LA Knight has the best opportunity he has ever had at capturing a WWE championship.
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he → have → championship
He will go one-on-one with Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank on Saturday in New Orleans.
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He → go → Orleans
Knight’s wave of popularity has still been extremely high since he caught on with the WWE Universe in 2023-24.
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he → catch → 2023
And even through detours that included a U.S. title run, feuds with The Vision and Reigns’ Bloodline stablemates, he’s continued to be one of the wrestlers fans continually gravitate toward.
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fans → include → wrestlers
Knight got his first crack at a world title at Crown Jewel in 2023.
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Knight → get → 2023
He was supposed to be one-on-one with Reigns before Jimmy Uso interfered and cost him the title.
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Uso → suppose → title
He was then thrust into a fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Royal Rumble in 2024 against Reigns, AJ Styles and Randy Orton.
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He → thrust → Reigns
But Reigns would remain supreme.
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Reigns → remain → ?
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page → contain → partners
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that → create → newsroom
This time, it’s a little different.
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it → ’ → ?
Reigns, as Knight has pointed out, hasn’t had The Bloodline in his corner as they’ve been preoccupied with Jacob Fatu’s dominance and the 946 faction.
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they → point → dominance
Who wins is anyone’s guess.
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wins → win → ?
But WWE Hall of Famer Diamond Dallas Page told OutKick Dropkick he’s backing Knight in the premium live event.
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he → tell → event
"I would love to see that.
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I → love → that
I would love to see that …
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I → love → that
LA and I have been, because of our careers, even though he started wrestling in his 20s, our career took off in our 40s and I would love to see that.
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I → start → that
Do I believe it's going to happen?
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it → believe → ?
I'm going to say yes because I want it to be out in the universe for LA," Page said in a recent interview, on behalf of Gambling.com, the guide to the best online sportsbooks.
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Page → go → sportsbooks
Page said if Reigns lost the match it wouldn’t hurt him.
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it → say → him
He compared it to his own win over Randy Savage at World Championship Wrestling’s Spring Stampede in 1997.
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He → compare → 1997
I mean, he's that guy if he did freaking put LA Knight over, it wouldn’t hurt him at all," he said.
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he → mean → him
"Matter of fact, he Randy Savage’d him, which is what Randy did for me when he reached down and you tell me in 1997, April 6th, the day after my 41st birthday, that anybody thinks I'm going to beat Randy Savage.
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I → Savage’d → Savage
But Randy did.
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Randy → do → ?
And Randy knew this guy has worked so hard, the people love him.
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people → know → him
I'm gonna really make him blast off.
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him → go → ?
"And I'll tell you, when I beat Randy Savage, it was more dramatic than even being the world champion.
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it → tell → Savage
People acted different to me.
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People → act → me
I mean, the fans, everybody.
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I → mean → ?
It was like I stepped into a different dimension.
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I → step → dimension
And that's what Roman would be doing if LA night does go over.
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night → do → what
So, I'm putting that out in the universe and I would love to see it because I think he deserves it so much."
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he → put → it
Page shared that he and Knight have had talks about getting to the pinnacle of professional wrestling.
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he → share → wrestling
He likened it to his own conversations with Cody Rhodes when the "American Nightmare" was pursuing Reigns’ gold.
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Nightmare → liken → gold
Rhodes failed to win it at WrestleMania 39 but came all the way back through a gauntlet of challengers to earn the title shot again and win it at WrestleMania 40.
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Rhodes → fail → WrestleMania
"Me and him have had talks, you know, and just, even getting there, you know, you don't have to win it, but it's gonna, if he doesn't, it might even get him over more," Page explained to OutKick Dropkick.
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Page → have → Dropkick
"It’s kind of like with Cody and right over here at this table right here, when it's him and Roman, and he has been, you know, led to believe that it's your time.
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it → ’ → table
But then you start to hear the rumblings of maybe it's not yet.
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it → start → rumblings
And he came here and we sat down and had a couple of beers and I brought him a set and I looked at him and I go, ‘Is it really so bad if you don't win this the first time?’
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you → come → this
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