“I need you to talk softer” – WWE Official made strange demand for LA Knight

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Knight spoke with Chris Van Vliet about how Vince once ordered him to talk softly. The first time he was asked to do so was backstage. However, during his rehearsals for the gimmick he was presenting, McMahon again said that he needed to be soft-spoken. Vince even asked him to be slightly effeminate about it.

“Vince [McMahon] told me before, ‘You gotta talk soft, I don’t want you to say or do any of the things that you used to do, none of that, whatever.’ If I’m honest, though, he wasn’t familiar with any of it. He didn’t know LA Knight. I think he was told a little bit… That first day of introducing the models, and we’re doing the little rehearsal thing, talk-through. And he comes down, and he’s like, ‘I need you to talk softer.’ And I’m like, okay, well, I’m thinking like, you had me talking soft backstage, but like now I’m doing a presentation. I need to be a little bigger, right? To present to the people. But it’s his show. Sure. And he goes, ‘Just read me a line from there as softly as you can.’ He’s like, ‘I don’t think you can be effeminate, but try and be effeminate without being effeminate,'” said LA Knight. (2:35 onwards)

LA Knight is aiming to win King of the Ring 2026

Potentially next week, LA Knight will begin his King of the Ring tournament. He has to face Jey Uso, Royce Keys, and Finn Balor in a Fatal-4-Way match to qualify for the semi-finals of KOTR.

Knight is also interfering in the Bloodline’s business and was confronted by Jimmy Uso last week. The former US Champion will surely get to Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship if he gets crowned as the King of the Ring.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit Chris Van Vliet and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.

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