Logan Paul’s fight with Conor McGregor won’t mean the end of the YouTuber’s wrestling career despite his best efforts to convince fans otherwise.
The former United States Champion hasn’t been seen in WWE since losing his title to LA Knight at SummerSlam back in August.
He’s taken an extended p🌃eriod away from the thick of the action following the birth of his first child and raised eyebrows on his Impaulsive YouTube channel earlier this month in claiming to be ‘retired’ from the industry having become a parent.
The remark appeared largely tongue in cheek, especially given Paul had only a week prior discussed attending a WWE and Netflix event and wearing his wrestling gear again, saying: “This was goofy, but I put on that outfit, and I ꦕwas like: ‘Oh, yeah, my wrestling outfit.’ We were doing the shoot. I put on my WWE outfit, and I haven’🍷t put it on in a couple months, and I felt good. I felt at home.”
As such, fans were less than convinced that the high-flyer would suddenly step away from the business he’d devoted so much time to over the past two years, but the idea was given further clout by McGregor’s claim that the two are set to fight.
The UFC great hasn’t featured in the Octagon since breaking his leg in the summer of 2021 but, hinted a boxing exhibition with Paul would effectively act as a stepping stone back i💟nto MMA.
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“I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logꦕan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India,” commented The Notorious.
“I have𒀰 aওgreed. I will then seek my return to the octagon.”
The idea of 29-year-old Paul risking a highly-lucrative potential clash with McGregor by continuing his body of work with WWE had raised the possibility that the controversial figure might be done with 🦄wrestling after all.
Sure enough, the star then did the very ‘Logan Paul’ thing of pulling a complete U-turn and showing up at the company’s headquarters toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ nail down his future aims for his career in the squared circle.
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WWE hosted a Netflix Kick Off event on Wednesday ahead of its New Year🦩 launch on the streaming giant, and Paul made his presence known when the company confirmed he’ll undergo a major change come January.
Having wrestled on their SmackDown show prior to his SummerSlam match, WWE announced that, come 2025, he’ll switch rosters and perform on Monday Night Raw. Netflix becomes the exclusive home of the red brand from next month.
Taking clear aim at Raw’⛦s World Champion Gunther – and the rest of the roster – the brash Paul addressed a c♕rowd at the event by saying: “If you have something that I want, I’m gonna take it. I’m not asking for permission; I’m going to take it from you.
“I know some of you [are] saying: ‘Logan Paul’s a bully!’ – I see⭕ this narrative online, I can see it in your faces, you’re all cowards, you’re pathetic… Yeah, I am a bully, and the WWE is my playground.
🙈“ﷺI’m not here to take part, I am here to take over. Your approval means nothing to me. Whether you love me, whether you hate me, I don’t care, because you’re still watching, and you’ll keep watching because you’re a spectator and a star.
“I promise [everyone]; you are looking at the future WWE World Champion, and his name is Logan Paul.”
Addressing Paul, Gܫunther added in reply that it would give him ‘great pleasure’ to ‘ out of his face.’
John Cena and The Rockꦯ are among the other huge names slated fo🍸r WWE’s Netflix debut episode on January 6th.