LA Knight seems to be picking up a storyline left unfinished by AJ Styles.
The 43-year-old squared off against The Miz in the Last Time is Now tournament on SmackDown this week. The A-Lister replaced an injured Sheamus in the match, and it was the second time Knight had to get in the ring with a mystery opponent after he beat Zack Ryder in the first round of the tournament.
Before this match, the former US Champion was interviewed backstage by Cathy Kelley. LA Knight went off about how it was unfair to him and how somebody behind-the-scene does not want him to get the success he's destined to achieve:
You just gotta understand the frustration, right? Every time I start to get a little something going, somebody wants to try and cut my legs out. Somebody wants to stack the deck against me. Somebody basically wants to make sure that I can’t make the rise that I’m destined to make.
The Mysterious Somebody
This promo is very similar to one AJ Styles cut during a Raw commercial break back in September. The Phenomenal One had claimed that somebody was conspiring to make sure that he did not get any wins anymore.
Styles had later given a cryptic explanation of this promo, saying that it was for a nixed storyline but with some truth in it. In real-life, Baron Corbin has also claimed that one specific person was the reason behind his WWE release.
LA Knight defeated The Miz to advance to the semi-finals of the Last Time is Now tournament, and he will now face Jey Uso in the next round. We'll have to see if Knight continues this storyline as he progresses in the tournament or if the whole thing is dropped once again.