Lainey Reid joins Fatal Influence on NXT, forming a trio

Lainey Reid was formally introduced as the newest member of the WWE NXT faction Fatal Influence during the October 14 episode of NXT, joining leader and NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley in a backstage vignette that closed a storyline left open when former member Jazmyn Nyx departed the company in late September. The segment, taped in advance, confirmed Reid as the assailant who had been written into television to attack Nyx and explained her recent actions in NXT programming, including a ringside intervention at No Mercy that aided Jayne in retaining the women’s title.

In the vignette, Jayne and Henley said the group’s aim was to control the women’s division and praised Reid’s willingness to do what was necessary to help them retain their position. Reid credited Jayne and Henley’s approach to winning at all costs with shaping her decision to align with them, and the three stood together to restore Fatal Influence to a trio following Nyx’s exit. Television footage and later reports identified Reid as the attacker in the weeks after Nyx was removed from the stable on-screen and subsequently left WWE after turning down a new contract offer, according to reports.