IShowSpeed Possibly Injured at WrestleMania 42; Logan Paul Explains: “I f**king smoked him”

WrestleMania 42’s opener was The Usos and LA Knight vs. The Vision and IShowSpeed. To set the mood of Night 1, and to be shown for the first time on ESPN 2, the match was kept short. However, the post-match drama was exciting and kept fans engaged as Logan Paul punched his teammate Speed for what he felt was a betrayal of their team.

While speaking on his Impaulsive podcast, Logan suggested that Speed had turned out to be a liability. His running into Logan and then Austin Theory cost them the match, and that felt wrong to him. Thus, Paul punched him for causing them to lose. Paul claims that it was one of his cleanest punches, which landed hard and knocked Speed down.

“I punched him hard as f**k. I’m not going to lie, it was one of my cleanest punches. I f**king smoked him,” Logan Paul said.

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While The Maverick had only this to say about the attack on the podcast, he did more than that at WrestleMania 42. Logan attacked Speed at the ringside and put him on the announcer’s table. He was climbing onto the ring’s corner post to hit Speed with a splash, but The Usos and Knight intervened.

They saved Speed from being on the receiving end of the splash. Paul ended up on the announcer’s table with The Usos and Knight egging on a groggy and possibly concussed Speed to hit a frog splash on Paul.

He seemed disoriented after the punch from Logan, and it took him a while to understand what The Usos were telling him to do. He barely made it to the top turnbuckle. As the tag team champion was held down by the babyfaces, IShowSpeed went airborne and hit Logan with an IShowSplash through the table.

Speed may still be recovering from the punch and the aftermath of the splash on Logan, as his last live stream was from ‘Mania, and he hasn’t streamed since.

What matches were there on WrestleMania 42 Night 1?

After that WrestleMania 42 opener, Jacob Fatu and Drew McIntyre competed in an Unsanctioned Match, where the former took the win. Later, Brie Bella and a returning Paige won the Women’s Tag Team Championship in a Fatal 4-Way Match, and Becky Lynch defeated AJ Lee for the Intercontinental Championship.

Gunther then defeated Seth Rollins, and Liv Morgan won the Women’s World Championship by dethroning Stephanie Vaquer. Cody Rhodes retained his Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton to close out the show.

If the quote from the first half of the article is used, please credit the Impaulsive podcast and give an H/T to Sportskeeda for the transcription.