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Ricky Smokes (born April 28, 2000) is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand and is part of The Vanity Project stable. He is also one half of the current NXT Tag Team Champions alongside Swipe Right tag team partner Brad Baylor.[3]

Professional wrestling career

American independent circuit (2019–present)

Smokes made his professional wrestling debut at a house show promoted by the Wrestling Has A Tomorrow promotion on May 26, 2019, where he competed in a Rumble For Tomorrow Match won by Bullet Joe, which also involved various opponents such as Charles Mason, Jessicka Havok, Jimmy Lloyd and others.[4]

Smokes competed in Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)’s 2025 Joey Janela’s Spring Break, where he wrestled in the traditional Clusterfuck Battle Royal, bout won by Brodie Lee Jr. and also involving various opponents such as [5]

Smokes competed in the elimination stages of the inaugural WWE ID Championship tournament where he fell short to Sean Legacy in the first rounds disputed during a Future Stars Of Wrestling house show from April 18, 2025.[6]

WWE (2025–present)

On the March 5, 2025 episode of Evolve, Smokes teamed up with Brad Baylor as “Swipe Right” alongside Jackson Drake, falling short to Jack Cartwheel, Sean Legacy and Cappuccino Jones in a six-man tag team match in Evolve‘s first main event after its revival in WWE.[7] On the April 8 episode of NXT, Swipe Right wrestled their NXT debut match, where they lost to NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom in a tag team match.[8] In the same month, Swipe Right and Drake formed The Vanity Project stable with Bryce Donovan and Zayda Steel.[9]

On January 13, 2026 episode of NXT, The Vanity Project (except Donovan and Steel, who had left WWE) were promoted to the NXT brand.[10] On the following week, Baylor and Smokes defeated Chase University (Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors) in their first match as part of the NXT roster.[11] On the February 24 episode of NXT, Baylor and Smokes defeated NXT Tag Team Champions DarkState (Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) to win the titles after interference from Tony D’Angelo.[12] At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 4, 2026, Smokes and Baylor were successful in their first defense of the titles against Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano) (with El Grande Americano).[13]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. “Ricky Smokes/Career Data”. cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  2. ^ Saalbach, Axel. “Ricky Smokes • General Information”. wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). “Ricky Smokes Profile & Match Listing”. profightdb.com. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  4. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (26 May 2019). “WHAT X”. cagematch.net. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (20 April 2025). “Joey Janela’s Clusterf*ck Forever Results (4/19): Brodie Lee Jr, Megan Bayne, Invisible Man Compete”. fightful.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ^ WWE ID [@WWEID] (10 June 2025). “NEWS ALERT…. The WWE ID Men’s Title Tournament Double Elimination Opening Round is over. We are down to the final six. They will now compete in a single elimination tournament. More information will be announced soon. The current records are: Aaron Roberts (1-2) – ELIMINATED, Aaron Rouke (1-2) – ELIMINATED, Brad Baylor (3-1), Bryce Donovan (1-0), Cappuccino Jones (2-1), It’s Gal (1-2) – ELIMINATED, Ice Williams (3-1), Jack Cartwheel (2-0), Jackson Drake (1-0) – Removed from tournament due to becoming WWE EVOLVE Champion, Jordan Oasis (1-2) – ELIMINATED, Marcus Mathers (1-2) – ELIMINATED, Ricky Smokes (0-2) – ELIMINATED, Sam Holloway (0-2) – ELIMINATED, Sean Legacy (2-1)” (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  7. ^ Tessier, Colin (5 March 2025). “WWE EVOLVE (3/5/2025) Results: Jack Cartwheel, Cappuccino Jones, Carlee Bright, Keanu Carver, And More | Fightful News”. Fightful. Archived from the original on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  8. ^ Moore, John (8 April 2025). “NXT TV results (4/8): Moore’s review of DarkState vs. Oba Femi, Trick Williams, and Je’Von Evans, Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker, Wes Lee vs. Yoshiki Inamura”. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  9. ^ Vetter, Chris (23 April 2025). “WWE Evolve results (4/23): Vetter’s review of Bryce Donovan vs. Timothy Thatcher, Carlie Bright vs. Kalyx, Zara Zakher vs. Aria Bennett, Jackson Drake vs. Sean Legacy”. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  10. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (13 January 2026). “Vanity Project Sign With WWE NXT”. Fightful. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  11. ^ Moore, John (20 January 2026). “NXT TV results (1/20): Moore’s review of Ethan Page vs. Elio LeFleur for the NXT North American Title, qualifiers for the six-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Championship”. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  12. ^ Moore, John (24 February 2026). “NXT TV results (2/24): Moore’s review of Jacy Jayne vs. Sol Ruca for the NXT Women’s Championship, DarkState vs. Vanity Project for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Keanu Carver vs. Sean Legacy”. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  13. ^ Phu, Angeline (4 April 2026). “Vanity Project Defeat Los Americanos At WWE NXT Stand & Deliver, Retain Tag Titles”. Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  14. ^ “A1 Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database”. www.cagematch.net. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  15. ^ “Wrestling Open Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database”. www.cagematch.net. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  16. ^ “NEW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database”. www.cagematch.net. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.