Major Update On LA Knight's WWE Future (WWE News)

by Andrew Pollard
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Following recent reports that he was set for a big 2026, there's now an update on the contract status of WWE's LA Knight.

While some fans speculated that the Vision's attack - well, various attacks - on Knight on this week's Raw could be part of the Megastar being written off TV and out of the company, similar to what happened to Ricochet at the hands of Bron Breakker last year, that is not the case.

Per Fightful Select, Knight isn't leaving WWE any time soon, with several years remaining on the deal he signed with the market leader back in 2024. When the outlet reached out to people within WWE about this topic, those people were confused about some of the recent outrage surrounding the former United States Champion.

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This Fightful report also addressed those rumblings that LA Knight has backstage heat for showing a fan's "We Want LA Knight, Not Jey" sign on TV earlier this year. Fightful has "repeatedly" been told that this was and is, essentially, a non-issue, and that it would be a "weird punishment" to have Knight then beat Jey Uso in the semi-finals of The Last Time Is Now Tournament last week.

As for what lies in LA Knight's immediate future, that remains to be seen, but the way he was brutalised by the Vision on this week's Raw would certainly indicate that the hugely charismatic star is set for at least a short spell off TV. Given those reports of LA being planned for big things in 2026, he could well be in the running as one of the favourite's for the men's Royal Rumble next month...

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks/Saints, Jamie Hayter, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.