It’s becoming harder and harder to deny that LA Knight is the megastar he claims to be. Over the course of the past year, Knight has went from mild reactions from fans to the types of reactions expected during the late 90’s from people like The Rock or Stone Cold.
However, all of his might have not been – as when he was 38, he considered hanging up his boots, before ever really making it in WWE.
LA Knight Had A Hard Choice To Make At The Start Of The Pandemic
During an interview with Interstate 70 Sports Media – LA Knight would talk about his intentions to retire from professional wrestling. Knight had the following to say.
“I had an opportunity to just come back to WWE starting back in 2016, but the pay would have been a cut from what I was making, and I had never made the kind of money that Impact was paying me at the time. So I was like, ‘Well, let me at least make this for a couple more years and then we’ll entertain the idea’
By that point in time, you’re looking at a 36-37-year-old guy. Some people look at that number. That’s a little scary, but you have to look at me and realise that I don’t have a big injury history. I don’t have a big surgery history. Knock on glass or whatever this is here. So with that in mind, even though the number says 40, in a lot of ways in this business, I’m operating more on like a 30-year-old’s body. If that makes sense. But the optics of that are not good.
So you know when I’m 38 and the pandemic’s happening, I’m thinking ‘Alright, it’s over. Now I gotta figure out what’s the next step? What’s the next thing that I do?’ Because at this point, the world is falling apart. They’re not gonna bring me in, especially with my age here. I kind of just took that mindset and said, ‘Well, if that’s the thought then screw it, let’s just make one more overture and see what the temperature is. I did that. Got that little window of opportunity. I pushed the hell on and here we are. It’s crazy that I even made that move. I didn’t think it was a possibility. I didn’t think it was gonna happen. But it did. And I’m glad it did.”
Facing A Former World Champion For WWE Payback
Tonight, LA Knight will face two time WWE Champion The Miz as part of WWE’s Payback Premium Live Event. This marks his fourth PLE match of 2023, having wrestled the late Bray Wyatt at the Royal Rumble, before being involved in the Money in the Bank match and won a SummerSlam battle royale.
Knight has become one of the most popular names on the WWE roster, and is already a favorite to win the 2024 Royal Rumble match as a result.
He made the right choice to make that one last push when he got the chance with WWE NXT – and could well change the history of WWE as a result of this.
Do you see Knight making a big impact in 2024? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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