ISHOWSPEED hit with RKO through a table in a Prime suit as Logan Paul steals WrestleMania win
ISHOWSPEED appeared at WrestleMania in a Prime suit to aid buddy Logan Paul – and paid the price with a brutal RKO through a table from Randy Orton.
The football influencer stepped in to help Paul successfully defend his United States Championship, but at a considerable cost.
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ISHOWSPEED involved himself in the United States Championship triple-threat match at WrestleMania, and didn’t escape without punishmentCredit: WWEAfter Paul had come up short in being able to put away opponents Randy Orton and Kevin Owens through his own means – including a pair of brass knuckles – Speed tried to lend a hand.
The 19-year-old found out the hard way, though, that crossing Orton in particular rarely ends well.
The Viper, enraged by the American’s interference, launched an attack on him that ended with the grappler delivering his trademark RKO through a ringside commentary table.
The chaos of it all ended up helping Paul, however, and thanks to a frog splash, he pinned Owens in the middle of the ring to retain his title.
READ MORE WWEThe victory ended a hectic match-up that originally saw Owens and Orton team up on Paul before eventually being forced to battle each other in the triple-threat affair.
Orton showed his true colours by turning first, attempting to strike with an RKO on Owens before the Canadian escaped.
Paul prevailed in the end, having also nailed both rivals with the brass knuckles and going for a top rope moonsault, all before Speed got involved.
It extends Paul’s tenure holding the US gold that began back in November last year following a win over veteran Rey Mysterio.
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WWE veteran Randy Orton showed no mercy to the footballing influencer and left him laying with an RKO through a tableCredit: WWE
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Logan Paul successfully overcame rivals Randy Orton and Kevin Owens on night two of WrestleMania 39Credit: WWEDespite being a vicious rival of Paul’s on screen, Owens had admitted earlier in WrestleMania week that Paul had impressed many of his WWE colleagues by putting in the hard yards for his transition into the world of professional wrestling.
He told talkSPORT: “[Nobody] can deny how hard he works in the ring and how much of himself he gives when he’s out there.
“He wants to make everything he does as memorable as possible and as good as possible.
“That’s the right attitude to earn respect in WWE, and he has a lot of people’s respect.”
The outing was a third WrestleMania for the 29-year-old following a maiden showing in 2022 in teaming with The Miz to defeat Rey and Dominik Mysterio.
At WrestleMania 39 last year he was beaten by Seth Rollins, who prior to Paul’s match in Philadelphia had lost his World Heavyweight title to Drew McIntyre.
McIntyre’s reign would last less than six minutes, however, after an attack by CM Punk and a cash-in by Money in the Bank holder Damian Priest.
