Logan Paul joked he would win a combat in opposition to Lionel Messi with ‘each arms tied behind his again’ as he mentioned the bout with brother Jake.
The YouTuber-turned-wrestler and soccer icon are at the moment searching for authorized motion in opposition to one another over their rival manufacturers, however Paul has mentioned he’s keen to drop his lawsuit if Messi joins him within the ring this 12 months.
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Again in 2022, Paul and his enterprise companion KSI launched their PRIME hydration drink to a lot fanfare.
Final 12 months, Messi entered the market together with his personal line of drinks known as Mas+, which is packaged very equally.
There may be mentioned to be appreciable friction between the 2 events, with Messi’s model firing the primary authorized pictures by suing PRIME final October for ‘anti-competitive’ conduct.
Mas+ alleged in writing that PRIME had tried to strain them into altering their packaging and in response, PRIME countersued a month later, accusing Messi’s model of copying their trademarked design.
In a video shared earlier this month, Paul repeated these accusations, earlier than difficult the World Cup winner to a boxing match.
His name out shortly went viral, with practically two million individuals watching it on TikTok alone.
Paul has now adopted that up by releasing a vlog titled ‘Messi made an enormous mistake’ – however revealed to his brother Jake that his problem was a joke.
“Bro, individuals actually suppose I wish to combat Messi, as a result of I made that video,” Logan started.
“Everybody’s like, ‘In fact you wish to combat somebody retired and smaller than you.’ It was a f***ing joke.”
Jake, although, wasn’t deterred, suggesting any bout would draw lots of curiosity.
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“It might be an enormous combat,” he mentioned.
“He copied your entire s***, you have to finish him.”
Logan then claimed he would win the combat with ‘each arms tied behind his again,’ earlier than confirming that he made the ‘faux name out’ for consideration.
“We do not combat retired fighters, we combat individuals our age, who’re simply pretty much as good as us,” he concluded.
Whereas Paul would not count on to step into the ring with Messi anytime quickly, he’s making ready for an enormous WWE match on Saturday evening.
He’ll go toe-to-toe with John Cena, CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Damian Priest and Seth Rollins contained in the Elimination Chamber.
The winner of that bout will face Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41.
Forward of this weekend’s occasion, Paul revealed that he has banned himself from performing one of many strikes he used to qualify for the chamber.
The 29-year-old used a ‘Moonsault ‘N Battery’ throughout his match in opposition to Rey Mysterio on Uncooked – a transfer that noticed him decide up his opponent from the center rope, earlier than flipping backwards with him in his arms.
Whereas it appeared spectacular, Paul has since mentioned he’s ‘by no means doing that once more’.