WWE Superstar LA Knight recently spoke with CBS Sports to promote the WWE Fastlane 2023 pay-per-view event.
During the interview, the former Eli Drake commented on finally achieving success after over twenty years in the wrestling business, if he’s let himself take in the gravity of his success, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On finally achieving success: “I have been at this for so long…That’s the craziest part about this. In a weird way, it’s like an overnight success, but it was also 20 years in the making to get to an overnight success. It’s such a juxtaposition in a strange way. I still have a habit of looking over my shoulder and waiting for somebody to pull the rug out from under me. I’m used to, ‘No, no, no’ and me having to push, ‘Yeah, yeah!’ It’s me having to create my own opportunities. Even when I’m now put into bigger opportunities, it’s still not a point where I can relax.”
On if he’s let himself take in the gravity of his success: “In a weird way, I’ve got no business being here. Looking just a year ago at where I was and what I was doing, what a hell of a turnaround. It’s damn near unheard of. I’m not the best at letting myself really feel that. Maybe 10 years down the road when I look back. But right now in this situation, I’m just so — I don’t know if you’d say — maniacally focused on making sure that everything hits the mark and that everything is the way I want it to be. It’s tough for me to step back and be like, ‘Wow, this is great!’ Occasionally, I might have that thought but it’s very fleeting.”
On still wanting more from his career: “I don’t know that with my personality I’ll ever be satisfied. I have such a habit of nitpicking everything and getting down to nitty-gritty details… Obviously, for me, I want to be at the top of the mountain. There are a lot of hurdles to get there but I always wanted to be there. If you’re not aiming to be the WWE champion, if you’re not aiming to be that top guy, the face of the company and in the conversation as far as some of the greats, that would be at least close to that goal line. Maybe it would get me there. Maybe it wouldn’t.”
