LA Knight said to have been on a cut list “several times” while at the WWE Performance Center

In an interview with ESPN.com, WWE NXT’s Shawn Michaels commented on LA Knight joining the brand despite being 38 years old at the time of his signing…

“I would tell them all the time that there is this guy. When people say a WWE guy or a Vince [McMahon] guy, he was f—ing it. I was trying to tell [them], lose the three-eight. He never looked to me like he had any mileage on him. To me he was still brand frickin’ new.”

According to Michaels, Knight was on a cut list “several times” while at the Performance Center. Michaels explained how he helped Knight keep his job by telling WWE officials that Knight couldn’t be released because he was in a storyline…

“I never lied, I did always have him in stuff. But there were a couple of people that I knew from this mythical age thing, wasn’t fitting their qualifications, but I always kept them in storylines. And so my excuse was, we can’t get rid of him now.”