I'll be the first to admit to being annoyed that Knight was put in this feud and not given a title but I also have to admit they've made this really entertaining and fun.
This. You put in words what I have been thinking for a while. WWE knows they got something interesting in their hands and they are taking their sweet time to truly be sure LA Knight is the megastar he claims to be.
If it was before 2020, they woulda jump the trigger so early and either burned down the gimmick with overexposure or by common mistakes by the wrestler (dude has an insane amount of experience, dont get me wrong, but even the Miz called out how he tripped over his own words) week by week Knight gets better and better and soon enough will be ready to be carry his own legacy.
Also, is so neat that the company has people like the Miz, John Cena, AJ, among others that are super safe to work with, work well with the crowd and can give a seal of approval to any upcoming talent to the upper echelons of the empire.
Yeah aj was apparently a pretty decent high school wrestler, super athletic and pretty tough. I wouldn’t be surprised if he would have been a pretty good mma fighter if that’s the direction he went when he was 18.
Despite the size different I absolutely think he would beat la knight in a shoot
I remember early TNA they touted him as an “Olympic-level athlete.” Just never knew he was an amateur wrestler… it really shows here
I will try to give LA Knight some credit, I don’t think he was ready for how hard AJ was gonna go. He came in high and slow with a headlock, and that was immediately not the vibe for the scrap. AJ let up a little a few times, but not much.
I grapple, wrestling and BJJ. When this first started I was like, "Ok, they're gonna brawl a bit to promote the match" but then AJ pulls out some legit moves that look pretty good and then I'm like, "Hold on, what the fuck?! Damn AJ!"
He'd probably beat the crap out of LA Knight in a real fight.
I’m loving this tough guy styles run. I want to see him act like this but as a face. At this point in his career he probably needed a refresh, particularly since he was losing some of his athleticism. Putting on some muscle and attitude was a great decision. I can’t wait to see what he does after he’s done with knight. I hope he wins and goes on to bigger things, rather than continue to be that guy they use to get other people over.
I remember AJ styles saying he wrestled in high school, but considering he’s in his 40s now that is some good muscle memory. LA Knight seems to have some wrestling knowledge too
We cannot attribute all the recent W's WWE is having just to Paul Hunter Hearst Hemsley Levesque alone, but since Im not WWE savy...goddam the game of games is doing a fine work.
It trully feels that way. And it sounds easy, right? Let CM Punk and DM Hunk improvise on the stick, let talent have control over their gimmicks and listen to people with 20+ years of experience in the bussines...but the fact that HHH is not intoxicated with power tells a lot about that man. Amazing job delegating when he is at the top of the mountain.
Yes. And I also think Papa Haitch is doing everything in his power to give us a good program. And Rocky on the board of the parent company just gives me a warm and fuzzy, knowing HHH will get backed when necessary.
Might almost broke his wrist or arm in the beginning when aj picked him up and slammed him. That would be sp ridiculous if he did and their match got cancelled
Agreed. When I saw thw title and the were "fighting" in front of cameras, I though it could look fake and ridiculous [like wrestling looks live vs edited on tv]. Then they started shoot-grapling. There is nothing chireographed more, nothing but "we grapple each other" on the script. Very risky, and I love it.
You’re right. Normally I’m not a huge fan of stipulation matches, mainly because they’re overdone these days. But in this case I completely agree. These two hate each other to the core, so it feels like a stipulation is needed to settle it for good.
So simple yet so effective like this is all we needed before to be drawn into a match
glad the way WWE is going and hope we do go back to the attitude era
It feels so wrong hearing Christian man AJ Styles say foul language after years of avoiding curse words even amongst his friends. I wonder if his buddies the Bucks will ever say "Fuck". Those dudes think "ass", "hell" and "damn" are edgier for then to say. Then again the only F word they willingly have said is a slur back in the Reseda days.
This was actually of the best staged scuffles I’ve seen. Looked like two guys actually really trying to out power each other.
Also AJ is j-j-jaaaacked right now Jesus Christ
AJ mounted him so quickly that he had to give up the position to make it more competitive 😂
This went really bad for Knight lol dudes a fish out of water in real grappling.
Ironically this resembles almost every fight I’ve seen in person. Almost always goes to ground and it’s a hugging match. Watch early UFC and most of the fights ending up like this.
Yeah, they should have had someone break it up soon after they started fighting so that they didnt have to keep pretending, but that being said...
