{"id":162263,"date":"2026-05-29T16:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=162263"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:49:21","slug":"queen-of-the-ring-2026-huge-star-declares-on-wwe-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/05\/29\/queen-of-the-ring-2026-huge-star-declares-on-wwe-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of the Ring 2026: Huge Star Declares on WWE SmackDown."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In its short history, the WWE Queen of the Ring has produced some massive winners, with the likes of Nia Jax and Jade Cargill going on to do amazing things after winning the tournament. On <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/05\/29\/wwe-smackdown-spoilers-5-29-26-live-results-friday-in-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE SmackDown<\/a>, live from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olimpicarena.com\/en\/agenda\/wwe-smackdown-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olimpic Arena<\/a>\u00a0in Barcelona, Spain, one massive star already <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/05\/29\/king-of-the-ring-2026-entrant-announced-on-wwe-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">declared for the King of the Ring<\/a>. Now, on the women&#8217;s side, we have another heavy-hitter who\u00a0put her hat into the equation.<\/p>\n<h2>Queen of the Ring 2026 Just Got Bigger<\/h2>\n<p>Backstage on this week&#8217;s WWE SmackDown in Barcelona, Spain, we saw WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella and Paige get interviewed about their recent successful title defense, with both women saying they&#8217;re ready and they&#8217;re not about to stop being fighting champions. A certain faction heard that and laid claim to being next in line: Fatal Influence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143871\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Graphic of WWE NXT's Jacy Jayne\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"wp-image-143871 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Jacy-Jayne-NXT.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An NXT graphic of former NXT Women&#8217;s Champion Jacy Jayne, the leader of Fatal Influence. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jacy Jayne would say that Brie and Paige better have eyes in the back of their heads as Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley are gunning for the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Titles. After that stern warning, Jacy Jayne would declare for the Queen of the Ring, essentially treating it as the first step in her master plan to take over the WWE SmackDown women&#8217;s division.<\/p>\n<p>Since their arrival on the WWE SmackDown after WrestleMania 42, Jacy Jayne and Fatal Influence as a whole have put the SmackDown Women&#8217;s roster on notice, getting into battles with WWE Women&#8217;s Champion Rhea Ripley, legends like Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, with Jayne defeating &#8220;The Queen&#8221; in her major win on the WWE main roster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162207\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/11-34.webp\" alt=\"WWE SmackDown graphic of Jacy Jayne, the leader of Fatal Influence.\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162207\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A WWE SmackDown graphic of Jacy Jayne, the leader of Fatal Influence, and Charlotte Flair. (Photo Credit: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now that Fatal Influence has made it known what they&#8217;re aiming for, everyone should be in tip-top shape, as Jacy Jayne and her crew aren&#8217;t playing around, and they&#8217;re ready to take over. The Queen of the Ring has made stars into superstars, and if Jacy Jayne wants to stamp her name in the WWE history books, winning this tournament will be the way to go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKKO3gGr6Tc?si=xEqWFd_RjExRrqTd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its short history, the WWE Queen of the Ring has produced some massive winners, with the likes of Nia Jax and Jade Cargill going on to do amazing things after winning the tournament. On WWE SmackDown, live from the Olimpic Arena\u00a0in Barcelona, Spain, one massive star already declared for the King of the Ring. 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