Logan Paul has claimed his first championship as a WWE famous person. Paul, geared up with brass knuckles, punched his ticket to america title with an underhanded win over Corridor of Famer Rey Mysterio at WWE Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
Seeing Paul compete in a WWE ring is now not a nice shock. Paul’s athleticism, pure acumen and skill to supply highlight-reel moments is outdated noise at this level. However Paul took the subsequent step in his evolution as a WWE famous person by profitable a title. Paul needed to resort to sneaky techniques to beat his vastly extra skilled foe. Paul ate a 619 — Mysterio’s end transferring — however retaliated with a brass knuckle shot to the face mid-air to attain the match-winning pinfall.
Paul has impressed in all eight of his WWE matches. Paul made his debut at WrestleMania 38 final 12 months, defeating Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio in a tag crew match with The Miz. Paul went on to problem Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE common championship at Crown Jewel in 2022, took half within the Royal Rumble, battled Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 39, participated in Cash within the Financial institution and most not too long ago defeated Ricochet by comparable means.
The construct to Mysterio vs. Paul began within the aftermath of Paul’s maligned skilled boxing match towards Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Dillon Danis. Paul known as out Mysterio for a U.S. championship match.