LA Knight's ADDRESSES The Backstage Politics Of A Push In WWE!
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2023
- LA Knight talks to Inside The Ropes about how he deals with backstage politics, his comparisons to The Rock, working with Bray Wyatt, the fans response to him and more! Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!
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Should LA Knight Dethrone Roman Reigns? Let us know in the comments below!
I Definitely Don't Know
Him or Sami Zayn or Shinsuke Nakamura
It should be Lashley n the street profits or whatever that group calls them selves
No
Nope. Acknowledge him for ever !
I hitched my pony behind this guy back in his TNA days. I knew Eli Drake was gonna be big. He just had "It." But back then I also said, "It's a shame he'll never make it onto WWE TV." So glad I was wrong about that.
I literally go on RUclips sometimes to just watch an LA Knight Entrance and the pop is just crazy man deserves GOLD !
LA Knight is rising so quickly. I hope he just takes care of himself mentally and physically. It seems that it can be very taxing. I love this dude.
Most wrestlers rip off others, being good at it is a whole other thing. Go on LA Knight
AMEN! Hogan, Dusty Rhodes and Jesse Ventura all “Stole” from Superstar Billy Graham!!!!
Like you clearly ripping of WWE wrestler Eugene with Dumb ahh comment 😂
Hulk Hogan and Macho Man were basically just Superstar Billy Graham as interpreted by Terry Bolea and Randy Poffo. It's ok to draw inspiration from your idols as long as you don't overshadow yourself. I think it's safe to say Knight has succeeded in that regard.
@@user-xn1ts2bz1mthe rock lol
Yeahhh
This guy just oozes charisma. They need to give this guy a title and and won't even need rocket boosters to reach the top.
I think it works better for his story to have him wait until Wrestlemania to win a title.
@@FirstNameJ0hn not just any title but wwe championship
Yeah💪
SCSA. Let the pressure build up and people want him to go over the top. And he’s right, I don’t see a copy, I see an amalgamation of influences. Austin tone and aggression, wheat timbs instead of boots. The Rock sensibilities and megastar attitude and glasses. Bret Hart glasses. Nash’s swag with looks and Jordan’s. Flair and Hogan charisma and colors
Glad you asked about the Bray feud, it doesn't get talked about because of the subpar match but there were some golden moments. When LA Knight came out dressed as Bray I popped so hard
la knight yeah yeah yeah 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪😗😗😗😗😗😘😘😘😘
That feud for how little time it lasted packed a lot of story, intrigue, mystery, great back & forth acting, twist, and turns.
Bray pushed LA further than anyone else will. LA had actual dialogue and was put into unique scenarios.
Now its just mostly standard promos with catchphrases.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this, but other then the Bloodline feud it's the best one I've seen in a long time.
It's WWE though so they figured out how to ruin it for Bray.
LA Knight is an inspiration just in terms of any performer being dedicated to their craft long term ✊🏾
People compare him to the Rock/Austin/Flair/etc because it has been YEARS since we've had this good of a talker.
EXACTLY
Actually, WWE have had great talkers but dropped the ball numbers of times. I can name a few...Mr. Kennedy, Damian Sandow, Elias, Sami Zayn, Enzo and Bray Wyatt.
Or someone who Looks like a Megastar
@@Something-Somes no
@@ishmael802 Dummy...YEAH!
The greatest wrestlers were created from taking bits and pieces of other greats and making them whole. The nature boy, the rock, Cody, hulk hogan, etc. they took inspiration and made it into their own persona.
And most, if not all creative works, draws some kind of inspiration from something. Some might not be aware of where exactly it comes from. Paul McCartney couldn't pinpoint what exactly inspired him. But it's all derivative on some level, and that's more than okay.
Even stone cold was a lot of dr d schultz, hhh pretty much stole Shane Douglas' franchise gimmick.
@@jamesdorward4501💯💯 about Triple H and Shane Douglas.. down to hair, the leather jacket and promo cadence lol
The Rock took trash talking from Muhammad Ali.
Hulk Hogan is a direct rip off of Superstar Billy Graham
Setting him up to feud with Wyatt was such a HHH move. “Think you’re good, huh? Getting yourself over, huh? Let’s see you deal with This!” He did better than just about anyone else has done in a feud with that guy. Even Cena got buried.
