Nick Khan Recalls His Initial Reaction To Logan Paul Coming Into WWE

Nick Khan recently looked back at Logan Paul’s arrival in WWE and what he initially thought of the idea. Paul first came to WWE in 2021 and worked his first match at WrestleMania 38. Since then he’s signed with WWE and become a regular performer for the company.

Paul is not without a number of controversies, both past and present, and Khan talked about how they approached the notion of Paul coming in during an appearance on Impaulsive. You can see the highlights below:

On the Initial Pitch For Logan Paul To Come In:

“Listen, when the executive who first brought Logan Paul up to me, Triple H and the founder of the company said, ‘Hey, we should give him a shot. He wants to wrestle.’ The first thing we always look for — and it applies to Logan, who’s now full-time with us performing at an extremely high level. It applies to Bad Bunny. It applies to people who have come in, Tyson Fury.

“First of all, they have to be a fan. If they’re just doing it because as younger folks would say — I don’t know, this might be a dated term — they’re chasing clout or something like this? We don’t want them. If you love it, we’re open to the conversation.”

On Paul’s Past Controversies:

“Once you sit with Logan, you know he has star power. You saw everything he had done. The advantage from this point of view and the disadvantage from you, or someone like your point of view, is you got to grow up on camera, right? So, I liked the way you responded to any perceived mistakes that you made in life. That’s what people are supposed to do when they’re young. They’re not supposed to have all the answers to this stuff. Even when you’re older, you’re not supposed to have all the answers to the stuff.

“So, from our point of view was, ‘This is a mature young man, certainly athletic. If he comes down to the Performance Center and does what we think he can do, there’s all the upside in the world.’ And so far, everyone’s been right.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Impaulsive with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.