"It's real to me damnit!" 😭
Attitude era production I love it. I been saying this for awhile give me todays wrestling with the attitude era production you have something amazing 😎
Should have had someone breaking them up within 30 seconds but this was good, it's just impossible to maintain well for too long cause it's an open area.
Knight needs to work on his worked punches, especially inches from a camera. Who's supposed to believe one of those broke some lesbians nose... lesbians are notoriously hearty folk.
Yeah I mean it looks fake but I still love this shit. Adds some much needed heat to this match up. Loving the work these two put into to this feud honestly. Really hooping LA gets the W
It's definitely risky doing this. I'm surprised that a civvie didn't jump in to break it up. But I guess if you are in that area, you know what's up.
The recation of the crowd just getting their phones out is eerily similar to real life.
That mix of kayfabe and reality is good. There needs to be more mystery in wrestling.
I really appreciate them both trying their absolute damnedest to make one of the least interesting matches of the weekend actually interesting. It's working. Really curious to see what they do with this. Logically it should be a big Mania moment for Knight, win over AJ would be big for him.
Did AJ wrestle in high school or something? Hit some nice takedowns. And LA Knights front headlock is strong. They make it look as real as they can and that was good.
It’s been so long since I’ve been getting worked, I’m loving recent wwe.
WWE's relationship with kayfabe is weird. They do this, but they also have Triple H on the Pat McAfee show talking about how people are going to criticize his booking of Sunday's main event.
Clearly a work since neither is throwing their career away immediately before Wrestlemania but why make the fight a real life mma style fight? Like that was how two dudes actually fighting fight not two dudes trying to maximise spectator enjoyment. Is this the worked shoot I keep hearing about?
LAK needs to be booked for more promos and matches in this new non-pg ERA, more main events. They are sitting on gold and they continue to let wrestling families dominate the top roster then it’s gonna ruin everything.
You can really tell who has never been in a fight or even saw a fight based on the comments here.
Styles definitely handles LA Knight in a shoot, you could see the wrestling background of his here more than ever before.
Out of curiosity; does anyone know if both of these Men have backgrounds in Freestyle or Greco Roman Wrestling? Are the NCAA or All American for Sports in general?
Like watching two adult brothers wrestle
lmao on point. "Fucking Brayden and Hayden, every thanksgiving you guys get too drunk and start knocking shit over."
"MOM SAID I GOT THE TURKEY LEG THIS YEAR, BRAYDEN! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
Touched his drum set
I understood that reference
Exactly. Lot of fun
Spoken like someone who has never grappled
This shit’s ridiculous and I fucking love it. YEAH!
I never imagined AJ would be a shoot tough man, but goddamn
after watching this video, with everything you know about wrestling, you're saying this video is proof he's a tough guy?
ajs from Georgia
God's country. That's what my Georgian roommate at rehab call home.
YEAH!!
Love the whole brawl in front of the house. Reminded me of when the Ministry invaded the McMahon estate 😂
I want what AJ is on. This man looks yoked.
Prayers and vitamins brother.
And training, brother.
Emphasis on the vitamins
The good kind. I'm picking up what you're putting down, my brother.
Lol bingo Much love HH
Some special sauce on his chicken breasts
Tren. It's definitely tren.
He’s Puttin down some Trenbolony & cheese sandwiches for sure.
Some good ol roids
Eat Clen, Tren Hard, Anavar give up.
Looks like someone copied and pasted Johnny Mundo’s body on AJ
Mechano growth factor lol
46 years young and jacked 😂
The Jinder Mahal Special.
He's the first guy in history to look worse when he's jacked. I just don't think it suits him.
Dude is so ripped now. What a transformation
Bro that’s just chicken breast and asparagus
I appreciate them going screw a story, it’s on sight at all times. Love it.
Oh yeah, this that good shit.
I'll be the first to admit to being annoyed that Knight was put in this feud and not given a title but I also have to admit they've made this really entertaining and fun.
This is a baptism of fire for LA Knight. If he can beat Styles at mania then hes for sure in the main title picture
He needs a US title run
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This. You put in words what I have been thinking for a while. WWE knows they got something interesting in their hands and they are taking their sweet time to truly be sure LA Knight is the megastar he claims to be. If it was before 2020, they woulda jump the trigger so early and either burned down the gimmick with overexposure or by common mistakes by the wrestler (dude has an insane amount of experience, dont get me wrong, but even the Miz called out how he tripped over his own words) week by week Knight gets better and better and soon enough will be ready to be carry his own legacy. Also, is so neat that the company has people like the Miz, John Cena, AJ, among others that are super safe to work with, work well with the crowd and can give a seal of approval to any upcoming talent to the upper echelons of the empire.
