Logan Paul's Original WWE SummerSlam 2023 Plans Revealed
WWE had two options on the table for Logan Paul at SummerSlam 2023.
WWE appears to have settled on Ricochet as Logan Paul's SummerSlam 2023 opponent, but there was another option on the table for the influencer on 5 August.
Paul has revealed via his Impaulsive show that along with Ricochet, LA Knight was pitched as a potential SummerSlam opponent for him (h/t WrestleTalk):-
"There are two guys that I would potentially have a match with at SummerSlam. I don’t really know how this works, do I pitch to the company, do they pitch me. The two guys are Ricochet and LA Knight, for various reasons. So Ricochet is obviously, I think he’s probably one of the most athletic guys in WWE."
WWE effectively built Paul vs. Ricochet from their antics in this month's men's Money in the Bank ladder match, which saw the duo recover from a slip on the ropes for a spectacular Spanish Fly spot to the outside. Compensating for the botch (which really wasn't all that harmful...), WWE shot a backstage brawl to air on the following week's Raw, building the feud further.
On Knight, Paul appeared to drift into kayfabe, claiming that like WWE's fanbase, the popular star "doesn't get my thing that well":-
"I see old man Ricker, LA Knight, coming in the WWE. They love him. I hate that they love him, and they hate me that I hate him. We got a little bit of a thing. I was in his face last night (referring to their interaction on RAW prior to Money in the Bank) and it felt a little real. Like, I don't think he gets my thing that well, and neither does the WWE Universe. He sort of speaks for them."
Knight has been speculated for a potential United States Championship match with Austin Theory at SummerSlam.