LA Knight: Kevin Nash was a ‘sweetheart’ in WWE SummerSlam interaction
LA Knight enjoyed the interaction he had with Kevin Nash backstage at WWE SummerSlam.
Nash had taken some shots at Knight on his podcast in the past, including calling Knight “an absolute ripoff of The Rock.” But Nash said there was no heat between the two when they spoke in catering backstage at SummerSlam. Nash said Knight seemed like “a really nice guy.”
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Knight also described the interaction as a positive one.
“It’s funny because he came up while I was sitting in catering, talking to a couple of guys, and he came up, and I felt this hand on my back, and he said hello and we talked for a minute,” Knight said.
“He was asking about the match, and everything was cool and hunky dory. I am a mirror in a lot of ways – I give back whatever I receive. We could talk trash, and whatever he says on the podcast or what I say here and there, it could go either way. If he had come in talking, you know, craziness or whatever, I’d have probably responded in that regard. But he was a sweetheart, and I was a sweetheart right back.”
Knight defeated Logan Paul at SummerSlam to become the new United States Champion. It’s the first title Knight has held on the WWE main roster.
On SmackDown tonight (August 23), Knight is making a title defense against Santos Escobar.
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