Former WWE and pro wrestling veteran referee Jimmy Korderas took to an episode of his Reffin' Rant to talk about a number of topics such as how he realizes a lot of people are not big fans of celebrities being involved in pro wrestling and having main event spots, but WWE capitalized in Logan Paul's huge social media following and Logan proved himself by blowing away all expectations with his performance at WWE's Crown Jewel.
Jimmy Korderas said:
“I realize that a lot of people are not big fans of celebrity involvement in pro wrestling, but what happened this weekend blew me away.” “Look, I know a lot of people didn’t want to see Logan Paul in that main event slot against Roman Reigns, because it took a spot away from someone who has been working very hard and diligently with the company. He was just inserted in that spot in a one-off, maybe. Look, I understand that, I get that. But you’ve gotta understand that from a business standpoint, he does have 20 or so million followers, whatever the case may be and that’s what they were capitalizing on, his notoriety and maybe drawing some new fans in.”
“But you’ve got to give him credit. Because he blew away all expectations. And you can put the credit on whoever. On Shawn Michaels for the training, on Roman Reigns for guiding him through which, all of which is legitimate. But at the same time, hats off to Logan Paul. What a performance. He really blew it out of the way, and I hope he gets better soon.”
You can check out Jimmy Korderas' full comments at this link. H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes.
