LA Knight broke his silence after he failed to win the WWE King of the Ring Tournament. This week on SmackDown, Jey Uso secured the final semifinal spot in the tournament.
Knight has been chasing a WWE World Championship for years. He has previously been unsuccessful in his attempt to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship when Roman Reigns held the title. This time around, he had his sights on the World Heavyweight Championship, but fell short once again.
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On Instagram, Knight rather sent his best wishes to Jalen Brunson ahead of the New York Knicks’ Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Knight and Brunson shared screen in the WWE and had allied. This was The Megastar’s first comment after losing on SmackDown, and interestingly enough, he chose not to comment anything related to his King of the Ring elimination.
“Rooting on my former tag partner @jalenbrunson1 to bring home the ‘ship tonight!” wrote Knight.
Check out Knight’s Instagram post:
LA Knight on his retirement plans
LA Knight has opened up about his retirement plans. He admitted that once he decides to hang up his boots, fans won’t see him ever again. The Megastar is open to making occasional appearances, but isn’t entertaining the idea of wrestling in his 50s.
Speaking on INSIGHT, Knight said:
“No! f*ck no. Would I like to be able to come in and maybe do an occasional appearance? Yeah, sure, maybe. But I don’t think I’ve been built up to the point where I can do like an Undertaker-type thing or an Austin thing or something like that. So I don’t think that’s in my future either. So it’s pretty much going to be at some point when I decide to call it I’m going to disappear in the sunset, and you’ll just never see me again. I’m not even joking; I’m being dead a** serious,”
It remains to be seen what’s next in WWE for LA Knight. The company is yet to push him as a main event-level star.
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Edited by Soumik Datta