Professional wrestling legend and former six times WWE World champion Chris Jericho who is also the inaugural AEW World champion recently talked about the success of Logan Paul in WWE and explained why it is good for the wrestling business. He said that WWE used him in a very smart way.
Logan Paul first appeared in WWE at WrestleMania 37, but in a non wrestling role. He made his in ring debut at WrestleMania 38 when he teamed up with the former two times WWE champion The Miz to take on the Mysterios. He was victorious in his first match. After that he signed a professional contract with WWE and from the reactions of the fans it was quite clear that nobody cared about him.
Chris Jericho Believes Logan Paul’s Success Is Good For Wrestling Business
At SummerSlam pay per view event, he went one on one with the Miz and he was victorious in his first one on one match in WWE. His performance was quite impressive, still, it was not enough to impress the fans. He kept on receiving negative reactions from the fans. He was declared as the no. 1 contender for the Universal title had the Crown Jewel pay per view event.
Nobody liked the idea of Logan Paul becoming the no. 1 contender for the Universal title. But at Crown Jewel, Paul performed one of the best matches of the night along with Roman Reigns and after this amazing performance, he earned a lot of fans. Everybody praised his excellent performance. It looks like he has a bright future lying ahead of himself in WWE.
Chris Jericho who is also the inaugural AEW World champion recently spoke to Howie Mandel where he talked about the success of Logan Paul in WWE and explained why it is good for the wrestling business. He said;
“I think it’s great. I think it’s awesome. Anytime you can get somebody from the outside world coming into wrestling and put a spotlight on it, it’s great. Logan Paul is good for the business because it gets more eyeballs onto the show for people who might not watch wrestling or boxing. It’s smart.”
“If [other wrestlers] aren’t happy with it, they don’t understand business. The most important thing is selling tickets. That’s the most important thing. I don’t care if it’s Logan Paul, Howie Mandel, or the return of Steve Austin or whatever it may be. It’s stuntcasting. If it works, it’s fine with me.
“There are always going to be people who are going to be angry that Logan Paul is in wrestling but if it works, you can’t worry about the people who are getting angry because they probably don’t understand.
“They’re probably younger guys. For me, I understand what it’s like to travel between worlds and the animosity you get from that from some people who will never get it. That’s fine, you just deal with that. You can’t worry about people that don’t like you. All I worry about is people that do like me and making new fans.”
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