LA Knight is super under appreciated, dude is amazing on the mic and great in the ring. He could be one of the greats if WWE creative would get their head out of their asses, and stop trying to play it safe with boring storylines and let someone like Knight get a good title run.
LA Knigth was asked how much longer he would like to wrestle:
“I’m looking at the clock all the time. The funny thing is, physically I could do this for a long time. I’m really good physically. Mentally, I’m just like, I’m gonna snuggle puppies.”
Would you like to wrestle into your fifties?
“No! f*ck no. Would I like to be able to come in and maybe do an occasional appearance? Yeah, sure, maybe. But I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do like an Undertaker-type thing or an Austin thing or something like that. So I don’t think that’s in my future either. So it’s pretty much gonna be at some point when I decide to call it I’m gonna disappear in the sunset, and you’ll just never see me again. I’m not even joking, I’m being dead ass serious. If they decide at some point they get crazy enough to go, we’re gonna put him in the Hall of Fame, sure, I’ll come back do that.
But I got a feeling that probably ain’t gonna happen either. But maybe that’s my own feeling of just like never being… No matter where I’ve gone, I’ve always felt underappreciated in the wrestling business, but I don’t know.”
(@ChrisVanVliet)
Mick Foley recalls a phone call from someone high up in WWE after he announced he wouldn’t be associated with the company anymore:
“The first [call] was, ‘I respect your stance and I’ll tell the people in charge.’ And then I did receive a call from someone really high up, I don’t know if he wants me to mention his name. But he was saying, ‘Well, Paul [Levesque] is just on the physical fitness group they have. And Linda [McMahon] hasn’t worked in WWE in x amount of years.’
And I said, ‘Well, theoretically that’s the case, but I could’ve sworn I saw Paul behind the president’s shoulder when he was making policy.’ Whether Linda’s been working for the company or not, her last name is McMahon and she’s associated with the company. And then I said, ‘Come on. Five people in the Oval Office took the Stunner.’
And so he appreciated it. He did say he respected it. I didn’t close the door forever. I said in my announcement as long as this man is in office. I think more and more people are realizing that some of the things he’s doing are just cruelty for the sake of cruelty and enriching himself.”
(@arielhelwani)
Apex needs to record voice comms so people like this get banned 🔨
Enough players are put off playing solo because of people like this being allowed to run around with no consequences.
With solo Q ranked around the corner, this issue is only going to become more prevalent