LA Knight pins current champion to emerge victorious after a huge confrontation on WWE SmackDown
LA Knight competed against Logan Paul and Santos Escobar in a triple threat Money in the Bank qualifying match on the latest episode of WWE SmackDown. NBA stars Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton were involved in a confrontation during the bout.
The Megastar went after the United States Champion as soon as the bell rang. He hit the latter with a series of strikes in the corner, but Santos Escobar took him down. The heel stars teamed up against the babyface. The Maverick slammed Knight on the mat and got a two-count.
LA Knight hit Logan Paul with strikes and took out Escobar at ringside. He then took down the champion with a shoulder block and slammed him on the mat. The social media megastar planted The Megastar with a reverse powerbomb. Santos Escobar nailed LA with a hurricanrana and went for the cover, but Paul broke it up.
LA hit Logan with a Side Russian Legsweep and a DDT. Later, during the bout, Paul nailed LA Knight with a Swanton Bomb and got a two-count. He then told Tyrese Haliburton to hand him the brass knuckles, but the latter put them on and was confronted by Jalen Brunson.
In the ring, Logan Paul roll-up Knight, but the latter reversed it into a roll-up of his own and won the match via pinfall.