In a recent edition of his IMPAULSIVE podcast, Logan Paul addressed online backlash to a mistake made by LA Knight at the WWE Elimination Chamber event.
Paul defended the slip on the ropes made by his fellow former United States Champion, stating that the ropes themselves were slippery by the time the men’s Elimination Chamber match took place:
Look, dude, what I’m about to say is the last thing I wanna do. I don’t wanna do this, because I despise L.A. Knight and everything he stands for, because let’s be honest, he doesn’t stand for anything. He stands for one affirmative word, ‘Yeah!’ We get it bro. Shut up. No!… He can’t even stand on the rope.
I don’t wanna say this, but that particular botch that L.A. Knight had is not his fault, and I was in the ring. I was watching it go down live and I can feel the ropes before I do the jumps. They are so slippery and oily. You have no idea, especially when you’re the last match of the night, because it’s been used, right? And all these oily, sweaty wrestlers are just greasing these ropes up so by the time it’s 10 PM at night and you’re the last group to go, the ropes are soaking wet.
Paul also addressed how difficult competing in the ring can be with sponsorship logos painted onto the ring canvas, making note of changes made to the paint itself since his PRIME brand first made an appearance on the medium at WrestleMania 40.
I also wanna say this though, while we’re on this topic, because again, I hate to defend L.A. Knight, but that botch wasn’t his fault, that rope was really slippery and guess what? I’m gonna say it: By the end of the night, the middle of that ring gets really slippery with them logos painted in there. I’ll just say it. I noticed. I can’t get running full speed. I gotta be really careful with my feet and my placement. Because the logos that they now paint in the middle of the ring — that I started! I started it with PRIME! We were the first in-ring, middle of the ring sponsor ever with the logo… It’s not us anymore! It’s not us anymore!
And I know this was a thing because before we did that, we were going back and forth with WWE about whether or not it was even possible because the way they paint it, they wanted to actually stress test the mats and have people wrestle and see if it got oily and they determined that the type of paint they used was okay and that it wasn’t gonna be slippery. But then they started using color paint as well. I don’t know what they’re using now, but I’m telling you, it’s slippery.
Source: Fightful