LA Knight is one of the most famous wrestlers among the WWE. At this moment, he is one of the top merchandise sellers of the promotion as well. It did not take much time for him to become the most over star among the WWE Universe. But in spite of being such a famous and talented wrestler, he is hardly getting any strong booking.
LA Knight made his main roster debut last year under a completely different gimmick. He was also renamed as Max Dupri where he was given the role of a talent agent. Knight himself revealed that there was concerns about his age during the time. But ab soon as Triple H became in charge of the creative, he restored his previous gimmick.
The Price of Persistence: LA Knight’s Experience Chasing WWE PLE Opportunities
In spite of restoring his previous character, he was mostly been treated as a lower mid card and nothing else. But slowly his popularity was increasing among the fans and that was mostly because of his unique style. Is amazing mic skill is also one of the biggest reasons behind his huge popularity among the fans.
But in spite of being immensely popular among the fans, he is rarely getting any proper booking, nor any good feuds. He is not getting any bookings on any pay per view either. Recently he talked about the lack of PLE bookings and his frustrations about it. Speaking with Good Karma Wrestling recently, the Megastar explained;
LA Knight Would Participate In Summerslam Battle Royal
“The roster is so stacked and full. You want the premium live event to stand out as something different than what you see on TV, so you don’t want the exact same formula. So those spots on the premium live events are limited, and so at some point, look, I’m getting the big reactions, you can’t deny that. But at the same time, I guess some people would say, ‘Well, he’s only been here nine or ten months or whatever.’ But some of that’s also just figuring out that a lot of this was unexpected.”
“A lot of this came out of the blue, so sometimes plans have to change, and that’s the way it goes. So here we are, and now you’re looking at me being an integral part of this SummerSlam coming in. You got the Slim Jim battle royal, it’s 20 guys in that ring.
“I don’t who anybody else is in that match except me and Sheamus at this point, so all bets are off when it comes to that, but Ford Field, battle royal, you’re looking for big things and there just might be this guy’s hand raised right there. Yeah.”
There are massive rumors that LA Knight would soon be booked as a top star of WWE and the promotion has big plans about him. He would be participating in the SummerSlam battle royal this Saturday and he is the favorite to win it. We seriously hope WWE does not choke off his success like they previously did with some other wrestlers.
H/t to Fightful