Some WWE Fans Are Furious About LA Knight’s Booking, And They Have A Point

Lemme talk to ya. There is perhaps no mid-card character in WWE who seems to be making more forward progress with fans than LA Knight. Since being repackaged away from his Maximum Male Models gimmick, the self-proclaimed megastar came out the other side of his Bray Wyatt feud looking better than when he went in (which is not easy to do), and his crowd reactions have seemingly been getting better by the week. He’s getting a nice pop when he comes out, and a healthy percentage of fans are screaming “yeah” or “lemme talk to ya” when he’s on the mic.

All the organic momentum is there for a big push, and in fact, rumors have been swirling that he’s going to get one after WrestleMania. That’s great news for all of us who see star potential in LA Knight, but unfortunately, apart from some added screentime, we’re not actually seeing that momentum reflected in his booking on TV. In fact, all we’ve gotten recently is a lot of losses, and many WWE fans have started taking to social media to complain.

Since his last victory all the way back in January, LA Knight has taken losses to Bray Wyatt, Kofi Kingston, Santos Escobar, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, Cody Rhodes and Xavier Woods. Some of those losses make all the sense in the world. He’s obviously not going to beat Cody Rhodes (and you could argue wrestling opposite him is a long-term victory), but the sheer number of defeats has started to frustrate a lot of fans. Many have complained on social media over the last month or so, and that fan frustration was particularly loud this past Friday night when he lost to Xavier Woods of all people. Here’s a sample tweet…

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There’s more than 2,700 likes on that tweet, and there are dozens of additional messages from fans who can’t figure out why he’d lose to Xavier Woods. And I’m right there with them. Maybe there’s some masterplan I’m not seeing, but from where I sit, LA Knight’s booking makes no sense. He’s starting to get over with the crowd. People are responding to his catch phrases. They’re engaged when he comes to the ring, and yet, a lot of weeks, he’s not even given a microphone to talk, which is clearly his specialty.