During the latest episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, WWE’s LA Knight talked on the loud reactions he receives from the fans, noting that some people thought he was going to be fad and Brock Lesnar’s Royal Rumble elimination didn’t go as planned.
On reactions and pops getting louder and louder and when did it start to get to an inflection point that he noticed
“In March of 2023 was the first time I noticed, but noticing it continue to pick up and continuing to progress would have been just all through that spring and summer. But the crazy thing is, I think there were a lot of people leaning on the idea that that was going to be a fad. There were a lot of people leaning on the idea that was going to be a flavor of the month, that that was going to be a passing thing, and here we are, 2026, I walk in the ring last night. Now, you could argue, yeah, maybe the reactions aren’t quite as big as they were at that time. I’m gonna tell you why that is in a second, but if you notice last night, I still circle around, I get the thing, and I stand there, and they still chant the name. Now, you could say that’s programming, you could say that’s passion, you could say it’s whatever it is. Bottom line is, it’s still there. However, the reason it’s not as big as it was is because right now I’m just kind of a man without a country, so to speak. I don’t have a set trajectory at this moment. If you look at last year, last summer, when I started, all of a sudden me and Seth were going for the title, and it’s me and The Vision. There it was renewed again. So it’s a matter of just making sure that I’ve got direction, I’ve got somewhere to go, and I’ve got somewhere that people care about, and something that people can sink their teeth into that then takes it up from an 8 up to a 10 and beyond. So I think that’s really just the key to the whole thing, and it’s kind of crazy that it’s kept on this long when I don’t think a lot of people are counting on that being the case.”
On him eliminating Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble (noting “things went differently than they were supposed to”)
“I did. I’ll tell that story someday, but it feels too new and fresh to me. But I’ll just say things went differently than they were supposed to.“
All quotes are courtesy of Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
Knight also talks on AJ Styles, wrestling Bray Wyatt, Maxxine Dupri and much more! You can watch the full interview below: