The Last Time is Now Tournament: LA Knight Steals The Pin Against Jey Uso in The Semifinals of The Tournament

The road to John Cena’s farewell took a decisive turn on the Monday Night Raw episode of December 01, 2025, when LA Knight defeated “Main Event” Jey Uso in a high-stakes semifinal clash of The Last Time is Now tournament. He now entered the finals of the tournament and will face Gunther on Friday Night SmackDown this week.

This victory puts LA Knight one step closer to the career-defining honor of facing John Cena in his last match at Saturday Night’s Main Event on December 13, 2025. John Cena revealed his retirement tour on January 6, 2025, and SNME marks the approaching conclusion of an era.

LA KNIGHT ADVANCES!!!!

Could we be looking at John Cena's FINAL opponent? 🤩 pic.twitter.com/OkPtqMoeZ2
— WWE (@WWE) December 2, 2025

“Yeah!” Steals The Victory in The Battle of “Yeet” vs. “Yeah!”

The electric atmosphere inside the Desert Diamond Arena took control before the match even started. Given the massive popularity of both Jey Uso and LA Knight, it was just a matter of time before the arena split into Yeet! And yeah! chants. The duel between the two most popular WWE superstars brought chaos and anarchy.

The match lived up to the hype, giving the crowd a hard-hitting, fast-paced contest. Jey Uso and LA Knight took turns and gained control of the match. They kicked out of each other’s finishers multiple times, making the match all the more challenging. The match turned on its head when Jey Uso delivered a thunderous Spear and followed it up with a Uso Splash.

JEY USO HAS LOST IT. 😳

Frustration is an understatement.

What's next for him? pic.twitter.com/N7Ix3fVV9r
— WWE (@WWE) December 2, 2025

Jey Uso went for the pin, but LA Knight rolled him over after the two count and stole the pin to emerge victorious. While this victory put LA Knight one step closer to fame, it brought more frutration fr Jey Uso, who just lost at the Survivor Series: WarGames. He lost it and was seen throwing things around the arena. LA Knight will face Gunther on SmackDown to decide the opponent for John Cena in his last match.

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I am Ashish Negi, and I work as a WWE and NFL writer at The Playoffs. I have 5 years of experience in content writing, and I have written in different domains like Real Estate, but I found my love while writing in sports. I love watching sports and have been a fan of WWE and cricket. I got an opportunity to write full-time on WWE and NFL here, so following the footstep of my hero John Cena, I turn heel on my last company