WWE has a solid plan whenever they enter into a live television broadcast. It turns out that one segment wasn’t on the run sheet for some reason.
LA Knight came out to cut a promo on AJ Styles this week on SmackDown. That all ended with a WrestleMania challenge. It turns out that Knight’s segment was a surprise for some.
LA Knight’s Situation on SmackDown
Kayla Braxton introduced LA Knight, and the Memphis fans popped for him big time. He had a lot to say about AJ Styles costing him the Elimination Chamber match.
In the end, Knight laid down a WrestleMania challenge, and Styles was quick to accept it. The Phenomenal One did this by attacking his future opponent with a steel chair.
Sean Ross Sapp noted on Fightful Select that it seem LA Knight’s segment wasn’t even on the rundown in the first place. This left some very surprised that he showed up, because it was not in the early spoilers for the show.
LA Knight’s interview wasn’t listed on internal rundowns.
LA Knight’s Road to WrestleMania 40
LA Knight gained popularity among fans during the Elimination Chamber, despite not emerging victorious. However, his hopes were dashed when AJ Styles blindsided him during the match, making his victory prospects slim. This week on SmackDown, LA Knight addressed the incident, leading to a WrestleMania 40 challenge.
After traveling to Australia for the Elimination Chamber event, LA Knight was a favorite to win the match and secure a World Heavyweight Championship match against Seth Rollins. Suddenly, without any notice, AJ Styles jumped in the ring and took out LA Knight.
Styles wasn’t even booked for Elimination Chamber, so he was brought around the planet just to disrupt Knight’s plan and set up their WrestleMania 40 encounter.
We will have to see how WWE books the rest of WrestleMania 40. At this point, the show of shows if coming together. You can check out the updated card (so far) below.
WrestleMania 40 Card:
- Night 1: The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth “Freakin” Rollins
- Night 2: Seth “Freakin” Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre for the World Heavyweight Championship
- Night 2: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
- Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton – Triple threat match for WWE United Stated Title
- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship
- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch for the Women’s World Championship
- Gunther (c) vs. Sami Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) (c) vs. Legado Del Fantasma (Angel and Berto) vs. Four teams TBD in a Six-Pack Ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
- AJ Styles vs. LA Knight in a Singles match
- Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso in a Singles match
