It’s always exciting when NXT stars get called up to the main roster, but fans were confused when LA Knight got called up as he debuted with a new name and gimmick when he started appearing on SmackDown.
Knight started working as a manager named Max Dupri and he represented the Maximum Male Models stable. After a few months he reverted back to the LA Knight gimmick, but during his run as Max Dupri there seemed to be a lot of uncertainty regarding where his career was going in WWE.
During a recent appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, LA Knight talked a little bit about his run as Max Dupri and he admitted that he thought he was going to get fired.
“Well, let me just go ahead and say this, I’m pretty sure I was fired. And it just hadn’t officially happened yet. Without getting into too many details, some things happened. I don’t remember what it was, but some things happened. And then I had gotten a FaceTime. ‘Hey, you know, we want to keep you around. We want to do this, this, that whatever.’ And, okay, cool. Good.”
“So somehow I had been saved from being thrown off the cliff. At least this is my interpretation of it. Maybe I’m incorrect, I don’t know. And so eventually, just things kind of worked out.”
LA Knight is set to compete in the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank premium live event on Saturday, and it’s been rumored for months now that he’s the favorite to win. It certainly seems that there are a number of fans who are hoping to see Knight earn a title shot at Money in the Bank, so it will be interesting to see who ends up winning the briefcase.
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