WWE reportedly had to change their plans for Logan Paul due to a botch at Money in the Bank 2023.
At WWE Money in the Bank 2023 premium live event, one of the high flying spot in the men’s money in the bank ladder match did not go off as planned and will be remembered as a botch that could have gone much worse.
Ricochet and Logan Paul battled on the ring apron next to two tables set up ringside. Ricochet went for a Spanish Fly, but Paul seemingly lost his footing. The former Intercontinental Champion Ricochet was then able to execute the move, but it looked clunky, and fans were just happy nobody got hurt.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that WWE filmed the backstage brawl between Logan Paul and Ricochet after the spot in the match did not go as planned. He also noted that WWE wanted the Spanish Fly spot through the table to go viral to build up a match between the two stars down the line.
“The idea was that spot that we talked about (the Spanish Fly through the tables) was supposed to be like this viral thing and it would go crazy and that was gonna lead to the match. And, people did see it, but it wasn’t as smooth to lead to the match so they did that angle (the backstage brawl) instead,” said Meltzer.
Dave Meltzer also added that Ricochet and Logan Paul would be shooting an angle next week to build excitement for the match.
“They’re gonna shoot the angle next Monday on Raw to lead to the match. Instead of doing a ‘marquee’ match for Logan Paul, I think they want to get him to do an incredible athletic match, and Ricochet’s your guy if you wanna do that,” he added. (H/T WrestleTalk)
On this week’s Monday Night Raw, Ricochet delivered a message to Logan Paul. The former Intercontinental Champion Ricochet was interviewed backstage and challenged The Maverick Logan Paul to show up next week on WWE Monday Night Raw to meet him face-to-face in the ring.
Logan Paul’s last singles match came at WrestleMania 39 Night One, in which he lost to Seth Rollins. Following that Logan Paul made his appearance on the June 19th, 2023 episode of Monday Night Raw, where he announced that he had been added to the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match. During the match, Logan Paul and Ricochet botched a Spanish fly from the top rope.
Later Logan Paul and Ricochet had backstage brawl, which went viral. On the latest edition of Monday Night Raw, Ricochet called out Logan Paul to show up and meet him face to face in the ring. As per the reports, WWE is planning a match between Logan Paul and Ricochet at Summer Slam 2023. Let’s see if this match set for the event, this time will Logan Paul able to get the win following the couple of losses.
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