British YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI was blasted through a table by his old rival Logan Paul during his WWE debut at the first show of WrestleMania weekend.
The social media star, who is the biggest YouTuber in the UK, will face unbeaten professional boxer Joe Fournier in just six weeks, but risked injury in a dangerous stunt with his business partner and former opponent Paul. After appearing in a disguise as a giant bottle of their energy drink Prime, KSI exposed that he was ringside during his pal's match with Seth Rollins.
And when he started showboating as Paul had Rollins laid out on the commentary table and preparing for a frog splash, the wrestler quickly jumped out of the way and dragged him on to the table instead. Paul leapt off the top rope out of the ring and on to KSI, which was the final big spot of the match before Rollins landed his finishing move.
Video of the stunt has gone massively viral, with just the official WWE-posted clip alone garnering 2million plays in just seven hours on Twitter. And KSI played up to the 'injuries' walking to the dressing rooms after the bout, with fans recording videos showing him gripping his ribs as Paul helps him to the back.
The Brit had attempted to keep his appearance at the massive wrestling event a secret by posting a fake image showing himself flying back to training camp. But eagle-eyed supporters noticed he was due to make an appearance in Los Angeles today with Paul, meaning that he can't return to the UK just yet.
"Nobody knew it was me," he told the WWE YouTube channel after the show. "I guess a few fans were speculating being like 'could it, surely not'. So I tried putting something on my story to be like 'oh I'm leaving LA' just to trick some of my fans but then when I came in out the ring being like 'what's up' down the ramp they were like 'who is it?'
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"There was one point where I was just blocking people's way and people behind me were screaming to get out of the way because I was too big. I started kneeling to try and stop blocking people's view. But then I was like 'no, Logan needs help' so I came through, dragged him out and Seth is a scary, scary dude gripping me up and everything."
KSI will likely return to the UK tomorrow to continue training for his bout with Fournier, which will go ahead with no niggles after the dangerous spot. His manager Mams Taylor joked that he "wasn’t nervous at all" watching, with his mind likely cast back to Paul's match with Roman Reigns that cost him a boxing comeback in October of last year.
The American was due to compete against MMA fighter Dillon Danis in January on the same card as KSI, who eventually ended up facing Faze Temperrr. But in his last WWE engagement before he would start training camp, he severely injured his knee, costing Misfits Boxing a massive-drawing fight.
