10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About LA Knight

By 2013, five years after his initial disappointing try-out, Knight was seemingly removed from WWE's persona non grata list. By May, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Knight had undergone the medical testing required prior to signing and was on his way to the Performance Center. As Slate Randall, he won his first dark match against Yoshi Tatsu.

Randall then embarked on a considerable losing streak, only winning one out of his other 14 matches (a tag team victory alongside Aiden English). On 2 May 2014, Randall competed in his final match for NXT, losing at a Florida house show to Baron Corbin. He was not used again until his official release on 1 August 2014.

When discussing his time in NXT, Knight gave friction with then-head coach Bill DeMott as the reason behind his release. This seems believable. In early 2015, DeMott was peppered with allegations that exposed him as a bigot and a bully, ruining careers rather than building them.

Regarding Randall, it is a shame that he left NXT just as it was building towards the height of its success.