Graves agreed with LA Knight and compared him to fans finding a band they like in high school before they are “cool.” Knight agreed and said his momentum hasn’t been manufactured.

“This hasn’t been the machine. This has [been] straight-up ground swell, again, in such a short amount of time. And it was never told to the audience, ‘This was the guy.’ So with that being the case, I don’t think you can make the comparisons to the other people,” Knight said.

Knight’s meteoric rise continues in WWE with his win in the Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal on Saturday, outlasting 24 other men. Even though the winner of the Battle Royal was never announced to receive anything, such as a title opportunity, Knight was confident when he spoke to media members after the event. He said he believes in himself, and that’s why he’s gotten so far. It was previously reported Knight is set for a main-event push, even prior to SummerSlam.