Lainey Reid Floors Candice LeRae to Earn Sol Ruca Title Shot at No Mercy
The matchup sets the Women’s Speed Championship’s first defense on a WWE premium live event.
Overview
- Reid defeated LeRae with a decisive knee strike in the closing seconds of their NXT semifinal.
- Sol Ruca will defend the Women’s Speed Title against Reid this Saturday at No Mercy in the title’s premium live event debut.
- LeRae entered as the inaugural and longest-reigning Women’s Speed Champion, having lost the belt to Ruca in April.
- Reid reached the semifinal by beating AAA’s Faby Apache after a distraction from Natalya helped swing the result.
- The tournament unfolded as WWE Speed returned to NXT on The CW following a nearly two-month hiatus from its usual home on X.