{"id":294218,"date":"2023-11-05T01:24:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294218"},"modified":"2023-11-05T01:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:24:21","slug":"exclusive-logan-paul-wants-to-become-the-face-of-the-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/exclusive-logan-paul-wants-to-become-the-face-of-the-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Logan Paul wants to become the &apos;face of the WWE&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: Logan Paul wants to become the &#8216;face of the WWE&#8217; after defeating the legendary Rey Mysterio for the US Championship at Crown Jewel and opens up on &#8216;awesome&#8217; working relationship with Triple H<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Logan Paul has set his sights on dominating the WWE after beating Rey Mysterio\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul also opened up on his &#8216;awesome&#8217; relationship with WWE chief Triple H\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to Mail Sport&#8217;s new boxing podcast THE HOOK &#8211; with exclusive interviews\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Logan Paul has set out his ambitions to become &#8216;the face of the WWE&#8217; after winning the US Championship against the legendary Rey Mysterio.<\/p>\n<p>Paul claimed the first belt of his career at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night after delivering a final blow to the reigning champion before pinning him to a three count to deliver one of the most memorable nights of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Mail Sport in the aftermath of his victory, Paul outlined his desires to push on and dominate the sport &#8211; vowing to &#8216;take over this industry&#8217; and claiming it was his &#8216;legacy&#8217; to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s crazy,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I really don&#8217;t know how to comprehend what my life has become. I grew up in a city where things like this didin&#8217;t really happen. I believe in myself, I work my a** off and next thing I know I&#8217;m fighting Rey Mysterio for the US championship and I won it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It feels amazing. I&#8217;m shocked and I want to stay humble but f*** that, it&#8217;s so much more fun to be arrogant about it! This [belt] ain&#8217;t leaving my side. This is one of the biggest accomplishments of my life. I&#8217;m gonna take over this industry bro. I&#8217;m gonna be the best and I&#8217;ve got to keep work really hard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413287-12711511-image-a-121_1699143181340.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Logan Paul is aiming to become &#8216;the face of the WWE&#8217; after winning the US championship<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Something is so appetising about the idea of doing the best I can in this industry and I know the best I can is to become the face of the WWE, is to become the undisputed universal champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had an opportunity to do it last year at Crown Jewel against Roman (Reigns) and I did amazing. I&#8217;m still a rookie, I&#8217;ve been doing it for a year and a half, so imagine if I dedicate a little time to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Imagine if I go to the performance centre in Orlando and train with the best? I have access to the best resources. It might be something I have to do, I&#8217;m all about legacy and perhaps my legacy is to be made to WWE.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>An entertaining fight saw Paul handed a pair of brass knuckles &#8211; which were illegal in this championship fight &#8211; by a member of his &#8216;entourage&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of Mysterio&#8217;s partners in his &#8216;Latino World Order&#8217; &#8211; Santos Escobar &#8211; chased off Paul&#8217;s friend who was trying to retreive the weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413289-12711511-image-a-122_1699143212052.jpg\" height=\"512\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul enjoyed one of his most memorable career moments by defeating Rey Mysterio<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77413291-12711511-image-a-123_1699143223603.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He pinned the WWE legend to a three count and now wants to conquer the organisation<\/p>\n<p>But while Escobar was chasing Paul&#8217;s accomplice, he left the brass knuckles in the ring. Despite being set up for Mysterio&#8217;s signature &#8216;619&#8217; move, he caught him with a right hand which led to the pinfall.<\/p>\n<p>After the fight WWE chief Triple H posed for a picture with Paul and hailed him for &#8216;cementing his place in the world of sports entertainment&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about their relationship, Paul said it was &#8216;awesome&#8217; to work with him as he praised the WWE legend for listening to his ideas and giving him freedom to express himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m so stoked that Triple H and the company believes in my like they do,&#8217; he added. &#8216;Hopefully I can make them proud and I know I will. He&#8217;s super receptive to my ideas. I&#8217;m a content creator &#8211; keyword creator. I like to make stuff, I come up with ideas. When I pitch my ideas, he&#8217;s all ears all the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/00\/77412743-12711511-image-a-124_1699143228702.jpg\" height=\"486\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Paul spoke of his &#8216;awesome&#8217; relationship with WWE chief Triple H and praised him for listening to his ideas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We bounce ideas off each other, we go back and forth and usually land on stuff that&#8217;s pretty epic. It&#8217;s super collaborative and I like that they give me the freedom to be who I am in their company.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Paul &#8211; who has also made headlines after defeating kickboxer Dilon Danis on the undercard of Tommy Fury&#8217;s recent win over KSI &#8211; also discussed the possibility of a tag team match with his brother Jake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jake has been enjoying lucrative boxing fights against the likes of Tommy Fury and former UFC star Nate Diaz &#8211; so Paul cannot foresee him switching over to wrestling anytime soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he welcomed the possibility in the future, adding: &#8216;It&#8217;s tough, bro. He&#8217;s a boxer. I&#8217;m a wrestler slash boxer. I think he&#8217;s going to be focusing on boxing for a bit &#8211; but who knows? If I need some back-up and a big right hand I&#8217;m going to bring in my brother!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12711511\/Logan-Paul-wants-face-WWE-defeating-legendary-Rey-Mysterio-Championship-Crown-Jewel-opens-awesome-working-relationship-Triple-H.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>EXCLUSIVE: Logan Paul wants to become the &#8216;face of the WWE&#8217; after defeating the legendary Rey Mysterio for the US Championship at Crown Jewel and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/exclusive-logan-paul-wants-to-become-the-face-of-the-wwe\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Logan Paul wants to become the &amp;apos;face of the WWE&amp;apos;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE: Logan Paul wants to become the &amp;apos;face of the WWE&amp;apos; 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