LA Knight recently spoke with ESPN to discuss a variety of topics, including his belief that his Max Dupri character in the “Maximum Male Models” faction was a rib on him.
As many of you know, Knight debuted on the WWE main roster as Max Dupri, a manager who was starting his own modeling agency. The character was eventually dropped after Vince McMahon announced his departure from the company.
Knight said, “I thought they were ribbing me, I’m like, ‘What?,’ They were like, ‘Yeah, you used to be a model, but now you have an agency. And I’m like, ‘F**k is this?’”
He continued, “It took a left turn of silliness, and I was just like, ‘this is not at all what we had talked about or discussed.’ And I don’t know whether that was on the wrestlers or what, but then I’m just like, I’m trying to keep it in a serious vein so we can move up the card. I mean, there’s a certain point where you get pigeonholed into just comedy and you’re stuck. You hit the ceiling pretty quick. I don’t want to be stuck there. … If it’s all comedy from start to finish, God, you’re dead.”