LA Knight has revealed his plans for the WWE United States Championship after reclaiming the title in the main event of last night’s SmackDown (March 7).
Just over three months since he lost the title at WWE Survivor Series 2024, The Mega Star LA Knight dethroned Shinsuke Nakamura in Philadelphia to kick off his second run as United States Champion.
In a video posted to Twitter, Knight laid out his plans for the US Title ahead of the company’s European tour.
Knight said:
“It’s been too long, man. Way too long. What I need to do is I need to get these [sideplates] off here. What I need to do is get that LA Knight back on there. What I need to do is get that strap on, and what I need to do is take this title back to places, maybe that it once was, but to places that it’s never been.
“What I need to do is take this title all over the damn world. I think we’re going to Europe not too long from now, and the US Champ, the US Title, coming on over there, and I’ll tell you what, just the same as here in the US, you can all pledge allegiance to the champ of the United States, with everybody saying, ‘LA Knight.’ Two times, we did it again.”
Knight would also speak with Byron Saxton in a WWE digital exclusive after SmackDown, where he opened up on his journey up the WWE ladder in recent years, saying he thought his career was nearing its end not long ago.
Knight told Saxton:
“Two times. Two times, United States Champion. It was only a few years ago, I thought my career was never gonna go anywhere. I thought my career was kind of nearing its end, and here I am, all the sudden just taking off, all the sudden just winning the United States Championship not once, but twice.
“When I think about it, it took me how many times last week to get here? Two times. Why? Because I had to wrestle some goof one time last week. Then I had to wrestle two other goofs another time last week. Two times to get here, two times the champion. Two times is nice. Double mint gum. Oh yeah, double mint twins, are they gonna be here? Nah, nah. But that’s okay because you got this man just dropping BFTs on everybody, turning three into two.
“Two-time US Champ, and there ain’t nothing anybody can do about it. Shinsuke Nakamura, you had a nice little reign in the shadows. Hope you enjoyed it, but now we’re bringing it out to the light like nobody else can. Once again, we can all pledge allegiance to the champ of the United States of America. Yeah.”
Nakamura’s third run as United States Champion clocked in at 97 days, with just one successful title defence during that time.
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Transcript via Fightful
Pledge allegiance to the Champ…
With everybody sayin’#AndNew @WWE pic.twitter.com/OOQ3jZ45kC
— LA Knight (@RealLAKnight) March 8, 2025
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