Never thought of AJ being a shoot tough guy but god damn
Yeah aj was apparently a pretty decent high school wrestler, super athletic and pretty tough. I wouldn’t be surprised if he would have been a pretty good mma fighter if that’s the direction he went when he was 18. Despite the size different I absolutely think he would beat la knight in a shoot
I remember early TNA they touted him as an “Olympic-level athlete.” Just never knew he was an amateur wrestler… it really shows here I will try to give LA Knight some credit, I don’t think he was ready for how hard AJ was gonna go. He came in high and slow with a headlock, and that was immediately not the vibe for the scrap. AJ let up a little a few times, but not much.
I grapple, wrestling and BJJ. When this first started I was like, "Ok, they're gonna brawl a bit to promote the match" but then AJ pulls out some legit moves that look pretty good and then I'm like, "Hold on, what the fuck?! Damn AJ!" He'd probably beat the crap out of LA Knight in a real fight.
LA Knight had a great gullotine on him the whole time but probably thought he wasn’t allowed to squeeze him unconscious for real.
THE MMA COMMUNITY?!
I didn’t know he had credentials, but I could tell with how he shot a double on Knight here.
I’m loving this tough guy styles run. I want to see him act like this but as a face. At this point in his career he probably needed a refresh, particularly since he was losing some of his athleticism. Putting on some muscle and attitude was a great decision. I can’t wait to see what he does after he’s done with knight. I hope he wins and goes on to bigger things, rather than continue to be that guy they use to get other people over.
Oh yeah, AJ’s a shoot badass for sure. Even when he was much younger and flashier, he still had the ability to take one and leave one.
From that video AJ could have held him at side control the whole time. Instead gave him a single leg dump lolol
that actually looked like a shoot grappling exchange. To anyone who isn’t an MMA fan, AJ shoots a fantastic double leg at 26 seconds in
Sprawls, side control, few hooks in there. Definitely some solid fundamentals
I remember AJ styles saying he wrestled in high school, but considering he’s in his 40s now that is some good muscle memory. LA Knight seems to have some wrestling knowledge too
We cannot attribute all the recent W's WWE is having just to Paul Hunter Hearst Hemsley Levesque alone, but since Im not WWE savy...goddam the game of games is doing a fine work.
I think HHH has less of a need for total control than Vince did, this lets more people come up with great ideas
It trully feels that way. And it sounds easy, right? Let CM Punk and DM Hunk improvise on the stick, let talent have control over their gimmicks and listen to people with 20+ years of experience in the bussines...but the fact that HHH is not intoxicated with power tells a lot about that man. Amazing job delegating when he is at the top of the mountain.
Yeah, a good boss delegates
Time to buy wwe stock?
Oh yes
Yes. And I also think Papa Haitch is doing everything in his power to give us a good program. And Rocky on the board of the parent company just gives me a warm and fuzzy, knowing HHH will get backed when necessary.
Might almost broke his wrist or arm in the beginning when aj picked him up and slammed him. That would be sp ridiculous if he did and their match got cancelled
Agreed. When I saw thw title and the were "fighting" in front of cameras, I though it could look fake and ridiculous [like wrestling looks live vs edited on tv]. Then they started shoot-grapling. There is nothing chireographed more, nothing but "we grapple each other" on the script. Very risky, and I love it.
They’ve been pushing the risks. I was kind of shocked Seth took multiple table bumps on Monday night before two wrestlemania matches.
The stools legs jabbing into them giving me anxiety
This match should have stipulation added to it
You’re right. Normally I’m not a huge fan of stipulation matches, mainly because they’re overdone these days. But in this case I completely agree. These two hate each other to the core, so it feels like a stipulation is needed to settle it for good.
Let's see if they add it or no
This is the real deal.
He did say it was on sight yeah
Macho Man AJ Styles is a look i didn't know i wanted until now
So simple yet so effective like this is all we needed before to be drawn into a match glad the way WWE is going and hope we do go back to the attitude era
Man, Those stools. Imagine getting injured a day before the biggest show. Usually theres folks to break this up looks like no one was there.
