LA Knight has no problem admitting it — he feels like he’s never been fully appreciated in the wrestling business, including WWE.
While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Knight opened up about his wrestling future and made it clear he has no plans to keep doing this forever. Even though he feels physically capable of continuing, the mental side of a 23-year career is starting to weigh on him.
“I look at the clock all the time. Physically, I can do this for a long time, but mentally I’m like… puppies. I don’t want to do this forever and beat my body up. I’m 23 years deep at this point.”
Knight then shut down the idea of wrestling deep into his 50s, making it clear that kind of run is not in his plans. He admitted he might be open to occasional appearances later on, but he doesn’t believe WWE has positioned him like names who can come back for major one-off moments.
“Wrestle into my 50s? F*** no. But would I like to come in and do the occasional appearance? Maybe. I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do an The Undertaker or Steve Austin type of thing, so that’s not in my future.”
That led LA Knight to explain what he thinks will happen when he finally decides to walk away. Instead of constant returns, nostalgia runs, or surprise appearances, he said he’ll likely disappear completely: “So it’s going to be—when I decide to call it—I’ll disappear into the sunset and you’ll never see me again. I’m not joking, I’m serious.”
LA Knight also addressed the possibility of a WWE Hall of Fame induction one day. While he said he would return for that if WWE ever made the call, he doesn’t sound convinced it will actually happen either.
“If they get crazy enough to go, ‘We’re going to put him in the Hall of Fame,’ sure, I’ll come back and do that—but I’ve got a feeling that ain’t going to happen either.”
Then Knight got to the heart of it. Despite becoming one of WWE’s loudest crowd favorites and building his momentum from almost nothing, he admitted he still feels overlooked by the wrestling business, even in WWE.
“It’s just my feeling of never being appreciated. No matter what I’ve gone, I’ve always felt underappreciated in the wrestling business. I don’t know.”
Knight’s comments come after he previously argued that his WWE rise was different from names like Bryan Danielson and Steve Austin because he built fan support without major titles or a machine behind him. Now, his latest remarks show that even after becoming one of WWE’s most recognizable stars, he still feels like he hasn’t fully received the respect he believes he earned.
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