Succumbing to Pressure, Kevin Nash Issues Public Apology to LA Knight for Accusing Him of Ripping off The Rock: “I Didn’t Know Who the F*ck You Were”

The past few weeks saw controversy in the name of Dwayne Johnson. When MITB was around the corner, Kevin Nash‘s statement started going viral in which he criticized WWE star LA Knight. Johnson’s name was attached to the story because the WWE legend had called Knight ‘The Rock’s rip off’. Despite Nash’s opinion of the SmackDown star, he grew among the fans and became a quick hit.

The controversy picked up heat among fans as Nash’s strong opinion clashed with some fans on the internet. It appears the WWE Hall of Famer was forced to apologize when the news made its way to enough WWE fans.

Kevin Nash turns his opinion around about LA Knight

During a recent episode of his podcast, ‘Kliq This’, Kevin Nash talked about a lot of things. But one thing to not miss out on is the former WWE personality’s apology to the SmackDown star. When Nash called Knight a rip-off of The Rock earlier, he seemed confident in his belief. But it wasn’t until recently that he saw his potential and took a U-turn.

He also mentioned that since Knight is helping WWE, which Nash is a stakeholder in, do better, he doesn’t have a problem with him.

The 64-year-old started by saying, “If LA Knight, if the people, if he’s the chosen one, if he’s the people’s champion, then he’s the people’s champion, it doesn’t f*king matter to me.” Moving on, he added, “It was just one of those things where I don’t watch SmackDown, so dude, I didn’t know who the f**k you were, and I apologize.”

The retired pro wrestler admitted that his opinion of Knight’s character wasn’t thorough as he didn’t watch him on SmackDown. However, coming to know about the benefit he is bringing to the company, he thought it would be best to apologize. It is to be noted that LA Knight recently broke into  WWE’s top five merchandise sellers in June behind only Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes and Steve Austin.

This statement could help LA Knight in his public image and also with his ‘wrestler’s pride’.

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However, it appears that the 40-year-old has already discovered who he really is.

LA Knight is confident with his on-screen presentation

After Nash made a statement about Knight’s gimmick being unoriginal, there were more attempts to taunt the wrestler. Ranging from fans to fellow WWE wrestlers, many suggested Knight grow out of his copied gimmick. However, the SmackDown star believed in himself and made a bold statement when he got the chance to do so.

While talking to Ariel Helwani in a short interview, Knight chanted out that he’s the only one. Not caring about what others say, the former NXT star has faith in his character being original and likable.

As things moved forward, we witnessed fans becoming fond of his in-ring work, eventually leading to a better talent recognition, and ultimately leading to Nash’s public apology.

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Without reacting much to the WWE Hall of Famer’s humiliating statement, LA Knight retrieved his due respect.