Subhojeet Mukherjee on January 22, 2026
Trick Williams has officially addressed the moment that had the entire WWE Universe talking—when he slapped Randy Orton’s mic so hard it flew into the crowd during the January 9, 2026 episode of SmackDown.
On the No Contest Wrestling podcast on January 21, 2026, Trick opened up about the now-viral segment, revealing that even he was shocked by how hard he hit the mic: “Man, I smacked that microphone so hard.”
The moment quickly blew up online—not just because of the slap, but because Trick immediately mouthed “Oh s***” on live TV while Orton stood stone-faced. Fans speculated someone may have gotten hit by the flying mic, so the podcast host asked Trick directly if he saw where it landed or whether it hit a fan.
“What was that look, bro? Did you hit somebody? Where did that microphone go? Because you hit the mic out of Randy Orton’s hand—if you haven’t seen it, you and Randy Orton were going back and forth. You smacked the mic out of his hand, it flies, and then you kind of looked at Randy, muttered something, and Randy just stood there. So did somebody get clocked with the mic?”
Trick explained that the force of the slap caught even him off guard—and that he hadn’t factored in the live arena setup compared to NXT’s stage layout, where mic tosses like that weren’t a problem.
“Now, on NXT, we don’t have fans on that side, so I never had to think about that. You see what I’m saying? So I’m like, ‘Oh man, I should have thought about that. Maybe I should have smacked it down,’ because I smacked it and it went up a little bit.”
Trick Williams described how the mic took off like a missile—sailing toward the crowd and triggering a visible reaction from the audience.
“You could feel the trajectory of the microphone—this beam line, right? You know, toward all these people. I just see people parting like the Red Sea, you know what I mean? Everybody just cleared out of the way.”
Thankfully, Trick said he’s been told that nobody was actually hit by the runaway mic—and he’s hoping that’s still true. As for trying to smooth things over afterwards? Trick said he even tried to apologize to fans—just not in English.
“From what I heard, nobody got hit. And that’s what I’m hoping the case is—nobody got hit, man. I tried to apologize in German, but they didn’t understand what I was saying.”
Live TV can bring unexpected moments, and Trick Williams delivered one that fans won’t forget anytime soon. What was supposed to be a heated promo exchange turned into an accidental viral moment—but at least nobody ended up with a mic to the face.
Should Trick Williams keep bringing that kind of fire to his promos, or learn to control the mic slap next time? Drop your thoughts in the comments.
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