The Miz is known for going to any lengths to hurt his opponents. The former WWE champion did the same on tonight’s edition of Monday Night Raw when he introduced his surprise tag team partner – Logan Paul.
Yes, you read it right. The YouTube star-turned boxer, Logan Paul, will help The Miz to beat the tag team of Rey and Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 38.
And @mikethemiz's #WrestleMania tag team partner is…@LoganPaul!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/XDFOOoTvQd
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2022
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At the Elimination Chamber PPV in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, The Miz promised that he would get a surprise partner for his WrestleMania 38 match.
He had teased the crowd with words like “dashing,” confusing the fans more on the Cody Rhodes theory. Hence, multiple fans online speculated that former AEW superstar Cody Rhodes might show up; but ‘The Maverick’ was the former WWE champion’s backup.
"Someone who comes from a fighting family, a pioneer, someone who's very … DASHING!"
👀@mikethemiz#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/GtlTi1DBhR
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2022
Once the four WrestleMania opponents were in the same ring, the WWE Universe profusely booed Logan Paul.
After exchanging some verbal banter, Miz and Paul attacked the father-son duo. Eventually, Miz delivered a ‘skull-crushing finale’ to Rey Mysterio.
However, Paul wanted a bit of a taste of in-ring action, so he delivered his own ‘skull-crushing finale’ to the young Dominik Mysterio.
OH NO HE DIDN'T!@LoganPaul @mikethemiz #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/mdgWx2OZwe
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2022
The WWE fans in attendance continuously booed the duo of Miz and Paul while they kept celebrating in the ring.
Fans are not pleased with the announcement of Logan Paul
It looks like the WWE Universe wanted to see Cody Rhodes more than anyone tonight. The fans on the internet took Twitter by storm and expressed their frustration at seeing Paul on WWE Raw.
Some fans mocked the booking decision of WWE, expressing shock at how the creative team thought Logan Paul would get a huge pop from the crowd.
How WWE expected the crowd to react to this: pic.twitter.com/hGowYJbaxP
— 💀AJW💀 (@AJWRichman) February 22, 2022
Yall had one job pic.twitter.com/nqHtVftr3s
— Hollywood burner (@lamar_era) February 22, 2022
Had us thinking Cody was here pic.twitter.com/k3kL2ktgel
— 🎓🙌🏽🃏(JOKER) 🙌🏽🃏🎓 (@King28Wolf) February 22, 2022
One fan wrote that this is the worst match on the WrestleMania 38 card.
officially the worst match on the Mania card pic.twitter.com/0GSl09GnfH
— Zander🤠 (@KingGeminiZY) February 22, 2022
Another fan used a GIF of Cody from his time in AEW to mock Logan Paul.
Or is it Cody Wearing a Logan Paul mask? pic.twitter.com/TE37hJvUaT
— 👑𝔸𝕕𝕒𝕞 𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘👑 (@adamgoldberg28) February 22, 2022
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One fan liked how the WWE pushed Logan as a heel because he would never be a babyface for the WWE fans.
I had my doubts but Logan Paul did FANTASTIC as a heel tonight! This might actually work.
Good choice for WWE to have him perform as a heel because he’d never work out as a babyface. #WWERaw #WrestleMania
— Christian Maracle (@MaracleMan) February 22, 2022
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‘The Maverick’s appearance on Raw tonight was met with a surge of mixed reactions from the fans. It looks like they were disappointed because WWE created such hype for Rhodes only to bring in Logan.