Wyatt wanted to feud with Knight. He proposed the idea to HHH because Bray is a fan of his work
@@soumakbasu74 that’s not true- the match was meant to be Brock/Wyatt, but Brock turned it down.
despite passing so many tests, LA is still not pushed. If it was roman who would have been cheered this much by audience then wwe would have made roman the chairman of wwe itself by removing vince.
So happy for this dude, man. Great example of never giving up, keep pushing, keep grinding, and now he has a huge fan base of us who can relate to his story. We’re gonna keep pulling for you bro! WITH EVERYBODY SAYING… L.A. KNIGHT!
YYEEAHH!!!
YEAH!
See his coffee cup?
Shoes of a Champion.
"People want his mouth coming out of their names...."
@@LoveProWrestling💯💯
You want to know what the actual difference between a guy like LA Knight and most of the rest of the WWE roster is? I actually want to hear what LA Knight has to say. I actually want to see what LA Knight is going to do next. I want to see him.
Yeah! No one else right now says anything that seems remotely real. It’s like they’re auditioning with a paper in their hands reading it, but LA Knight feels what he says and it comes off as authentic and energetic
Soooo true. He has mainstream appeal
WWE needs to find more megastar Pro-wrestlers like LA Knight and less “Who gives af” wrestlers like 90% of the wwe lockerroom.
Unfortunately with the NIL program, WWE will be full of former athletes who only got into wrestling because they are physically gifted, not because they truly love it
@@theuniverse7227 Dude, it doesn’t matter if they love it or not. Look at Logan Paul. He doesn’t care about wrestling, but can entertain more than half the WWE locker room. WWE needs to find wrestlers who can ENTERTAIN. As far as we know, loving wrestling doesn’t equal to being GOOD AT IT. Thats the issue with you fans…you think a wrestler pandering to you about loving wrestling is entertaining… ITS NOT!
@@ishmael802 I wasn’t trying to argue. I was agreeing with your point. The “who gives af” wrestlers are the ones who probably don’t love it, but do it because they’re able to. LA Knight is the megastar pro wrestler because he truly loves this shit. You don’t work your ass off for 20 years trying to make it to the top if you don’t love it.
@@theuniverse7227 I’m telling you that it doesn’t matter. The reason LA Knight is a over is because he is entertaining. It’s pretty simple. It doesn’t matter the back story, what matters is the result. I am arguing with this Fake Notion that you have to love it. You don’t. You just have to be Good at it. If you good at it you give the PAYING CUSTOMERS their moneys worth. Logan Paul never loved Wrestling. But he is PRETTY damn good at it in less than 2 years.
@@ishmael802 I’ll have to agree to disagree on this. I think anyone who becomes a legend in pro wrestling loved it or fell in love with it at some point in their career.
Glad to see LA Knight having success, we want to see him at the top where he belongs, but I guess we''ll have to have patience. LA Knight isn't ready now he was ready yesterday, I know great things are coming for LA Knight.
Yessir hhh is booking him as a underdog having roadblocks and leading to a mid card title then after a world title champion
I mean I understand why la knight wasnt in a match at wrestlemania. Those matches were booked on that ppv months in advanced before la knight got hot, but to not have him on the show at all in any capacity was highly bizzare. At the very least he could have went out and cut a promo or something.
Great talent. He is the reason I started paying attention to the wwe again.
I love LA Knight so much, such a nice guy
You can see with all these interviews LA KNIGHT is having, what a great professional and sportsman he is. Such a good person I can tell... And you know who's game is it... With everybody saying L 👉 A 👉 KNIGHT 👉 YEAAAAAAAAH
👈🏾L🫵🏾A👉🏾 Knight! YEAH!
This guy deserves to have gold. He's on a build up with the Miz feud and I can see that being a stepping stone to him taking the belt off Gunther. If the storyline is played straight that would be a hell of a build up into the Rumble. If WWE plays it right then that would have him firmly in the main event picture for 'Mania, and put a bit more shine on the IC title with it being held by a face.
No disrespect to La.knight but gunther needs a main event level world champion status superstar to dethrone him
Patience. It’s coming.
