Mace believes LA Knight has a real shot at capturing the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at next weekend’s Royal Rumble 2024 pay-per-view event. As you all know by now, Roman Reigns will be defending his title against Knight, AJ Styles and Randy Orton at the show.
Speaking on a recent edition of “The Ten Count” podcast, the former WWE Superstar opined that if Knight has his “juices titillated,” he will win the title. He said,
“Honestly I think if he was titillating juices, I think he would win. Because guess what, he’d have two guys out there [Mace & Mansoor] to help him. But he’s out there on his own right now, he’s only got the ‘Yeah Maniacs,’ or whatever they’re called supporting him. So I don’t know, maybe he doesn’t, maybe he doesn’t pin Roman.”
He continued, “Nobody’s pinning Roman, Roman’s too powerful. Roman’s like — I’m a big video gamer. So if you’re playing like an MMO, and you see a boss character that’s got a skull next to his name instead of a level and his health bar is like blacked out? That’s Roman Reigns. Nobody’s beating Roman Reign, but there’s a lot of people to pin in that match, I wouldn’t put it past him.”
Randy Orton also has high praise for LA Knight these days, and he recently appeared on WWE’s “The Bump” to comment on Knight’s rise in WWE.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On LA Knight’s rise in WWE: “Too early to tell, but I have high hopes. I would love to see him happy and able to do whatever his goals are, I’d love to see him fulfill those goals. As long as they don’t get in my way, I’m fine with him doing his thing. I’ve been so many guys come up, get hot, and then putter out. I’m not saying that’s him. As a matter of fact, he’s one of a kind. He’s got something different.”
On fan reactions to Knight: “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the fans just take to somebody that they didn’t really know so quickly. You’ve seen it before with guys like Kofi Kingston. They knew who these guys were for ten years, and then all of a sudden, there was this massive surge and fan following. LA Knight kind of went from zero to hero, [snaps] like that. So that’s interesting. I’m curious to see how strong the crowd chants for him, how long that lasts, but even more so, how he chooses to evolve and keep those fans buying the t-shirts and chanting the catchphrases and everything like that. I think he has all the potential in the world to get that done.”
On Knight’s potential: “I think as long as he stays humble and remembers that he doesn’t know it all, and that he still has a lot to learn, if he stays humble, I think he’s gonna keep doing this [mimes rising up]. But we all get in our own way sometimes, and hopefully that’s not the case with him. But I think he’s a good cat, he’s got a good head on his shoulders, he’s smart, and I know he’s here to be the man. So hopefully, he becomes the man.”
