LA Knight Fires Back After WWE Botches His John Cena Promo
WWE Raw on November 10 stunned viewers as LA Knight’s escalating call-out of John Cena was yanked mid-interview with Byron Saxton, flipping a courteous nod into a scorching tirade.
RAW served up a little chaos on November 10. John Cena had the hometown love, LA Knight had something to say about it, and then his mic suddenly wasn’t his mic anymore. If you felt like you missed half a segment, you did.
LA Knight’s interview gets clipped mid-rant
Right after Cena’s big moment, Byron Saxton sat down with LA Knight. Knight opened polite, congratulated Cena, and then flipped the switch into full chest-thumping about how he’d drop Cena in a one-on-one. And then… the interview cut off. On-air, it just ended. A fan-shot video of the aftermath (shared by @wrestlingsdeity on X) shows Knight looking noticeably annoyed once the cameras moved on. Social media immediately spun it as a punishment angle for Knight, because of course it did.
Why Knight poked the bear
The show was in Boston, basically Cena’s second hometown outside of West Newbury. The crowd was already on fire because the 48-year-old, 17-time world champion had just captured the Intercontinental title in the night’s opening match. Knight wasn’t misreading the room; he knew he was on Cena turf. So he did the respectful congrats thing—and then reminded everyone he’s in The Last Time Is Now tournament, where the prize is Cena’s final WWE match. Translation: he wanted all eyes on a possible Cena vs. Knight sendoff. Subtle? No. Effective? Also no, since the feed cut.
The tournament says one thing, the reporting says another
Knight’s tourney run starts November 14 on SmackDown against a mystery opponent. WWE has teased the field is wide open—anyone from the wrestling world could show up (per WWE on X). That’s the on-screen plan.
Backstage buzz has been a lot more specific. Dave Meltzer wrote in the October 6 Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE had already picked Cena’s last opponent. Bryan Alvarez backed that up in a YouTube segment for F4WOnline, saying multiple sources pointed to Gunther as the chosen one.
"Gunther has been chosen as the final opponent for John Cena. Multiple sources over the last two days have confirmed the name."
Alvarez also noted the company would likely announce a tournament on TV—possibly via Paul Levesque—to sell the journey to that final match. That actually happened on the November 1 edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event, which makes the reporting feel a lot less like guesswork and a lot more like the plan. The date circled for Cena’s farewell is December 13.
- Nov 1: WWE announces The Last Time Is Now tournament on Saturday Night’s Main Event
- Nov 10: RAW in Boston—Cena wins the Intercontinental title, Knight’s interview gets cut mid-rant
- Nov 14: LA Knight opens his tournament run on SmackDown vs. a mystery opponent
- Dec 13: Cena’s final WWE match is scheduled; reporting says it’s Cena vs. Gunther
So where does that leave Knight?
If the reporting holds, the bracket is less about the destination and more about the drama getting there—great for TV, rough for Knight’s chances. He clearly wants the Cena slot, he’s loud about it, and he just got chopped off mid-speech on live TV. Whether that was storyline timing or something more pointed, it definitely got people talking.
Would Knight have been a better final dance partner than Gunther? Depends what you want from Cena’s last one: big-match aura and hard-hitting prestige (Gunther) or a red-hot crowd-pleaser with max swagger (Knight). I’ll watch either. But if I had to bet on who’s actually standing across from Cena on December 13, the smart money is on the Ring General.