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Top SmackDown Star Reveals He Took A Pay Cut When He Joined WWE

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Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving LA Knight and Roman Reigns.

• Before joining WWE, LA Knight was Eli Drake. He held many titles, including the IMPACT World Championship, IMPACT World Tag Team Championship (with Scott Steiner) and NWA World Tag Team Championship (with James Storm).

During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Knight revealed that he took a pay cut when he joined WWE and started in NXT.

Here’s what The Mega Star said:

“So finally, when I did make the jump over there, there was a little bit of not necessarily negotiation, but it was just kind of like, I knew I was going to have to take a pay cut coming in.

But I was willing to take the pay cut on the bet that I could turn it into much more. Because I had hit the ceiling basically in IMPACT. And I had an awesome time in NWA for that little bit that we were able to do before the pandemic hit.”

• At Royal Rumble 2024, Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens will be involved in title matches.

Reigns will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Randy Orton, LA Knight & AJ Styles in a Fatal 4-Way match.

On the other hand, Owens will face Logan Paul for the United States Championship.

With these matches, Roman and Kevin will join an elite list of superstars who have been involved in a total of 7 championship matches at the Royal Rumble event:

– Triple H

– Brock Lesnar

– The Miz

– Roman Reigns

– Kevin Owens

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