DDP has revealed his thoughts on LA Knight.
The wrestling veteran recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. They discussed things such as Lex Luger's Hall of Fame induction, Bron Breakker potentially becoming a world champion in 2026 and more.
When asked about the comparison between LA Knight's recent rise in wrestling to his own career, DDP said that he loves the current WWE star's tenacity:
“It took him a long time to get to that character. And he was good before that, but now he’s great. Hopefully at some point he gets a chance to really get that ball, because he can run with it, give him that damn ball, because that cat, he’s got it all."
He's A Piece of All That: DDP
DDP first made his in-ring debut in 1979 but quit wrestling after only three matches because of a knee injury. He continued being part of the wrestling world but did not enter the ring himself again until 1989. He slowly became a popular figure after joining WCW in 1991, but Page did not win his first world title until 1999, when he was 43.
LA Knight has had a somewhat similar trajectory, with him becoming popular with WWE fans in the past couple of years, despite having made his wrestling debut over 2 decades ago. Though the former WCW Champion himself does not see the current WWE star as the second DDP, and he believes Knight is inspired by every wrestler before him:
"And people who say that he’s mimicking this character, that character, that’s so wrong. He’s a piece of all that. He grew up on all of us coming up wanting to do what we do, and now he’s doing it at its highest level. So I saw that article actually sent it to him, because it was really cool the way they [did it]. I thought it was just going to be a little blurb, but just comparing our careers.”
Fans had expressed concern about LA Knight's future in WWE after a recent segment with the Vision. You can check out what people within the company thought about it here.
