WWE Star Was “Friend Zoned” Before Serious Relationship With Female Wrestler

A rising star on WWE SmackDown admits his engagement to another wrestler only happened after being friend-zoned.

Trick Williams and Lash Legend are a WWE couple who got engaged in November 2025 when Trick proposed in front of their family at a Thanksgiving party.

They are both doing very well in their WWE careers and as members of the SmackDown roster after spending nearly 4 years in NXT. Trick is in the Men’s Elimination Chamber Match for the first time in his career, while Lash had an impressive performance in the Women’s Royal Rumble match.

Trick and Lash took part in a couple’s interview with Sport Bible, where Trick admitted he was put in the friend zone before the couple got serious.

“There was a time at the Performance Center, aka Love Island, where Trick Willy was being accused of trying to talk to Lash Legend on the low.

It wasn’t none of that, we were both doing our own thing at the time. Before I knew it everybody was coming up to me like, ‘Are y’all talking? Are y’all talking? Have y’all got this going on?’(I said) ‘Nah man.’ But I did kind of like her at the time. So it was kind of iggy for me to go pop off and do my thing.

So, I see her, she getting out of her Mercedes-Benz and everything, so I walk up and say, I don’t know what happens, like, as soon as I got to her I had like this great promo in my head that I was gonna drop on her, but as soon as the moment of truth happened, like, no words was coming out.

I was like, ‘So, yo Lash, I don’t know if everybody else saying, but you and me… together good.’ And then she friend-zoned me so quick. She was like, ‘Yeah, I heard people saying that, but nah you my homie for real.’” (H/T Wrestletalk)

Williams’s joking reference to the WWE Performance Center as “Love Island” likely stems from the many WWE couples who met while training there and went on to appear on NXT shows.

New Nickname For Trick Williams

When it comes to presenting himself as a WWE superstar, Trick does a great job showing confidence and getting a crowd to cheer or boo him. Williams often wears white outfits, and he recently explained why and what his new nickname is.

“I keep it pretty simple. All white. Because I’m The Anointed One. I’m anointed to do what I do, so we keep it all white.”

The next WWE PLE is Elimination Chamber on February 28th in Chicago. Here’s the lineup so far:

• Men’s Elimination Chamber Match: Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Bronson Reed/Jey Uso/Original El Grande Americano winner.
• World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk vs. Finn Balor
• Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: Rhea Ripley vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Kiana James vs. Iyo Sky/Raquel Rodriguez/Kairi Sane winner.
• Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee

You can watch WWE Elimination Chamber, streaming live on Saturday, February 28, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ESPN in the United States and Netflix everywhere else.