Trick Williams reacts to speculation that he hit a WWE fan in the crowd when he slapped the mic out of Randy Orton’s hands.
Following his return to WWE after a brief hiatus the previous week, Randy Orton came out to address the crowd on the January 9, 2026, episode of SmackDown. However, former NXT Champion Trick Williams interrupted him, and during their interaction, Williams slapped the mic from Orton’s hands.
Both Orton and Williams had a worried look on their faces for a second, as fans speculated that the mic might’ve hit a fan in the crowd.
During his recent appearance on No-Contest Wrestling, Trick Williams looked back at the segment. He noted that he’s used to fans not being on that side of the ring during his time in NXT and that he should’ve thought about that before slapping the mic out of Randy Orton’s hand. However, Williams said he heard that the mic didn’t hit anyone in the crowd, and hopes that is the case.
“All I know was, look, I smacked the microphone because I meant it,” Trick Williams began. “And you could feel the trajectory of the microphone, this beam line, right? You know, toward all these people. Now, in NXT, we don’t have fans on that side, so I never had to think about that. You see what I’m saying?
Trick Williams says he should’ve thought twice before slapping the mic out of Randy Orton’s hands
“So I’m like, ‘Oh man, I should have thought about that. Maybe I should have smacked it down,’ ’cause, you know, I smacked it and it went up a little bit. I just see people parting like the Red Sea, you know what I mean? Just everybody cleared out of the way.
“But from what I heard, nobody got hit. But, that’s what I’m hoping is the case—nobody got hit, man. And, shout out, ’cause I tried to apologize in German, but they didn’t understand what I was saying,” Trick Williams said. [H/T NoDQ.com]
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