AEW Star Praises LA Knight Following Recent Kevin Nash ‘Ripoff’ Comments

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WWE’s LA Knight has been the subject of a lot of discussion recently following his surge in popularity, with WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash branding him a ‘ripoff Rock’.

Speaking on My World with Jeff Jarrett, AEW star Jeff Jarrett spoke about LA Knight, when he was asked about Nash’s comments, with Conrad Thompson noting that many wrestlers have taken inspiration from those that came before them.

Jarrett added:

“There’s so many different things, they start as something and completely pivot, and that’s kind of the recipe to success is adapting as you go, that, ‘Oh, wow, that didn’t work, so let’s try that.’ While I’m talking about [LA Knight], when did. He start? He’s not a young guy. When he worked for [TNA], that’s six years ago, he’s 35, and they had told me, ‘Yeah, he actually was in the WWE developmental, and it didn’t work out.’ I’m like, ‘That’s interesting. Where did I miss this guy?’ So he’s been around, and by osmosis and trial and error and sometimes the almighty word ‘timing’ doesn’t work out, sometimes it works perfect, sometimes it doesn’t work perfect at all.

“But to your point, absolutely, everything is inspired in a certain way. The folks that can take a little inspiration here and a little inspiration and a little inspiration there and mash it up and make it authentic to themselves, then they’re not just uber successful, but innovators, if you will. Getting into the philosophy, everything starts as a thought, and what are thoughts made of? In a lot of ways, divine inspiration, but intuitive thought, it’s all kind of what you’ve seen before and how can I do something a little different.”

Jarrett went on to speak about Nash’s comments, noting that it’s something he could imagine him saying while on the road, before putting over Knight’s perseverance.

He added:

“Kevin, I read that, and it took me back to being in the car. I could see Kevin Nash saying that riding down the road, and I guarantee you, if he had a couple of tall ones in him, he would shift doing impersonations, and then we would really laugh our ass off. But hat’s off to LA. They’ve given him the platform, and when you give a guy who has, look, he’s been four, five characters on national TV, whatever it may be, but a seasoned guy versus a guy who’s got three, four, five years in the business, that’s where you can immediately tell the difference.

“It’s like here in Nashville, the musicians that get on stage. The guys that can really do it off the cuff, that doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to develop that talent. So he’s been grinding for a lot of years. Congrats to a guy who has persistence, passion, and perseverance.”

Jarrett has been a key part of AEW since he joined the company last fall, including multiple AEW World Tag Team Championship matches alongside Jay Lethal.

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