WWE star Seth Rollins says 'sky's the limit' for LA Knight amid criticism, previews SummerSlam title match

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Seth Rollins’ popularity has skyrocketed this year, and winning the WWE world heavyweight championship at Crown Jewel was a bonus for 2023. As soon as Rollins’ entrance music starts, fans sing along, and he basks in the love from the WWE Universe

But Rollins is far from the only WWE superstar getting a huge reaction.

LA Knight has emerged as a fan favorite. He’s built his popularity through skills on the microphone and with his ability to make his opponents look silly in the ring. 

But with his mic skills have come comparisons to wrestlers of the "Attitude Era," like The Rock or Steve Austin. Not everyone has seen that as a good thing, and LA Knight has gotten criticism for being a knockoff.

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Seth Rollins during Wrestlemania at SoFi Stadium. (Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports)

Rollins told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he doesn’t see it that way.

"It’s great, man. It’s fantastic," Rollins said of LA Knight’s emerging popularity. "We just got so many talents right now that are just clearing everybody else. If there’s not 100 hot guys, there’s a bunch of new ones coming up. Everybody’s just hitting right at the right time.

"And the LA Knight thing, he’s got a call and response thing with the audience. He’s got that feeling that he’s being held down a little bit. He’s got that chip on his shoulder. And, in some ways, he’s just a throwback to the Attitude Era. 

"I know he’s received a lot of comparisons to The Rock and ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, some people mocking him for that. But, I mean, those two are some of the most popular superstars in the history of our industry. I