Following his big segment at WWE Raw 30, LA Knight spoke with Chris Van Vliet. Scroll down to watch the full interview.
Knight on being in the ring with The Undertaker:
“Well, I’ll tell you what. He was about this close to get the slap right in the mouth, but I decided to spare him. But I’ll tell you the truth. It’s funny because you always hear the cliche when you’re standing in that ring and that bell tolls, you know, it’s chills, and I’m like, ‘Sure.’ Once that hit, it was chills. It was pretty wild. But at the same time to be standing there and doing my thing and to be recognized. That audience was right on top of everything, I had to say, even with The Undertaker in the ring. So I mean, that’s a big feather in my cap as far as I’m concerned. At the same time, you know, looking at a guy who’s undoubtedly a legend, Hall of Famer, crazy, crazy night leading into this Royal Rumble.”
On him sounding like The Rock:
“Well, you know what’s so funny is as I go online, you know, and Twitter might be the worst thing in the world, the amount of people I’ve been compared to and said that I am is astounding and every day I’ll see a new one. I’ll just be like, ‘Wait, who?’ So yeah, it’s not surprising. Sometimes you would just hear my voice or you’d hear his voice and it would be tough to tell who was who until the person’s face came on screen and you’re like, oh, yeah. But I don’t know. I don’t think otherwise there’s a whole lot alike. It’s just my normal speaking voice. But like, I don’t think that, once I actually get amped up or anything like that, I think I kind of lose it at that point.”
On the difference between LA Knight and Eli Drake:
“To be honest, there really isn’t. They are one and the same. The funniest thing is a lot of times, again, from social media, they are like, ‘Oh I miss Eli Drake.’ I’m like, ‘You dummy, it’s the same thing. It’s the exact same thing. LA Knight is Eli Drake. Eli Drake is LA Knight.’ So you know, look, use what brought you to the dance. I know what brought me to the dance and I’m doing a little dancing with it. That’s what I’m doing right now. So the idea that anybody thinks it’s any different just because they changed some letters around?”
On if there’s a difference between LA Knight and Max Dupri:
“Oh boy, who? Night and damn day. Very much so. We couldn’t be more opposite ends of the spectrum.”
On the change from Max Dupri back to LA Knight:
“There’s an undeniable thing there where it’s like you get told that well, you know, if you want to go legit, maybe you should think about trying this or that. In my head, I’m like alright, let me just go ahead and do what I need to do to get ahead here, and so that’s what I do for a minute. But at some point, eventually I got to come to terms with the fact that I can’t be anything other than myself.”
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