At WWE SummerSlam LA Knight finally won his first main roster championship.
Despite being one of the most popular Superstars in the company for years, Knight has rarely tasted success, until now.
SummerSlam saw the Megastar challenge hometown hero Logan Paul for the United States Championship.
Paul was accompanied to the ring by rapper MGK, who during the match, handed the Prime founder some brass knucks. Paul used them on Knight before attempting a Buckshot Lariat, but Knight was able to evade the move and plant the champ with Blunt Force Trauma for the win.
Following his victory, Knight spoke at the Post Show Press Conference and stated that his triumph was ‘long overdue’.
“Long overdue. I don’t know if anybody could read lips out there, but most of the stuff I was saying, you probably can’t say right now because it was a lot of ‘f*in right,’ and all that kind of stuff.
It is long overdue. You talk about the fact that it’s long overdue. Maybe it’s right on time. I don’t know. But at this point, it’s feeling like the right time to me because I think a lot of people, you look into the winter time, I see the talk. People are like, ‘Oh, I don’t know. I think LA Knight’s fallen off.’ Am I fallen off now? Because I think last night when I walked out there and everybody got standing up, yelling, ‘LA Knight,’ my guy, new US Championship.
We’re only taking off from here. I wanted this [title], now I got it. At this point now, for me, again, I talked about 2023 being the foundation. 2024 now is the time to start building that legacy, start building that legend of LA Knight.”
h/t Fightful
LA Knight Wasn’t The Only New Champion Crowned At WWE SummerSlam
The SummerSlam PLE ushered in a new era for the company as it featured four major title changes.
The first saw Bron Breakker become the new Intercontinental Champion when he defeated Sami Zayn in the second match of the night.
Nia Jax beat Bayley for the Women’s Championship and Gunther bested Damian Priest in the match of the night to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
In a new interview, LA Knight looked back on his match against Roman Reigns.