@@2antii LA Knight is bigger star than Gunther.
Gunther is on raw and LA is on SD. LA should go after roman
Not even on the same brand you sped
Ever considered the idea that "maybe" taking Austin, Rock, Flair ....and mixing them together IS L.A.KNIGHT.YEAH!!!
LA Knight is organically over and I honestly think that WWE prefer to “create” that and assume that this is just novelty value popularity.
I can appreciate that Smackdown may have 50 or more superstars all clambering for that spot but at the end of the day, this guy grabbed the brass ring 🤷🏻♂️
Remember in 2014 or 2015, when Vince was on Stone Cold’s podcast and he talked about no one wanting to grab the brass ring. Only guy to actually REALLY grab it since then was LA Knight.
True. At the same time he also never wanted anyone since those days to become bigger than the WWE. He wanted WWE to be bigger than any one star, and it became so very bland and boring because of it. Everyone talks the same, everyone has the same moves. It’s sad. No one calls out matches on the spot. If the crowd goes in reverse and boos the good guy and cheers the bad guy, they don’t change up how they wrestle and have the face wrestle like a heel or vice versa.
I imagine on the subject of getting compared to like, Rock for example, it's kind of a thing that its like
"I'm tired of hearing about it, but it's *really* hard to be mad at people saying I'm akin to one of the best to ever do it."
Brother showed me your stuff. Big fan keep it up good sir. Its a small world with finite material yet you are doing phenomenal. Keep it up! MR Randy Jordan ;)
i am from Australia, i went with one, of my best friend's to Wrestlemania this year, shame LA Knight was not at Mania, i was guttered i did not see him live. I have followed him from Impact Wrestling, he is a hidden gem, do not stuff him up WWE, next big thing going for that company.
Nice to see the Million Dollar title behind him!
LA Knight fever was absolutely real at Wrestlemania! I was there and the Yeah chants equaled the Woo chants. The amount of Yeah chants were unbelievable!
I went there Looking to BUY an LA Knight T-Shirt first thing. And they didn’t have any LA Knight shirts in LA Wrestlemania. WWE is fooking dum sometimes
@@ishmael802They’re dummies yeah
Hes got the voice of the rock look like Austin an uses both wrestlers move an watching wrestling since the 80s I'm all here for it 😆
"I'll be getting clicks."
Yes, yes you did lol
Kliq’s loll, yeah! Ah, no matter what Nash says I still like the guy. Him and Hall were cool back in the day
I still have a tough time calling him LA Knight as opposed to Eli Drake but everything this guy is doing makes me want to watch. The voice, the presence, all of it. The name LA Knight sounds cool too.
LA Knight will not be denied!!
I love how he tossed in a casual "yeah". Just shows you that his character works because it really is who he is. He's being authentic
His mouth will keep coming out of their names until the foot is on the other shoe.
Chad Gable has been ripping off Kurt Angle; Solo has been ripping off Umaga; Flair ripped off Buddy Rogers… gimme a break LAK shouldn’t even need to justify anything
Knight is spot on here. HE interprates his heroes and gives it a new, unique, LA Knight vibe. YEAH!
Excellent work!
Give him golds , it's the guy of 2023 .
Hello to the team. i would really like to see Raymond Rougeau in your podcast. TYVM!
Got to like Knight more w/ an appearance from the Million Dollar Championship Belt..
Never got the hype behind sami zayn always came off as a jobber/midcarder now this guy looks like a superstar, oozes charisma and remains over af dude just has the cool factor
“Good things come to those who wait” yeah look how great Caesaro is doing now, in another company.
For crying out loud, make this guy a champion already!
People don't appreciate how much he legitimately sounds like the Rock.
Don't sound like him at all
@@WayneF23 lol. Not at all. Lol
@@JACQUEZJOHNSON23 lol. You're right. What was I thinking. He and the Rock would definitely disagree... oh, wait... lol
My 1st reaction was that it's well known by now to the point it's a given. But this thread is proving me wrong.
Yes, their normal speaking voices, as opposed to while speaking a promo, sound EXACTLY alike. They've talked to each other about it, too.
His voice sounds a bit similar but his accent isn’t the same, how his pace , volume, etc, are all different. His catch phrases aren’t the same either
I like this guy. Unlimited potential!
