Santos Escobar earns United States title match on WWE SmackDown

Santos Escobar is getting a title shot.

Escobar defeated Andrade on Friday to earn a future United States Championship match. The finish of the match had Carmelo Hayes interfere, pulling Escobar out of danger as Elektra Lopez distracted the referee. The confusion allowed Escobar to roll up Andrade for the win.

Right before the match, LA Knight came out for a United States Championship celebration after he defeated Logan Paul last weekend at SummerSlam. Escobar interrupted the celebration and said Knight winning the title was nothing more than a fleeting moment and an opening act to his own championship reign. Knight said it didn’t matter who won the number one contender’s match as everyone knows that it’s his game.

Back in June, LA Knight defeated Paul and Escobar in a three-way match to advance in the Money in the Bank ladder match. After MITB, Knight had attempted to get a title match, going as far as to getting into Logan Paul’s house. Paul eventually agreed to the match at SummerSlam, which he lost despite using brass knuckles given to him by MGK.