WWE reportedly discussed LA Knight dethroning Roman Reigns at Money in the Bank

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After Roman Reigns successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Penta on this week's Monday Night Raw, WWE quickly confirmed his next challenger, LA Knight, who earned the shot after siding with Solo Sikoa and Royce Keys against The Bloodline's Usos and Jacob Fatu at SummerSlam. The two men have genuine history too, first clashing at Crown Jewel back in 2023 before sharing the ring again at the 2024 Royal Rumble alongside AJ Styles and Randy Orton, with Reigns coming out on top both times.

According to Self Made Sessions, WWE has actually discussed the idea of Knight finally beating Reigns for the title at Money in the Bank on October 10th, with one floated version of the finish involving Solo Sikoa getting directly involved in the result. That specific finish would reportedly set up Reigns being pulled into this year's WarGames storyline afterward rather than simply written off television. Self Made Pro was careful to note this is not a locked in plan yet, just an idea currently floating around backstage.

The timing matters because of what it could mean for WrestleMania 43. Dave Meltzer separately reported last week that WWE may already have one of that show's main events planned, featuring Reigns against Oba Femi, though it's unclear whether that match would even be for the World Heavyweight Championship given Femi's own King of the Ring win and subsequently postponed title match. If Knight actually does dethrone Reigns at Money in the Bank, several scenarios could still play out before WrestleMania, Reigns briefly dropping the title and reclaiming it, the planned Femi match shifting entirely, or the title picture simply reshuffling around whatever Knight does with the belt in the interim.

Giving someone new an extended run at the top before locking in WrestleMania plans for a show in Saudi Arabia is exactly the kind of move WWE has leaned on before when it wants to freshen up the title picture without fully committing to a permanent change in direction

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Oba Femi's own title picture remaining this unresolved after his King of the Ring win and postponed match adds a genuinely interesting extra layer of uncertainty to how any of this eventually shakes out before WrestleMania. Feels like WWE currently has several plausible different paths for the world title heading into next year rather than one single obviously locked in direction

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Giving Knight a run with the title before WrestleMania could work really well for him specifically, since he has clearly connected with crowds for a while now without ever quite getting the folks push it feels like he deserves. A title win at Money in the Bank specifically, rather than some random random house show, would be a genuinely meaningful moment for his career at this point

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The Solo Sikoa involvement in the reported finish is the detail that actually makes this feel believable as a real backstage idea rather than pure fan speculation, since it gives WWE a built in reason to immediately pivot Reigns into the WarGames storyline afterward instead of just having him lose and disappear from television for a while.

Curious how the rest of the Bloodline related characters would get worked into that same transition

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Not locked in yet is exactly the kind of hedge that lets outlets report a juicy rumor without much real accountability if the actual finish ends up going a completely different direction on the night. Still, WWE workshopping multiple potential finishes for a big title match this far out is pretty standard planning process even when nothing ends up actually changing hands

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Reigns dropping the title only to reclaim it before WrestleMania would be a fairly predictable and slightly deflating outcome if that is genuinely the direction WWE eventually goes with this. Fans have seen that specific pattern of briefly losing then immediately recapturing a title plenty of times before, and it tends to undercut the challenger's win a lot more than actually just letting them hold onto the belt for a real, extended stretch

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Knight finally getting his win after two previous losses to Reigns at Crown Jewel and the Royal Rumble would feel like a genuinely satisfying payoff for a rivalry that has been simmering for a couple years now rather than just an out of nowhere title change. Long form storytelling like that tends to land so much better with crowds than a title switch coming completely out of left field