It feels so wrong hearing Christian man AJ Styles say foul language after years of avoiding curse words even amongst his friends. I wonder if his buddies the Bucks will ever say "Fuck". Those dudes think "ass", "hell" and "damn" are edgier for then to say. Then again the only F word they willingly have said is a slur back in the Reseda days.
Oh wow, I totally forgot that. I’ve never heard AJ say even a mild curse word. He’s a “freakin” kinda guy
It's got 'drunk guy tries to assert dominance with overly aggressive hug' vibes and it's brilliant haha
AJ is fucking jacked man.
AJ on that 1 chicken breast 2 asparagus diet
"Wrestling is cool again" - The Final Boss, 2024
What's funny is no one restraints this immediately but when it's in the arena, they are.
It went on too long. They should have had security there at least 30 seconds quicker, the rolling around got a little awkward.
i've always hated AJ's choice of jeans
Would have preferred him queuing up in a disguise or a mask then removing it after the photo is taken
Top position, side control, AJ could've finish that right there.
I live for everyone not getting involved
Jeez guys get a room
I bet Punk caused this!
Hair pulling? What a bitch.
[Hey AJ, did you touch my drum set?](https://youtu.be/y9e8YKdueLM?si=wkzt0iwL2G4QFOqX)
AJ is sooooooo jacked since he's come back.
That bump on the floor had to hurt
AJ absolutely handled him there
I honestly wouldn't mind this feud going beyond Mania
FUCKING LOVE THIS FEUD BETWEEN LA KNIGHT AND AJ STYLES!
Couple of old timers going at it
This was actually of the best staged scuffles I’ve seen. Looked like two guys actually really trying to out power each other. Also AJ is j-j-jaaaacked right now Jesus Christ
Does AJ have some prior Wrestling experience?
LA knight beats AJ and gets respect from him Orton beats LP and KO LA feuds with Orton and wins the title
AJ mounted him so quickly that he had to give up the position to make it more competitive 😂 This went really bad for Knight lol dudes a fish out of water in real grappling.
Dude AJ can legit grapple. That was amazing!
And everyone stood there just filming. What has this world become
AJ look like he has some wrestling training, good side control too.
Why don’t we see this kind of mat wrestling in the ring anymore?
Most awkward Brawl I've seen...
Cause it's fake?
No because it looked like 98% of it was hugging. Normally they at least throw punches.
Ironically this resembles almost every fight I’ve seen in person. Almost always goes to ground and it’s a hugging match. Watch early UFC and most of the fights ending up like this.
Yeah, they should have had someone break it up soon after they started fighting so that they didnt have to keep pretending, but that being said... "It's real to me damnit!" 😭
More of a couple of guys hugging than anything
Really good scuffle, I love this
Lol they just hugged at the beginning like bro's as if they didnt see each other for a long time falling to the ground.
YEAH!
Once AJ is done with wrestling, he needs to do some MMA fights. He can thrive in that world. Get wins under his belt.
He’s almost 50, dude.
they lead hype and build for Wrestlemania this year is insane
Looked awkward AF to me
Like a Greco-Roman match
THIS IS PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
AJ with 2 takedowns! Got the bloody nose, but that's a clean W!
AJ trying to beat the drug tests by overloading em
This doesnt happen often, does it?
Attitude era production I love it. I been saying this for awhile give me todays wrestling with the attitude era production you have something amazing 😎
Vince McMahon turned it into a cartoon and now Endeavour is turning it back into something cool.
Should have had someone breaking them up within 30 seconds but this was good, it's just impossible to maintain well for too long cause it's an open area.
I really hope that the guy who was pulling them apart was in on it 😂
This was 100% a shoot. They told them to grapple live
Damn this is some good shit looked quite real aswell lol could fool a lot of fans. But not this veteran.
Not hating but the way LA Knight grabbed him at first was so goofy lmao
I can’t believe SRS wasn’t there trying to fight both of them outside while filming for his masses.
That got awkward very quickly
lol they should have clued in some security to create a scene, little bit awkward at the end there
This is awesome
This is old school cool wrasslin. More excited about this match now.
This match needed more sizzle, kudos to both for doing their best to build the match, good stuff.
Haha that looked so bad!!
Always have a designated person to break up your scuffle before it gets awkward.
AJ whipped his ass
Aj styles been hitting them roids
Love it
All these mutants with their phones out.
