Kevin Knight didn’t just explain his actions on on the May 27 AEW Dynamite — he completely snapped and beat the hell out of Mike Bailey in the middle of the ring.
Fresh off his shocking betrayal of Darby Allin at Double or Nothing, Knight came out on Dynamite trying to defend himself after flipping Allin’s stretcher over following the AEW World Title main event loss to MJF.
The crowd in Philadelphia immediately buried him. Before Knight could even properly explain himself, fans started unloading with loud “STFU” chants followed by “a**hole” chants as the arena completely turned against him.
Knight claimed Allin failed him and said he should have been the one in the main event instead. That only made the fans louder. Things went off the rails once Bailey walked out to confront him.
At first, Bailey tried talking sense into Knight. He told him his ambition was causing him to make reckless decisions and flat-out said betraying Allin was a mistake. Bailey even gave Knight a chance to apologize and fix things.
Knight answered with violence. As Bailey turned his back, Knight cracked him with a microphone shot that instantly dropped him. The crowd exploded as Knight kept the assault going, drilling Bailey again and leaving him laid out before casually walking away from the wreckage.
The segment completely cemented Knight’s new heel persona in AEW. Turning on Allin at Double or Nothing shocked fans, but brutalizing Bailey on live television took things to another level entirely. Knight now suddenly looks less like a frustrated undercard talent and more like somebody trying to force his way into the spotlight by any means necessary.
Do you think Kevin Knight’s beatdown of Mike Bailey made him one of AEW’s top new heels overnight? Let us know in the comments.
