Donovan Dijak talks Knuckles.
NXT Stand & Deliver in 2024 was a huge event for wrestling fans that also happen to be fond of the Sonic franchise, as Knuckles appeared on the show to promote his show on Paramount+.
The promotional move was criticized by some fans who argued that it took away from some of the serious rivalries that were featured at the event.
As it turns out, Donovan Dijak agreed with that line of criticism before the match, but ended up thinking that Knuckles made a memorable moment with Booker T.
"When we were doing that, this is Stand & Deliver last year, the way it was presented to me was about a week before the match." Dijak said while speaking with Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl of Fightful Overbooked's In The Weeds podcast. "We knew we had this huge match, it’s literally the biggest match of my career. I knew it was going to be in front of this huge crowd, it’s a big platform. It was presented, ‘Oh, by the way, there is an integration in your match and it’s with Knuckles.’ The second I heard that, we were all, [sigh]. It’s this big serious big man match. Literally, our goal was to have the best big man match, certainly triple threat, but best big man match in pro wrestling history. ‘Oh, by the way, here’s a silly thing.’ They said something that Knuckles was going to be involved in the match somehow. ‘Are we going to bump Knuckles around?’ When they presented it to me, that was the roadblock in my head. We got to the arena and that’s when I found out it was going to be more before and after, and that the words were going to be part of the match. I got to do the integration with Knuckles beforehand. ‘This is awesome. It’s going to be humorous but memorable.’ I thought for sure that would be the memorable part of all of this. Ultimately, what ended up happening was the memorable part of all of it was Knuckles standing behind Booker T and staring at him. Everyone thought that was the funniest visual in the world. I wish my interaction with Knuckles is what became super popular, but it ended up being Booker T, fortunately for him, but unfortunately for me."
Elsewhere in the interview, Dijak talked about meeting Eric Bischoff in MLW. Check out his full comments on the matter by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Dijak in the video linked at the top of this article.
MLW Battle Riot VII will take place in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, April 5. The show will stream for free on the promotion's YouTube channel.