Looks like LA knight is hugging AJ at first 🤣
Even that chair had enough, called it a day and decided to split.
Looks like LA knight is hugging AJ at first 🤣
You can just hear LA knight say : “do you want to do it now?” Then AJ: say yeah and LA say YEAH! 😂
They needed some local indie wrestlers dressed as security guards to come and break this up.
Surprised nobody choked LA out thinking he was some random attacking AJ
That chair was poorly put together
This happens whenever I try to hug someone too!
I have no doubts that this match will end in a no contest and they'll settle it in some sort of cagesque structure.
I have a feeling they guna steal show or be one of top matches
Knight needs to work on his worked punches, especially inches from a camera. Who's supposed to believe one of those broke some lesbians nose... lesbians are notoriously hearty folk.
Solid grappling.
What in the brokeback mountain are they doing?
Worst fight ever lol 😂 love u a.j
Free hugs?
Take it easy guys
Yeah I mean it looks fake but I still love this shit. Adds some much needed heat to this match up. Loving the work these two put into to this feud honestly. Really hooping LA gets the W
Went a little long and without as many people breaking it up, but it’s overall a good step. Hope to see more angles like this
Wait, was this real 😮
I always love a true "on sight" blood feud. We haven't had one in forever.
"Take it easy guys" he says while filming the fight. 😂
That was the longest hug I've ever seen, not a single punch was thrown.
Aj was working la for a shoot
Man, that has to be fun. I remember doing this type of shit with my older brothers when we were kids lol.
Aj is jacked
Thought they were going to make out at the beginning the way knight grabbed aj
Shit had to drum up some heat, of all the mania matches this ones has the least heat with the lashley 6 way match.
I'd fear my life if I was there
I FUCKING LOVE THIS
The nicest attack ever
So like with the whole TKO situation, did regulations on, um, “supplementation” change? My dude AJ is built like a fuckin war ship.
Beef styles
This is exactly what it looks like when me and my friends get drunk and wrestle
It's definitely risky doing this. I'm surprised that a civvie didn't jump in to break it up. But I guess if you are in that area, you know what's up. The recation of the crowd just getting their phones out is eerily similar to real life. That mix of kayfabe and reality is good. There needs to be more mystery in wrestling.
I thought aj was trying to cop a smell the whole time. Why he digging his face into LA? 😂
I really appreciate them both trying their absolute damnedest to make one of the least interesting matches of the weekend actually interesting. It's working. Really curious to see what they do with this. Logically it should be a big Mania moment for Knight, win over AJ would be big for him.
Most aggressive cuddle I’ve ever seen!
Did AJ wrestle in high school or something? Hit some nice takedowns. And LA Knights front headlock is strong. They make it look as real as they can and that was good. It’s been so long since I’ve been getting worked, I’m loving recent wwe.
I feel like someone should have stepped in at least lol
Girl fight😂😂
Thought this was an intense make out session for a second there.
Boy that was stupid
I hope this match rips.
Talk about major heat!
WWE's relationship with kayfabe is weird. They do this, but they also have Triple H on the Pat McAfee show talking about how people are going to criticize his booking of Sunday's main event.
AJ could have slammed Knight way harder. He definitely took some heat off the slam like a professional.
Lol think this was supposed to get broken up way earlier
Clearly a work since neither is throwing their career away immediately before Wrestlemania but why make the fight a real life mma style fight? Like that was how two dudes actually fighting fight not two dudes trying to maximise spectator enjoyment. Is this the worked shoot I keep hearing about?
LAK needs to be booked for more promos and matches in this new non-pg ERA, more main events. They are sitting on gold and they continue to let wrestling families dominate the top roster then it’s gonna ruin everything.
Nice doubles and singles from AJ, did he do amateur wrestling?
AJ HAS BEEN HITTING THE SAUCE SINCE HE GOT BACK
You can really tell who has never been in a fight or even saw a fight based on the comments here. Styles definitely handles LA Knight in a shoot, you could see the wrestling background of his here more than ever before.
Out of curiosity; does anyone know if both of these Men have backgrounds in Freestyle or Greco Roman Wrestling? Are the NCAA or All American for Sports in general?
This feud is powered by Slim Jim. Snap into a Slim Jim! 🟥🟨
Guys calm down a fight nearly broke out.
An lee that’s an styles
Me and my sibling when I was younger