In that era of uncertainty, which affected pretty much everyone in the world, Knight wasn't sure he'd get another opportunity since, with most everything, wrestling included, slowing to a crawl, he felt like companies were looking more toward the future than at a seasoned veteran such as himself. He recalled thinking, "Man, things are slowing down. I'm at an age now where people are going to really scrutinize me. Do they really want to bring me in because they like bringing in all these 20-year-olds?" As it turned out, an advantage he had, even over fellow wrestlers that were half his age, was his physical stature, something that ironically landed him in that fitness video all those years ago, and that's what rejuvenated his confidence in such an awkward period of time.

"I get [companies looking at younger talent] because this is a physical game," Knight explained. "At the same time, I'm in tremendous shape. I don't think most people can touch the shape I'm in." With a renewed focus, he decided to give a run in WWE another shot, pushing his chips to the middle of the table and reconnecting with his former employer in hopes of a better end result.

"With everybody seeing that age number and then the pandemic, that was the only time where I started to doubt that this might happen and then at some point,I just said, 'Forget all that. I'm gonna make that overture one more time, keep pushing forward, and here we are."