Sunil Joseph on March 22, 2023
LA Knight made his NXT debut in February 2021 and quickly established himself as a top heel on the brand. Knight’s stint in NXT was shorter, as he was quickly bumped up to the main roster with a new gimmick, Max Dupri. The gimmick was seen as a waste of Knight’s talents and when Triple H took over creative control, Knight quickly reverted to his old gimmick.
Booker T discussed LA Knight and the ‘mediocre role’ he was given on his Hall of Fame podcast, where he said that many wrestlers would’ve quit if they were put in that position.
“For someone like LA Knight, this guy could have bailed out a long time ago. He could have quit. He could have said, ‘Man, let me go jump on this AEW bandwagon and see if these guys will pay me some money, man, because I can’t deal with this. I can’t deal with just having these mediocre roles.
But one thing about this business is, you’re going to have a mediocre role somewhere along the way no matter what you’re at. But it’s about weathering that storm and fixing yourself in position to where, there again, the fans are going to dictate just like I was talking about with Bron Breakker, the fans will dictate where your pecking order is going to be in this business and I say that from experience.”
Booker T also praised LA Knight for making the most of the Max Dupri that led to his position in the company now.
“That (being Max Dupri), was putting him in a position where he literally could fail, but he said, let me take this role and try to make it something. A lot of people say, ‘Man, I wouldn’t do that.’ Yeah you would have.
You would have did it. You would have did it because there’s a check at the end of the day, but more important than that, this is a guy that’s not going to bail on the situation because he gets put in a situation. They’re going to be put in that situation and try to make the best of that situation. I respect that, man. I respect that to the utmost from this dude.”
Since going back to his LA Knight character, he has been involved in some important feuds and storylines. He feuded with Bray Wyatt and was his first televised opponent. He also worked a segment with The Undertaker on RAW’s 30 Anniversary show.
While he has been involved in important storylines, there have been criticisms over WWE’s use of him in recent weeks as it seems like Knight has been booked to lose every week. We will have to wait and see if this changes anytime soon. Stay tuned to Ringside News as we bring you similar stories.
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March 22, 2023 4:51 pm
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