LA Knight has a chance to shock the world at this weekend’s WWE Money In The Bank premium live event.
The company star will be competing in the MITB ladder match along with Shinsuke Nakmaura, Santos Escobar, Ricochet, Logan Paul, and Damian Priest, where the winner receives a briefcase that guarantees them a title shot at any moment. Knight spoke about his potential plans as the MITB briefcase holder during an interview with Chris Van Vilet. However, he tells Vilet that he must win the match first.
Well, I mean, we gotta get there first. I don’t know that there’s so many options there. I mean, you got that brand new World Heavyweight Championship and that’s a beautiful piece of gold. But at the same time, I mean, what’s bigger and better than being the WWE Champion? And [being] the guy who disrupted years of a title reign? Something to talk about there, I don’t know. There are options, but we’ll see. But I gotta get there.
Later, Knight discusses when he first started getting major reactions from the WWE Universe and how he was taken aback at how quickly his popularity had grown.
I can tell you exactly. It was back in March, we were in DC, Sheamus and Drew were in the ring. And then all of a sudden, that music hit, and I walked out and I remember it just kind of hit me. And I was like, that’s different. But I was just thinking to myself, I was like, ah, they probably know I’m from up the road. Hagerstown is like, an hour away. Maybe enough of them know. Then we went to Pittsburgh the next week, went to New York the week after that. And everywhere we went beyond there, it just continued to pick up more and more, and I’m just like, Okay, well, I guess it’s not [just local fans]. I’m not from New York, not from Pittsburgh, so maybe it’s not that. And since then, it’s just kind of picked up. LA got to a fever pitch, obviously. Hell, Triple H is out there doing a presser in Saudi Arabia and he’s getting interrupted. So, something’s happening. I don’t know why, and maybe I don’t even want to know why. But for some reason or another, the people are demanding me.
Elsewhere in the interview, Knight spoke about his run with Maximum Male Models in 2022 and how he was pretty sure the company was going to fire him. You can read about that here, or check out his full chat with Van Vilet below.
(Special thanks to Chris Van Vilet for sending us quotes)
