Featured Image Credit: WWE / Contributor via Getty
Logan Paul is back in the ring, and while we still wait for that rumored fight between him and Jake Paul, the controversial influencer is turning back to his wrestling ventures.
At California's recent Money In The Bank live event, Logan Paul stepped up alongside Peacemaker himself. Proving it's not all Hollywood movies and superhero epics, John Cena was Paul's partner in a match against Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes.
Paul and Cena put up a valiant effort but were ultimately bested by Uso and Rhodes. It isn't just bruised egos the pair of wrestling superstars are dealing with, as Paul told listeners on his Impaulsive podcast how he's currently dealing with a hematoma that's popped up on his shin.
The 30-year-old pulled off a springboard moonsault onto Uso, and through the announcer's desk.
Advert
Paul said that he pitched the daring move to Cena while planning the match, with the Undisputed WWE Champion initially warning the young upstart against it. Discussing his injury, Paul admitted: "Dude, I’m good besides this hematoma on my shin. Yeah, it’s getting worked up… It’s before the match, and I’m telling John Cena, ‘Hey, I’d like to fit this spot.'
"He looks at me and he goes, ‘You can’t make that jump,’ and I go, ‘I swear to God I can,’ and dude, John’s the best. But in full sincerity, he goes, ‘You can’t make that jump,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay, buddy!'"
Admitting that he might've overestimated his skills, Paul continued: "I found out no one — successfully? [No one has done the move]. But believed I could make that jump. It was well-executed and I’m f**king alive. But it was a really hard landing. Really hard. When I landed, straight up, I was not sure if I broke both my f**king shins.”
Elsewhere, onlookers think they've figured out how the legendary move was performed. There were questions about how the announcer's desk had survived a Spear from Uso on Cena moments before Paul came crashing through.
Posting on Facebook, someone sitting a few rows behind commentators Michael Cole and Pat McAfee seemed to spot a crew member fiddling with a screw just before the move was executed. They then quickly ducked out of the way as the whole thing collapsed.
Opinions were mixed, with some calling out the OP for spoiling this supposed secret of WWE. One disgruntled person wrote: "Whoever posted this needs their wrestling fan card revoked!!!! 😒."
Another grumbled about the 'entertainment' in WWE as they said: "Do you know what's E in the WWE? Or do you want to act oversmart?"
A third said: "Such a corny post... thinking they r cool for "exposing" WWE when he just showing WWE being safe."
This wasn't the end of the story, and as Paul lay outside the ring on the 'cusp of death', he was surprised to see the return of fan-favorite Ron "R-Truth" Killings. He told the podcast: "Here’s the thing, no one told me R-Truth was coming. I didn’t even know.
“I didn’t even know. So bro, I’m sitting there and he comes back, I’m like, 'What the f**k is he doing here!?’ Yes, in the moment. and dude, I’m selling, I’m like, hey, then he hit John and we lost the f**king match!”
