Lainey Reid Gets Candid About Transition From NXT To WWE Main Roster: “There’s A Lot Of Egos… These People Don’t Really Have Your Back”

Candid comments from Lainey Reid.

Coming out of WrestleMania 42, Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) joined Friday Night SmackDown.

As of this writing, Reid and Henley are the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, and Jayne is the new Women’s United States Champion.

Reid guest appeared on Busted Open and was asked about the transition from NXT to the main roster. She said there’s a lot more money and egos involved, adding that people do not have your back.

“I feel like NXT in itself, you find yourself more as a team. There’s competition there but, it’s not the same. I think once you get up to the big leagues and you’re dealing with a lot more money and a lot more star power, there’s a lot of egos. There’s a lot of people who think this is right or that is right. It is different in the sense of these people don’t really have your back and they don’t want what’s best for you.”

Reid was asked if she feels she’s having to pay her dues on the main roster. She went on to state that she wishes there was a talent who is that locker room staple or go-to leader, like how when she was in NXT, she had Zoey Serrano/Stark and Ivy Nile.

“Honestly, in a sense, I wish it was more so like that. I wish there was more of a — I don’t know if locker room leader is the word for it but, in a sense, I do wish there was somebody there that kind of made you — because that’s what it was when I came into NXT. There was people like Zoey Stark, there was people like Ivy Nile, and they taught you from the very beginning. They were just on you about anything. I remember being on my phone the first show and Zoey came over there and she rung my tail. I think we need things like that. I think we need people that stay and watch the show or we need people that make sure maybe the newest girls are the last ones to leave. I don’t know. I think there’s an order that I wouldn’t mind bringing back.”

Reid has been wrestling since 2023. Her in-ring career began with WWE.

If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open with H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.