WWE star to join Fatal Influence: Could a fourth member be added for the first time?

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For over two years, Fatal Influence have been a dominant force within the WWE women’s division, initially in NXT and now on Friday Night SmackDown.

While their clientele changed with Lainey Reid replacing Jazmyn Nyx last year, the group have always remained a trio throughout their run.

But now with Jacy Jayne threatening to break into the main event picture and Lainey Reid & Fallon Henley occupying the tag team side, could we see a fourth member added to slot into a mid-card role as another singles star?

Here are two WWE stars who could potentially fill that role:

Kiana James

There is perhaps nobody else on the WWE SmackDown women’s roster that could benefit more from a spot in Fatal Influence than Kiana James.

After missing over a year of action, James returned to WWE via SmackDown in August 2025 and struck up a partnership with Giulia. This allegiance saw James consistently feature on TV, and even earn a spot in the women’s Elimination Chamber match back in February.

Despite being tipped for big things in WWE by the women she knocked off to qualify for the Chamber: Charlotte Flair, James has found TV time hard to come by in the second half of 2026, following the end of her and Giulia’s allegiance.

James will be returning to the ring for the first time in over two months on next week’s NXT (October 2), but a role on SmackDown would certainly be preferable. With James and Fatal Influence member Fallon Henley previously holding tag team gold together in NXT, perhaps an olive branch can be extended for a spot in Fatal Influence.

Nikkita Lyons

Current WWE Evolve Women’s Champion Nikkita Lyons is approaching the five-year anniversary of her WWE debut on the December 31, 2021 episode of 205 Live.

While Lyons has certainly improved as a performer in that time, it’s easy to notice that she hasn’t progressed that far up the WWE ladder in that time. Along with names such as Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen and even former NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo, Lyons is seemingly a bit stuck in the developmental system and hasn’t been entrusted with that main roster call-up just yet.

There have been plenty rumors of that finally happening for Lyons throughout this year however, so perhaps there is reason to be hopeful. While she could certainly succeed on her own, joining a faction is often preferable for new faces on the main roster and Lyons wouldn’t look out of place in Fatal Influence.

Also, like Kiana James, Lyons would bring some physical power to the group that they are debatably missing with their current line-up of members.

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