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Social media star and boxing sensation Jake Paul had some sturdy phrases for WWE Famous person Seth Rollins this week forward of Rollins’ WrestleMania 39 match towards Jake’s brother, Logan Paul.
Showing on Logan’s Impaulsive podcast (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of ThirstyForNews.com), Jake had the next to say about Rollins: “He appears like a f–king *b—h. Not that huge. I am going to beat the f–k out of him.”
Rollins and Logan Paul have been embroiled in a heated rivalry since January when Paul eradicated Rollins from the lads’s Royal Rumble match.
That led to Rollins having some less-than-flattering issues to say about Paul in interviews, as he questioned the necessity to have a star like him within the fold in WWE.
Paul did not take kindly to Rollins’ feedback, prompting him to price The Visionary the USA Championship in an Elimination Chamber match on the Elimination Chamber premium dwell occasion final month.
On Monday’s episode of Uncooked, Rollins and Paul had an in-ring confrontation that included a WrestleMania problem and ended with Paul laying Rollins out with a stiff punch. Their WrestleMania match was later made official.
Jake has made a reputation for himself on this planet of boxing, starting his professional profession 5-0 with wins over former UFC stars akin to Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva.
He suffered his first defeat final month, although, when he fell to the half-brother of heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, Tommy Fury, by break up resolution.
Given the loss and Jake’s feedback, Rollins figures to have some further ammo for the rest of the construct towards his WrestleMania conflict with Logan.
Jake has had some restricted involvement in WWE, showing at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia final 12 months throughout Logan’s loss to undisputed WWE common champion Roman Reigns. Jake tried to neutralize The Bloodline, however was taken out by Solo Sikoa.
Final month, Jake recommended he was open to becoming a member of WWE sooner or later, telling Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour (h/t Jack Atkins of Cultaholic):
“We’ll see. I am down. I simply do not wish to get injured. My brother tore his MCL; it is loopy on the market. So, I simply don’t need it to derail my boxing and all that, however I am down. I like WWE. I like working with my brother. So that may undoubtedly be one thing that may very well be on the horizon, for positive.”
It’s truthful to marvel if Jake speaking about Rollins on Impaulsive may very well be the precursor for him displaying up at WrestleMania and getting concerned in Logan’s match.
If that’s the case, it could open the door for Jake to wrestle some matches in WWE sooner or later both on his personal or alongside his brother.
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