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 one among his favourite up and coming stars on the roster.
On the identical night time that Cena defeated Cody Rhodes in the primary 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 obtained 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 value each single time he units foot within the ring and the social influencer turned WWE celebrity 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 instantly after his match and I’m like dude, you might be modern, from his entrance to holding a drone to pondering on one other stage like I’m going to swing huge and take a look at one thing totally different. I assumed that was dope. Then his efficiency, he’s doing stuff that I couldn’t do at peak bodily situation. So no matter if you happen to like him or hate him, he’s doing athletic strikes which can be nearly as good or higher as any of the ‘wrestlers’ on the market, any of the educated 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 come back a time when ya’ll get up to Logan Paul. He acquired right here late. That shouldn’t be a penalty for him. He’s a WWE celebrity, he belongs in that ring with everyone else. I do know he’s all the time going to be himself and whether or not you boo him or not, you’re going to 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 capability to make use of his years of creativity constructing an viewers by 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 conduct for a few years and the flexibility to roll with the punches is barely going to play into his favor as he continues his skilled wrestling profession.
“He’s been hated however he’s additionally been by the hearth,” 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 occasions. He doesn’t care. There’s a dude who by no means offers up. He’ll simply maintain getting up.”
