Naomi to instantly cash in on Cargill and take the WWE Women’s title from her. Alternatively, Naomi could conceivably cash in during the match, prevent Cargill from beating Stratton and then pin Stratton herself.
Regardless of the specifics, Cargill’s massive victory in the Queen of the Ring finals at WWE Night of Champions almost certainly will reignite her feud with Naomi at SummerSlam.
