LA Knight Seeks WWE World Title Against Roman Reigns at MITB

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns faced LA Knight at Money in the Bank in New Orleans, with the title match opening the event after Reigns requested the position, according to Fightful. The matchup placed Knight in a major championship opportunity as he attempted to win his first world title.

Fightful reported that WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Triple H Levesque told Cathy Kelley during the Countdown show that Reigns demanded the opening slot for the championship bout. The event took place at Smoothie King Center and also featured multiple Money in the Bank ladder matches.

LA Knight entered the match after building momentum through his alliance with Solo Sikoa and a six-man tag team victory over The Bloodline at SummerSlam, according to Cageside Seats. The outlet also noted Knight had not won a singles match on WWE programming since June before the title challenge.

Diamond Dallas Page, a former WCW icon and WWE superstar, discussed Knight's career path before the event and compared their late-career rises. Page was 43 when he captured his first world championship, the same age Knight was during the title pursuit.

"I would love to see that. I would love to see that. Because LA and I – even though he started wrestling in his twenties, our careers took off in our forties.

Do I believe that's going to happen? I'm going to say yes, because I want it to be out in the universe for LA," said Diamond Dallas Page, former WCW icon and WWE superstar.

Page also described how a victory over a major WWE star could elevate Knight's career, referencing his own experience with Randy Savage. He said Reigns has a level of stardom comparable to some of wrestling's biggest names.

"And Roman – Roman's Hulk, Roman's Rock, Roman's Cena. He's that guy. If he did put LA Knight over, it wouldn't hurt him at all. As a matter of fact, he'd be Randy Savage-ing him, which is what Randy did for me when he reached out," said Diamond Dallas Page, former WCW icon and WWE superstar.

Page continued by recalling his 1997 match with Randy Savage and how that victory changed the way fans viewed him. His comments were made while discussing the potential impact of Knight winning the championship.

"You tell me, in 1997, April 6th, the day after my 41st birthday, that anybody thinks I'm going to beat Randy Savage. No one. But Randy did.

Randy knew: 'This guy has worked so hard. The people love him. I'm going to really make him blast off,'" said Diamond Dallas Page, former WCW icon and WWE superstar.

Knight previously acknowledged the importance of the championship opportunity during an appearance on TMZ Sports' Inside the Ring, where he described the match as a critical point in his career.

"It's almost like, put up or shut up, do or die," said LA Knight, WWE wrestler.

According to TMZ Sports, a victory would have given Knight the longest gap between a WWE debut and first world title win, surpassing Andre the Giant's 15-year record. Knight made his WWE debut on Sunday Night Heat 20 years before the championship match.