WWE SmackDown: 39-year-old star to revert back to old character

WWE teased the return of LA Knight, Max Dupri’s old character from NXT, during this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown.

The Max Dupri character debuted the ‘Maximum Male Models’ gimmick on the May 20 episode of SmackDown, but it may be about to go.

Reports state that WWE is going to be reverting Dupri back to the LA Knight character that he used during his time with NXT between 2021 and 2022.

As noted, Dupri arrived on the main roster in May of this year, after finishing up with NXT 2.0 just a few weeks prior.

However, when Triple H became Head of Creative for WWE in July, many fans expected Dupri to revert back to the ‘LA Knight’ character that ‘The Game’ brought him into NXT with.

It seems like that speculation had some legs, as Dupri teased returning back to his old gimmick in a digital exclusive following this week’s episode of SmackDown, as covered by WrestleTalk.

You can check out the backstage promo below, where Dupri spoke about needing his faction to “go through the day to get to the night”…

When Maximum Male Models are moping in the locker room after their loss, @MaxDupri informs them that they must “go through the day to get to the night.” #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/UVpf2YMVKR

So yes, it very much seems like Max Dupri is going to be turned back to LA Knight before too long, which many fans have been asking to happen since Triple H was appointed as Head of Creative.

The 39-year-old is one of the best talkers on the roster right now, and given his vast experience before coming to WWE, will be an incredibly solid hand on whichever roster he ends up on.

Max Dupri (real name Shaun Ricker) started his wrestling career in February 2002 at the age of just 20.

After working on the independent scene for over a