Logan Paul is formally a champion in WWE.
The YouTube star and boxer defeated WWE Corridor of Famer Rey Mysterio for the USA championship at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday (AEDT), the NY Put up reviews.
By doing so, the 28-year-old Paul, who debuted in WWE in April 2021, can lastly name himself a professional wrestling champ.
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Paul’s victory, nevertheless, got here with the assistance of a pair of brass knuckles — which weren’t authorized on this match.
A member of his “entourage” handed them to Paul within the ring, however Mysterio was in a position to thwart his first try to make use of them.
When Paul’s buddy tried to retrieve them, he was initially stopped by Santos Escobar, Mysterio’s associate within the Latino World Order.
However whereas in pursuit of Paul’s helper, Escobar left the brass knuckles within the ring.
Paul was in a position to seize them whereas being arrange for the 619 and smashed Mysterio with a proper hand as seemed to finish his finisher with a springboard transfer.
Paul did seem to avoid wasting Mysterio from probably extreme damage, catching him in mid-air on a springboard transfer earlier than it seemed just like the legend’s head would possibly land awkwardly on the mat.
Paul arrange the storyline for this match with Mysterio by calling him out after his boxing victory over Bellator MMA fighter Dillon Danis on October 14 in a battle that did not stay as much as the pre-bout hype.
After being referred to as out by Paul, Mysterio had vowed to enter his “bag of tips” to beat the problem laid out to him, but it surely wasn’t sufficient.
Placing the USA championship on Paul comes on the excellent time for WWE.
He’s contemporary off a boxing win, WrestleMania is simply six months away, and he has no different battle commitments that would preserve him off WWE tv for the foreseeable future.
He was unsuccessful in a single earlier try and win wrestling gold, taking a loss to Undisputed WWE Common champion Roman Reigns ultimately yr’s Crown Jewel present.
Mysterio and Paul had been final within the ring in opposition to one another at WrestleMania 38 final yr. Paul, in his debut match, teamed up with The Miz in opposition to Mysterio and his son Dominik.
Paul’s brother Jake Paul celebrated the large win as he watched on a telephone leaning in opposition to bananas whereas consuming eggs and pancakes.
A title win feels lengthy overdue for Logan Paul, who has performed nothing however impress together with his work in a WWE ring and he continues to get increasingly snug on the mic.
Logan Paul, who boasts 26.3 million YouTube subscribers and 27 million followers on Instagram, will carry loads of eyeballs to the USA championship.
This text initially appeared within the NY Put up and was reproduced with permission.