John Cena is the discuss of the city after he captured a seventeenth championship at WWE’s WrestleMania 41 occasion on Sunday night time, however he nonetheless took time to reward Logan Paul as considered one of his favourite up and coming stars on the roster.
On the identical night time that Cena defeated Cody Rhodes in the principle occasion, Paul loved victory himself after he knocked off veteran performer A.J. Types in an thrilling match from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Whereas Paul has acquired compliments for the way in which he’s so shortly tailored to the skilled wrestling enterprise, he’s additionally confronted backlash for his speedy stand up the ranks with out paying his dues like so many performers in the identical trade.
None of that issues a lot to Cena, who says Paul is proving his price each single time he units foot within the ring and the social influencer turned WWE famous person in all probability doesn’t care what anyone thinks about him in any case.
“Logan Paul’s a stud,” Cena stated on The Pat McAfee Present. “I texted him straight away after his match and I’m like dude, you might be progressive, from his entrance to holding a drone to pondering on one other stage like I’m going to swing large and take a look at one thing totally different. I believed that was dope. Then his efficiency, he’s doing stuff that I couldn’t do at peak bodily situation. So no matter in the event you like him or hate him, he’s doing athletic strikes which are pretty much as good or higher as any of the ‘wrestlers’ on the market, any of the skilled wrestlers.
“Right here’s what I like most about Logan Paul — he doesn’t give two shits if ya’ll like him or not. He does it as himself. This dude is a stud. There’s going to return a time when ya’ll get up to Logan Paul. He obtained right here late. That shouldn’t be a penalty for him. He’s a WWE famous person, he belongs in that ring with all people else. I do know he’s all the time going to be himself and whether or not you boo him or not, you’ll pay to see that child as a result of he’s unreal.”
As a part of his entrance on Sunday night time, Paul walked to the ring whereas holding onto an aerial drone that captured his each response earlier than releasing it to go flying throughout the whole area.
Cena was blown away by Paul’s capacity to make use of his years of creativity constructing an viewers by means of social media and YouTube to then transition that into making himself related in WWE.
Add to that, Cena is aware of that Paul has taken warmth for his antics and habits for a few years and the power to roll with the punches is just going to play into his favor as he continues his skilled wrestling profession.
“He’s been hated however he’s additionally been by means of the fireplace,” Cena stated. “Like ‘oh man, you’ll by no means work on this city once more.’ He’s had that telephone name 10 or 12 instances. He doesn’t care. There’s a dude who by no means offers up. He’ll simply preserve getting up.”
