8 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2025 (According To The Internet)

6. Chelsea Green vs. Jade Cargill (WWE SmackDown - 25 July)

Jade Cargill Chelsea Green Piper Niven Secret Hervice
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Rating: 2.76/10

There's understanding the assignment of being a WWE Superstar, and then there's Chelsea Green; a contemporary pro wrestling polymath who's both good enough to hang with the workrate faves and knows how get down in the Sports Entertainment sludge to get herself and everybody else over regardless of what she's doing.

That's why she was, in theory anyway, a perfect foe for Jade Cargill when the pair clashed in the summer. It's hard to spot exactly what the Cagematch regulars hated specifically about this match in truth - Chelsea dodged and ducked and dipped as long as she could in the early going before the Secret Hervice helped her take over - but a botchy and overlong headlock spot in the middle might have been responsible for the bad marks.

A long stall before a second commercial break came after the pair blew a slingblade comeback counter by Jade, but when the 2025 Queen Of The Ring did get on offence, Green bumped around with authority to do right by Cargill's dominant gimmick. Cargill was beaten down by Alba Fyre and Piper Niven following a clean win via Jaded, all to set up Tiffany Stratton making the save for her SummerSlam opponent. This too was broadly fine, even if they did much better work when Cargill turned heel and won the belt for real later in the year. 

Cargill was in a notable stinker with Stratton and Nia Jax later in the year, but her bloody injury might have kept it above this particular average.

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