8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE SummerSlam 2023 (Results & Review)

7. Going Viral As Delivered

Logan Paul Ricochet
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Logan Paul and Ricochet delivered exactly what was promised Saturday night, a GIF-worthy spotfest that kicked off SummerSlam and had fans out of their seats from the jump.

Say what you will about the Social Media Megastar, Paul has taken to sports entertainment better than almost anyone else in such a short time. He gets how to be a heel and play to the crowd, hits his moves crisply, and just looks like a superstar, not someone play-acting as one.

Paul and Ricochet traded highspots, though the running theme of both men aping signature moves from legends and Hall-of-Famers was a bit silly, especially when a ring veteran like Ricochet started doing it despite not doing it previously.

Still, this match was sold on creating viral moment, and that’s what we got, so mission accomplished.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.