{"id":24372,"date":"2025-03-01T05:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T04:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=24372"},"modified":"2025-03-01T07:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T06:14:02","slug":"wwe-smackdown-result-la-knight-and-santos-escobar-locked-horn-to-qualify-for-the-1-contendership-for-the-us-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-smackdown-result-la-knight-and-santos-escobar-locked-horn-to-qualify-for-the-1-contendership-for-the-us-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SmackDown Result: LA Knight and Santos Escobar locked horn to qualify for the #1 contendership for the US Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Elimination Chamber would be the final stop on the Road to WrestleMania. The matches will decide the course of WrestleMania. Four matches have been announced so far, which include a Men&rsquo;s and a Women&rsquo;s Chamber match. We also have an unsanctioned unofficial match between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. The star-studded event will feature a tag team match between Trish Stratus and Tiffany vs Nia and Candic LeRae.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who will it be? &#129300; <br><br>We find a definitive No. 1 Contender to the United States Championship TONIGHT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#SmackDown<\/a>! <br><br>&#128250; 8ET\/7CT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USANetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@USANetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ou8icQjZ8b\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/ou8icQjZ8b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1895594838457790859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>WWE planned three matches to decide the superstars to fight for the United States Championship contendership. Six superstars fought to qualify for the #1 contendership match. Jacob Fatu defeated Andrade in the first match. The two other matches scheduled were Santos Escobar vs. LA Knight and Braun Strowman vs. Carmelo Hayes.<\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-elimination-chamber-will-cody-rhodes-surrender-his-soul-to-the-final-boss-at-the-elimination-chamber\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2025 Elimination Chamber : Will Cody Rhodes surrender his soul to the Final Boss at the Elimination Chamber?<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar to qualify for the #1 contendership match for the US title<\/h2><p>LA Knight defeated Santos Escobar in a hard-fought match and became the second #1 contender qualifier for the United States Championship. The match between LA Knight and Santos Escobar was dominated by the latter. His gravity-defying moves kept the crowd on the edge of their seats. He never gave an inch to LA Knight, and it seemed that Escobar has done great homework on him.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was INSANE &#128561;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EscobarWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@EscobarWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FVvBcSDVtq\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/FVvBcSDVtq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1895664806734020954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Escobar kept LA Knight to the brim, not allowing him to get away with the match. Everything went south for him when he claimed the third rope to end the match, but LA Knight delivered a BFT to him instead. He pinned Santos Escobar and won the match. He joined Jacob Fatu to become the second member of the triple threat match for becoming the #1 contender for the US title.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealLAKnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@RealLAKnight<\/a> has qualified for TONIGHT'S <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USTitle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#USTitle<\/a> No. 1 Contender's Triple Threat Match!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#SmackDown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wwlLxQdnE\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/2wwlLxQdnE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1895665689182056706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/cm-punk-vs-logan-paul-will-cm-punk-get-his-revenge-on-logan-paul-at-the-2025-elimination-chamber\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>CM Punk vs Logan Paul: Will CM Punk get his revenge on Logan Paul at the 2025 Elimination Chamber?<\/a><\/p><p>Image Credit: WWE.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three superstars to battle in a triple-threat to become the #1 contender for the United States Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[3743,1484,988,4032,807,3650,2491,3742,1000],"class_list":["post-24372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","tag-friday-night-smack-down-results","tag-friday-night-smackdown","tag-la-knight","tag-santos-esobar","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-elimination-chamber-2025","tag-wwe-smackdown-live","tag-wwe-smackdown-result","tag-wwe-united-states-championship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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