Logan Paul took part in a WrestleMania 38 match over the weekend, and fans were surprised by just how good Paul looked in the ring. In a recent episode of his Impaulsive podcast, Paul spoke about the moment, and how wrestling is far from fake in some regards.
“It is electric,” said Paul before diving into how “real” wrestling can be for the ones performing it. “When there is someone you love in that ring, and doing those moves, like by the way, I didn’t practice like any of those moves. That surface is hard, it is not bouncy, it is not a trampoline. There is no give. It is plywood. It’s wood. So everyone’s like ‘Wrestling’s fake’. Shut the f— up, that s— hurts. I am sore. The left side of my body kills me right now. Those are real slams, and they hurt. You can’t, in practice even, do those moves because you’re gonna compromise your body ahead of the match.”
Paul went on to talk about his “Three Amigos” move on Rey Mysterio, which saw Paul suplex Mysterio three times in a callback to when Mysterio had done it earlier in tribute to the late Eddie Guerrero. According to Paul, he felt every hit of the suplexes, and thought he might have been concussed after the third.
“So you can do it on a crash pad as many times as you want, but when I hit, it’s called the Three Amigos, three suplexes in a row,” Paul said. “Rey had done it earlier in the match and it was a callback to Eddie Guerrero and his whole shimmy, so it was a little disrespectful that I did his move that he just did. I had never practiced a suplex like that. I threw both my legs up, I’m f—— airborne. On the second one, bro, my head snapped back. For sure, I go, I just got a concussion. I’m looking up at the lights at the lights at the Dallas stadium. I’m like oh no, whatever dude, it’s WrestleMania.”
Paul also touched on the fact that the energy of the crowd is something that he hasn’t experience before, noting that it was “so different” from that of a boxing match. He also spoke about his own fan base, and why he thinks the folks at WWE love having him around.
“The adrenaline is crazy. The crowd’s going nuts,” said Paul. “Something about the energy for a wrestling event and a boxing match is so different. Wrestling’s more fun.
“I don’t have a WWE fan base. And I think that’s why they like me here. I believe part of my value comes in bridging the gap between mainstream and this WWE world, and I can kind of [bring them together]. And if I do end up getting more involved, I would love to help bridge that gap with creativity. I think there’s a way to make it some sort of mainstream viral cultural phenomenon with WWE.
I had so much fun. and also, man, I wanna be humble and I will, but I’m good at this. I’m actually good at it. I realized, my whole life, I’ve been throwing my body off of things, I’m flexible. I do these stunts.”
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