It was an action packed weekend for the NXT roster as the No Mercy premium live event featured some big title matches. Originally Lainey Reid was set to challenge Sol Ruca for the WWE Women’s Speed Championship at the show, but she was pulled from the match after it was announced that Reid had suffered an injury.
Later in the show Jacy Jayne defended the NXT Women’s Championship against Lola Vice, and Jayne ended up retaining the title after a masked person appeared and attacked Lola Vice. The identity of the attacker was not revealed during the show, but WWE seemingly confirmed it was Lainey Reed when the following recap was posted on the company’s website:
“Jacy Jayne retained the NXT Women’s Championship thanks to a shocking assist from Lainey Reid.
The champion used her technician skills to keep the powerful Vice off her feet and pinned down to the mat.The champion continued her assault on the outside, which included a huge rolling senton into the steel steps.
One swift kick from Vice rocked Jayne and changed the complexion of the match, and the champion unleashed a flurry of strikes as her family cheered from ringside.
Vice seemingly had the match won, but Fallon Henley pulled the official out of the ring to stop the count and was ejected from ringside.
Out of options, Jayne grabbed the NXT Women’s Title and tried to use it as a weapon, but she was thwarted by the official.
Out of nowhere, Jayne hit Rolling Encore, but Vice executed her Spinning Backfist and fell out of the ring.
A hooded figure appeared and cracked Vice with a running knee strike at ringside. Moments later, the challenger rolled back into the ring and suffered a final Rolling Encore.”
The post on WWE’s website has since been updated and Lainey Reid’s name was removed from the recap. The opening sentence of the recap now reads, “Jacy Jayne is still the NXT Women’s Champion, but not without some controversy.”
One way or another it will be interesting to see where things go from here with Lainey Reid.