Logan Paul says he suffered severe knee ligament injury in WWE bout

Logan Paul’s widely-praised WWE efficiency this weekend has include a price.

Paul, the previous YouTuber who has dabbled in boxing and now professional wrestling, introduced Saturday evening on social media that he tore his MCL and meniscus, and probably tore his ACL, in his WWE essential occasion match with Roman Reigns earlier Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The announcement got here with a photograph of Paul elevating and icing his proper knee.

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The bout was for the Undisputed WWE Common championship and was received by Reigns, the defending titleholder, after almost 25 minutes. Paul wrote that he tore his knee halfway by way of the match, which additionally featured an look by his brother Jake, a former YouTuber who final week beat ex-UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a professional boxing contest.

Paul, 27, drew rave opinions for his outing in opposition to Reigns, contemplating it was solely his third profession professional wrestling match. One dangerous transfer got here when he jumped from the highest rope onto Reigns, who was laying outdoors the ring on a desk, all whereas Paul was taking a video with a cellphone in his left hand. Paul made his WWE debut again in April at WrestleMania and is signed to WWE, although not as a full-time performer.

In June 2021, Paul fought Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing match the place a winner was not introduced.