Bill Apter on LA Knight's WWE SmackDown segment × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout WWE WWE SmackDown Exclusive Hall of Famer thinks LA Knight can be himself again after recent WWE SmackDown segment Exclusive By Riju Dasgupta Modified 08 Oct 2022 Follow Us Comment Share LA Knight shed his Max Dupri persona reverting to his classic character One of the biggest talking points of WWE SmackDown this week was the former Max Dupri shedding his gimmick to become LA Knight again. Legendary journalist Bill Apter hopes to see him climb to the top of the blue brand's roster. Known as Eli Drake during his IMPACT Wrestling run and as LA Knight on NXT, many comparisons have been made between this unique star and The Rock. Unfortunately, he was thrust into a strange role ever since he got called up to the main roster as the leader of the Maximum Male Models faction. Leading up to this week on WWE SmackDown, Dupri kept teasing a return to his former persona. Hall of Fame journalist Bill Apter applauded LA Knight's decision to drop his former gimmick on WWE SmackDown this week. In an exclusive statement provided to Sportskeeda Wrestling, Apter said that his managerial role with Maximum Male Models never felt like a good fit. "It was great to see that LA Knight could be himself again. His male model manager role never felt like a good fit. He's really a good competitor and I hope we see him climb to the top on the smackdown roster," Apter said. Sportskeeda Wrestling@SKWrestling_Do not call him Max He is L.A. KNIGHT!! #SmackDown #WWE265Do not call him Max He is L.A. KNIGHT!! #SmackDown #WWE https://t.co/joNOzUL8PD The former IMPACT World Champion now starts with a clean slate and has the opportunity to etch his name in the history books. It remains to be seen if Triple H will go all the way with him. Where does LA Knight fit in the current WWE SmackDown roster Clearly, the main objective will be to re-establish his persona and repair the damage done by the previous gimmick. Once that is done, Knight, who is now a babyface, could introduce the way to his unique style of speaking. Yeah! WWE@WWEAlso NEXT WEEK on #SmackDownIt's LA Knight vs. @KSAMANNY. YEAH!6140667Also NEXT WEEK on #SmackDownIt's LA Knight vs. @KSAMANNY. YEAH! https://t.co/JUwjf8t6dS For the time being, Knight will battle with the other members of the Maximum Male Models before moving on to bigger and better things. He is scheduled to face Mansoor on SmackDown next week. Also, it will be interesting to see whether Mansoor retains the same campy persona when he returns home to Saudi Arabia in November. What do you make of Max Dupri reverting to his LA Knight persona? Let us know in the comments section below. Please backlink to this article if you carry the quote in your publication. Yeah! A legend has pointed out the issue with the White Rabbit storyline here Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Debottam Saha × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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