Wrestling On FanNation

LA Knight Wins WWE United States Championship On Smackdown

The Megastar is now a two-time WWE United States Champion. LA Knight defeated Shinsuke Nakamura Friday Night on SmackDown to win back the title he lost at Survivor Series last year.
Zack Heydorn|
LA Knight wins United States Title on SmackDown
LA Knight wins United States Title on SmackDown | WWE

LA Knight is the new WWE United States Champion.

Knight defeated Shinsuke Nakamura on Friday night's episode of Smackdown to win the title. It's his second time holding that championship in WWE.

Knight and Nakamura wrestled in the main event this week and the match ended up going off the rails after Shinsuke misfired with the mist and hit referee Charles Robinson. At that point, Nakamura brought a steel chair into the ring, but it was Knight who ended up using it. He reset the now former Champion back to factory settings by hitting the BFT onto the chair. A second referee ran down to the ring aand counted the 1, 2, 3 to award Knight the victory and the title.

Nakamura defeated LA Knight to win the US title back at Survivor Series in November. Nakamura only successfully defended the championship one time and that was because he was disqualified from the match. That match was also against Knight.

This week's episode of Smackdown was a busy one. Not only was there this major title change, but Naomi was revealed as the Jade Cargill attacker. Naomi admitted she injured Cargill and put her on the shelf because she was angry at how Cargill was interacting with Bianca Belair. Cargill returned to WWE at Elimination Chamber and destroyed Naomi and forcing her to retire from the women's chamber match.

Also this week, Cody Rhodes made his first WWE appearance since being blindsided and attacked by The Rock and newly minted heel, John Cena at Elimination Chamber.

The Latest On WWE, AEW & More

Report: Jade Cargill Nearly Had Backstage Fight Due To WWE Locker Room Tension

The Rock Reportedly Wanted A Different Superstar To Turn Heel Ahead Of WrestleMania 41

Lex Luger Announced As Inductee For WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025

Adam Copeland Enters AEW Revolution On A Mission To Tell One Last Great Story [Exclusive]

Published | Modified
Zack Heydorn
ZACK HEYDORN

Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

Share on XFollow Zack_Heydorn
Home/WWE