LA Knight denies rumors of heat.
Fans have been speculating about the former US Champion's status in the company in recent times, stemming from a couple of incidents on WWE programming. The first one was when Knight held up a sign reading 'we want LA Knight, not Jey Uso' during the latter's singles run.
Another incident that drew people's attention was when the former NXT star was called in to do a promo on John Cena during a Raw commercial break. The promo was cut short, however, leaving the WWE star visibly frustrated.
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LA Knight Explains WWE Incidents
The 43-year-old addressed these talks during a recent interview with Shak Wrestling. He was first asked about the fan sign incident and if he got any backstage heat because of it. LA Knight claimed nobody ever said anything about it after he got to the back but he did find some humor in all the discourse online:
No, nothing whatsoever. If there was, I surely was not aware of it. Nobody said a word or anything. I literally just saw something about, ‘We want LA Knight.’ I have found it humorous to see everybody speculating though.
Explaining the incident about the John Cena promo, Knight revealed that it was a simple case of miscommunication. According to the former champion, he was told that they had a little wiggle room before the show went back on, but that didn't turn out to be the case:
It was a communication thing. There’s a set amount of time for those little scenarios. I was told that...literary the word that I heard was 'We have a little wiggle room.' I saw the time was counting down, but I said, ‘We have wiggle room.’
So I’m thinking an extra 5 or 10 seconds, no problem. Apparently, ‘wiggle room’ was not wiggle room. I was a little hot about it at first but I’m like well somebody just obviously communicated wrong to me
LA Knight will be part of the opening match of WrestleMania 42 Night 1. He will be teaming with The Usos to take on The Vision and IShowSpeed.
