If LA Knight came in a decade earlier

[ChitownKnight]

Do you think he would have been THE guy instead of Roman? Now I still think he will do great things on the main roster, but if he came in around the same time as the Shield he would have been on their level imo. Knight is pretty much what Vince looks for in a star and is also a guy the fans LOVE

["Trickster Dogg" James Jesse]

Maybe, but I imagine that parenting a 9-year-old child can be difficult before adding being a wrestling parent to the mix.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

The guy? Probably not. Roman has shown believing in him to be the guy to be fully correct

[Rolent Tex]

Is he secretly related to Dwayne Johnson? If not no.

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 15, 2023 22:06:28 GMT -5 "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse said:

Maybe, but I imagine that parenting a 9-year-old child can be difficult before adding being a wrestling parent to the mix.

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["Trickster Dogg" James Jesse]

Mar 15, 2023 22:17:50 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Mar 15, 2023 22:06:28 GMT -5 "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse said:

Maybe, but I imagine that parenting a 9-year-old child can be difficult before adding being a wrestling parent to the mix.

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I posited a scenario in which LA Knight would have become a father 10 years ago. So being a dad now while also on the road as a wrestler could be difficult. If he doesn't come in 10 years ago, then becoming a father is much less likely.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I feel like he would have came into developmental under a really shitty name like IDK, Slate Randall. He would do not much of anything and get released without much fanfare in about a year, and eventually find his way in mid-2010s Impact.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

He's just not that good in the ring to be at that level. And he was worse 10 years ago in that regard. And I don't mean that from a Danielson/Okada workrate kind of snob perspective. I mean he hasn't shown the ability to have Roman/Seth/Drew/Owens level WWE main event style matches. He's better than Elias but he's just not at that elite level.

[Starshine]

He was there a decade earlier and they didn't want him.

[cassonova]

Slate Randall, yeah!

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Mar 15, 2023 23:16:46 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

He's just not that good in the ring to be at that level. And he was worse 10 years ago in that regard. And I don't mean that from a Danielson/Okada workrate kind of snob perspective. I mean he hasn't shown the ability to have Roman/Seth/Drew/Owens level WWE main event style matches. He's better than Elias but he's just not at that elite level.

I've said it in other threads, but I think his ceiling is Smackdown's Miz for a few years. To be clear, that's not a bad role to have. Honestly, Miz might be a better in-ring guy than Knight, I think Miz is a tad underrated in that regard. Miz seems to have another gear, he just doesn't need to go to it as much because he's a character guy.

[Allie Kitsune]

Mar 16, 2023 9:10:59 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Mar 15, 2023 23:16:46 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

He's just not that good in the ring to be at that level. And he was worse 10 years ago in that regard. And I don't mean that from a Danielson/Okada workrate kind of snob perspective. I mean he hasn't shown the ability to have Roman/Seth/Drew/Owens level WWE main event style matches. He's better than Elias but he's just not at that elite level.

I've said it in other threads, but I think his ceiling is Smackdown's Miz for a few years. To be clear, that's not a bad role to have. Honestly, Miz might be a better in-ring guy than Knight, I think Miz is a tad underrated in that regard. Miz seems to have another gear, he just doesn't need to go to it as much because he's a character guy.

Honestly, LA Knight already surpassed my expectations just by having a better run than EC3 did.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Mar 15, 2023 23:09:55 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

I feel like he would have came into developmental under a really shitty name like IDK, Slate Randall. He would do not much of anything and get released without much fanfare in about a year, and eventually find his way in mid-2010s Impact.

I'm going to name my first baseman in MLB the Show Slate Randall now.

[floundertime]

No he wouldn't of been the guy cause Vince was running the place. Remember Max Dupri, that's what Vince thought of him.

Yeah!

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 16, 2023 10:53:14 GMT -5 floundertime said:

No he wouldn't of been the guy cause Vince was running the place. Remember Max Dupri, that's what Vince thought of him.

Yeah!

Which is f***ing weird to me because he’s literally what Vince looks for in a top guy. Good looking, built, charasmatic, and a great promo

[kingoftheindies]

... didn't he come 10 years earlier as Shaun Ricker? I remember when he debuted in TNA and people mocked TNA for wasting time on him. He just really improved that much as a talker from TNA till now

[The Dark Order Inferno]

He wasn't ready ten years ago, and in case people have forgotten, Vince didn't exactly like finished product LA Knight. He looked to be on his way out the door prior to Vince's ousting from creative.

[dbrussel]

Is this serious? I mean... Watch his work a decade ago and you will notice that guy wasn't ready to lead any company

[Banjo Is Broken]

Instead of wrestling John Cena again at Wrestlemania, the Rock could have wrestled Slate Randall.

[mrtuesday]

Mar 16, 2023 10:55:28 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Mar 16, 2023 10:53:14 GMT -5 floundertime said:

No he wouldn't of been the guy cause Vince was running the place. Remember Max Dupri, that's what Vince thought of him.

Yeah!

Which is f***ing weird to me because he’s literally what Vince looks for in a top guy. Good looking, built, charasmatic, and a great promo

Unfortunately, he's 5 inches too short and 20 lbs of muscle too light for Vince to make his top guy.