AJ Styles Goes to Bat for LA Knight, Says He Deserves a WWE World Title Run

AJ Styles has added his name to the growing list of people who believe LA Knight has earned a spot at the top of the WWE mountain, publicly voicing support for Knight to receive — and win — a World Championship opportunity.

Knight’s rise has been one of WWE’s more compelling grassroots stories in recent memory. Around 2023, crowd reactions for the “Megastar” reached a level that was impossible to ignore, with fans connecting to his brash, confident persona in a way that felt organic rather than manufactured. Despite that momentum, his title-winning resume remains limited — the United States Championship is the only gold he’s been able to claim over the past three years.

That’s not for a lack of chances. Knight has had multiple shots at world-level titles, but has yet to break through and capture the big one. It’s a gap that Styles, now a WWE Hall of Famer, apparently finds hard to justify, given what Knight brings to the table in terms of crowd response and in-ring ability.

Styles’ endorsement carries some weight in conversations like this. As a former WWE Champion who built his career on proving doubters wrong — both inside and outside the company — he understands what it takes to get over at the highest level, and what it looks like when someone genuinely has “it.”

Whether WWE creative ultimately pulls the trigger on a Knight world title reign remains to be seen, but with peers like Styles speaking up, the case for it continues to build.