LA Knight finally got the win he had been chasing for years. Teaming with Solo Sikoa and Royce Keys, Knight defeated The Bloodline’s Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Jacob Fatu in a six-man tag team match at WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night 1, pinning Jey Uso after Sikoa blasted Jimmy with a Samoan Spike to break up the Usos’ 1D finisher. The victory closes out one of the longest-running rivalries on WWE’s current roster and hands Knight some of his biggest momentum in months.
Knight’s issues with The Bloodline stretch back to 2023, when he challenged Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at Crown Jewel. Since then, he has been a near-constant thorn in the faction’s side, feuding with various members even as his own career hit stretches of uncertainty. Earlier this summer, Knight admitted he felt like “a man without a country,” lacking a clear direction heading into SummerSlam, and just 12 days before the show he was demolished by Jacob Fatu on Raw in a match marred by Bloodline interference. That loss set the stage for Saturday’s grudge match in front of a red-hot SummerSlam crowd.
How the Match Went Down
The six-man tag was full of momentum swings, with both sides trading big moments before a costly distraction turned the tide. Jey Uso hit a spear on Knight and Jimmy Uso followed with an Uso Splash, but Knight kicked out at two. The Usos then set up for their 1D finishing combination, only for Sikoa to blindside Jimmy with a Samoan Spike before the move could be completed. With The Bloodline’s momentum broken, Knight capitalized immediately, nailing Jey with his signature BFT for the three-count at the 11:03 mark. The finish gave Knight, Sikoa and Keys a signature win as a trio and left Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Fatu searching for answers.
Speaking with ESPN’s SportsCenter ahead of the bout, Knight was blunt about wanting the story to be finished. “Man, God, I hope so, cause at this point, I feel like I’m a weird black sheep of the family at this point,” Knight said of his years-long entanglement with The Bloodline. He praised his partners heading into the match, calling Keys a “big powerhouse” and noting that Sikoa “ain’t nothing to sneeze at,” while framing the trio’s goal simply: put The Bloodline in the hole and move on from there.
What It Means Going Forward
For Knight, the SummerSlam win is a chance to finally step out from under a storyline that has defined much of the last three years of his WWE run, following stints opposite The MFTs and The Vision that also failed to fully resolve. Whether WWE uses this victory to pivot him toward a fresh singles direction remains to be seen, but the emphatic manner of the win — closing the show’s Bloodline arc with Knight delivering the pin himself — suggests creative intended it as a definitive moment. Sikoa’s continued babyface turn alongside Knight and Keys also raises questions about where the newly aligned trio goes from here, and whether Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Fatu look for immediate retribution on the next go-round.
With SummerSlam Night 1 in the books, attention turns to how WWE books the rest of the weekend and whether this rivalry truly closes the book on Knight’s Bloodline saga. Fans looking to follow the fallout — or get in on the next round of WWE-related betting markets — can check the latest DraftKings promo code for sign-up offers as more premium live events approach. For those tracking odds across the summer’s biggest cards, EWB’s futures hub also remains a useful one-stop resource heading into the fall sports calendar.
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