LA Knight my new favorite WWE wrestler "Yeah"
Yeah!
I'd love for LA Knight to dethrone Roman at WM 40!
Yeah !!
Wrestling is supposed to be fun, and this guy gets it, tons of fun and really likable and genuine person.
This guy takes people saying he sounds like the rock or stone Cold as a compliment that's great
Good or bad.. everybody still sayin L. A. KNIGHT YEAHHH
Clicked for LA!
Knight needs to win more matches.⚡
Yeah.!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!
LA Knight is a great talent and a lot of people want to compare him to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Having said that, can you imagine if the internet was as big as it is today in 1997 and doing "shoot" interviews? Back then, some guys still tried to preserve kayfabe. They didn't do something awesome on a wrestling show and then immediately tell everyone it was all scripted. We know that. But we don't need it reinforced to us constantly. It's like watching a great movie that isn't based in fact and then the director comes out in the theatre to tell everyone that it all never happened. Yes, I know that, but I still want my money back.
LA Knight the mega star!!! Yeah!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🎤
Yeah
us as wrestling fans need to do what we can to make sure this doesnt go away before he gets the chance to shine on a bigger stage. Granted, just politics wise and business wise he wont beat roman or win those titles, however he can be put in main event spots, he could beat Seth. THEN maybe, somewhere down the road he’ll beat whoever beats roman, but hes too hot right now to just fade away, of course vince is gonna try to job him into the ground but if he KEEPS getting babyface reactions no matter how hes booked they just WONT be able to deny it any longer.
he should beat roman coz there is no else believable to beat roman. everyone else has been beaten by roman once.
YEAH
What do you get when you cross a pair of L.A. Gear’s and a pair of B.K. Knight’s? Is L.A. Knight’s gimmick a shoe??? I guess it’s right up there with Ultimate Warrior’s gimmick as a girl’s bicycle.
He's a Rob Conway reboot, but his name and music are so 80's WWF.🍻
Stepped away from WWE for a few years now. Came back saw this guy and its very obvious he's biting a little too much austin/rock but its also obvious he's very talented and puts his own spin on it. More I see highlights of promos the more I'm digging it. Just a bit off putting at first with how heavy the influence is but he's very talented and have no doubt he'll find more his own "style" so to speak within the influence.
R.I.P. Windham
YEAH!
"I know a great place to take this interview, in my car. That will show LA Knight and the viewers that I really care. The insides of my nostrils will add to the aesthetic"
They wanted Eli Drake in WWE in this spot years and years ago it's LONG overdue people have already been talking about his talent a LONG time ago
YEAH!!!!!
LA Knight deserves all the roses headed his way 🎉💯🔥
Don’t know what else they’re waiting for, this dude checks every box possible! I think that what frustrates me the most is, Wwe has done this to other talents that have organically gotten over with the audience, and then they just wait for it to eventually die down. So they can come back and say “see? That was just a short term pop that talent was getting. We were right not to push them“ when, in reality, that’s not the truth at all! What happens is the audience is smart. So they start to see that the company or the machine, is not going to push that talent that they really like and that they’re cheering so much for, so eventually they start to subside in cheering that talent because they know it’s not gonna go anywhere to where they want to see it go to. It’s very frustrating to watch as a fan! This dude is the real deal. I saw him when I went back to impact wrestling to wrestle one more match out of retirement so my son could see me wrestle live, and I remember watching Eli Drake, and as soon as he was finished, I walked up to him and I said “how the hell are you not mean eventing in WWE right now?“. He is so damn good all around. He does not have any weaknesses whatsoever. Also, when is the last time we’ve seen a wrestler that fans actually think is legitimately cool? I don’t mean an underdog in which are cheering for. I mean actually cool? Rock is the last one I remember thinking was cool. I also remember thinking Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the beginning of NWO we’re cool as hell as well when I was in college watching every Monday night. This guy has that as well Imo.
He does sound like the rock a lot when u close your eyes it feels like the rock is talkin
"People want my mouth coming out of their names"
@ 10:43 the hardly boys
LA knight is two things to two different group of fans. For the older fans he is a rehash and an attitude era regurgitation. For the newer fans he’s original. All in all it’s the cycle of wrestling and getting over.
