LA Knight Explains His Promo Process, Why He Has an ‘Old School’ Feel To Him

LA Knight recently weighed in on his process for putting together his promos, and why he feels like more of an old school wrestler than other talent. Knight has spoken in the past about how he is more of an improvisational promo guy, even if that sometimes gets him in trouble.

Knight spoke with Phil Mackey for SKOR North to promote WWE SummerSlam and during the conversation he was asked about his promo process. Knight noted that he’s not at good at memorized promos and performs better when he can get the points across his own way. He also commented on Mackey calling him someone who feels like a throwback to previous eras, something he chalked up to his influences. You can see the highlights below:

On His Promo Process:

“The process is really — I just need to know where I’m coming from, where I am, and where I’m going. And with that being the case, I know my start, ‘Let me talk to you.’ I know my finish, ‘Whose game is it?’ with everybody saying ‘LA Knight?’ And with that being the case, then I’m going to fill in the middle with all those story points. What happened, what’s happening, wnd what’s going to happen? And that’s about it.

“And from there, it’s just, ‘Let me go. Let me just–‘ I have a blank canvas, but I have an instruction as far as what I need to paint. But I don’t have a direct, ‘Hey, go this way and go that [way].’ No, no, no. I might take the scenic route to get there. I might go the direct route; it depends.”

On Not Being As Good With Scripted Promos:

“With that being the case, it’s — I’m not very good at remembering somebody else’s scripted lines. I can get your general point across. Tell me, ‘Hey, talk about this. Get this thing over.’ No problem. But I’m going to do it my way, and I’m going to say it my way.”

On Having More Of an ‘Old School’ Feel As a Performer:

“I think part of the thing that maybe kind of makes me feel like that old school thing that you were talking about is that I watched wrestling almost religiously until I got in the business, which was right around 2003. And so everything that I know and experienced was all the way up until then. And then after that, I kind of just stopped watching and went on, and that’s when I started wrestling myself.

“So yeah, I think all of my influence is from back then. So I don’t try to to do anybody else or be anybody else, but I’m me. But there’s little drips and drabs of those people in there as influences.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit SKOR North with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.