Lainey Reid Reflects On Transition To Main Roster, Says There’s More Egos Than In NXT

Lainey Reid has been on the WWE main roster since late April and recently spoke about the difference from NXT. Reid and her Fatal Influence stablemates Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley joined the WWE Smackdown roster on the April 23rd episode of the show.

Reid and Henley are now the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, while Jayne is the WWE Women’s United States Champion. Reid appeared on Busted Open Radio and during the conversation, she was asked about the move to the main roster. You can see the highlights below (per Fightful):

On the Move From NXT To the Main Roster:

“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.”

On If She’s Had to ‘Pay Dues’ On the Main Roster:

“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.”