There is no comparison between Austin and The Rock ... what these people are even talking about there's absolutely nothing identical between Eli Drake and those talents
If youre getting compared to rock sc and hulk youre doing something right.
I’m not surprised he’s as over as he is because if you saw him in TNA you knew he was talented. He was super over there as well it’s just not a lot of people noticed because TNA has fallen off
In his own words, Bray Wyatt put him on the map.
Even though he richly deserves a push as a top guy, that glass ceiling in WWE ain't gone anywhere, and he'll never get what he deserves, much like Mr Kennedy, only this isn't LA Knight's fault whatsoever.
H'es getting the daniel bryan, and cody rhodes treatment where theyre gonna make us wait for him to be champion but he will be world heavyweight champion or universal champion even if its just for one time and one time only.
@@TheSkorpioprince Sadly, you're correct. For kids who didn't grow up and watch WCW botch capitalizing on stats that were obviously getting over, this is literally the same thing.
Kennedy got stuck in the politics muck. I hope no one sabotages this man because he’s got what WWE has been missing for quite a long time
Q: Who's saying 'L-A-Knight'?
A: 9:02
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah! Lol
Roman Reigns vs LA Knight- WrestleMania 40 who says no?
Everybody gonna be saying YEAH!
I sincerely hope one day WWE pulls the trigger and gives this man some gold 💪🏼
Triple H is Best Buddies with Big Sexy Kevin Nash and Nash Buried LA KNIGHT on his Podcast recently!!
Kevin Nash just have jealous because he don't be a great star in WWF era when he was Diesel, Nash only have the success for NWO but out of there is just a big man cry 😢
Well HBK runs NXT and I'm sure he liked LA Knight there so that's a huge benefit for LA Knight's cause to get pushed.
Nash has made a living off burying people since the end of Hulkamania era...
Nash is 100 years old and out of touch😂😂😂😂😂
And Nash got a lot of 💩 for it and even half apologized.
You have LA who resonates like stone cold or the Rock then theres guys they push like Theory that just dont work and end up being like Baron Corbin.
Finally wwe has a personality worth watching
I look like LA Knight!
a knight and roman feud would be red hot
I first saw LA Knight in TNA when he was Eli Drake. I've been watching wrestling for 45 years, and I have to say, I thought the guy was great! I don't know why it took him so long to get to where he is at. His only weakness if you can call it that is his height, he's not very tall. but Brett, Shawn, and Eddie weren't very tall either, so that's not really an excuse! I would be very very pleased to see LA Knight dethrone Roman, but because of Cody, I would prefer to see Cody dethrone Roman and have his moment, and then have Cody give LA Knight the rub, much like what Hogan did with Ultimate Warrior.
I love LA Knight and think he should win belts soon. I don't care much for Roman Reigns all he does is cheat with the help of his family and others in the past. Yes I know the bad guys cheat but Roman cheats and gets help way to much. He makes Ric Flair look like a quire boy. To much cheating. Back to LA Knight he seems like a nice fun person in real life and I hope he stays that way but with some wrestlers in the past the second they get the gold they turn into jerks.
At least when guys like Eddie, Miz and MJF cheat they do it on their own
Ima be honest, i don't hear the rock at all when he speaks, hes his own guy to me and that's a good thing YEAHH
Nothing for LA Knight at Wrestlemania… however they found time for Shane McMahon. 🤷🏻♂️
I know right!
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
Everyone gets inspiration from somewhere I don't see him copying anybody he's just shaping himself based on the wrestlers that were big when he was watching
Can’t wait till LA Knight is Heavyweight / WWE champion. Gonna be huge.
If this momentum keeps getting bigger and the reactions stay the same then absolutely I think he should dethrone Roman.
Roman are boring
This is a real life wrestler living a real life dream. Let him have his day, even if it takes a huge buildup. Beating the douche outta Logan Paul would be a fine sroryline.
Who the hell conducts an interview in their car?????
Yes he should and sooner or later he will
LA Knight talking about being out of his element with the paranormal stuff from bray Wyatt. What are you talking about I’ve literally seen the sky fighting air zombies!