The Miz and Logan Paul defeated the father-son duo of Rey and Dominic Mysterio in a tag team match at Night 1 of WrestleMania 38 on Saturday.
Miz steals the pin after Mysterio wins the match. Rey and Dominic scored a 619 and splashed a duel frog from the top rope, but Miz, the legal man, hit Rey for the pin in the Skull Crushing finale.
After the match, The Miz turned on Logan Paul to get a giant babyface pop from the crowd at AT&T Stadium by giving him the Skull Crushing finale.
For the second year in a row, The Miz participated in a celebrity match, but this time it was his own business.
At WrestleMania 37, The Miz and John Morrison teamed up to take on Damien Priest and award-winning musician Bad Bunny. In a match that showcased Bad Bunny’s surprisingly strong in-ring skills, The Miz and Morrison came out on the losing end.
The A-lister expected things to be on the other side this year when he introduced Paul as his surprise tag team partner to take on the Mysterios a few weeks ago.
In the weeks prior to that announcement, The Miz was embroiled in a rivalry with both Ray and Dominic. After winning over Dominic on the January 31st episode of Raw, things started going south for the former WWE Champion.
The Miz lost to Dominic on the February 7 edition of Raw and then fell to Rey at Elimination Chamber. Coming out of that match, The Miz claimed that Mysterio had an unfair advantage and vowed to find someone who could help him through the odds.
The man turned out to be Paul, a social media star who has a lot of followers on YouTube. He also has some cachet in the sporting world as an amateur boxer, having fought all-time great Floyd Mayweather Jr. at an exhibition last year.
It also wasn’t Paul’s first foray into WWE, as he had some involvement at last year’s WrestleMania.
Leading up to WrestleMania 37, Paul played a role in the feud between Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. He sat ringside for his match and was on the receiving end of a stunner from Owens afterwards.
Saturday was Paul’s first official match, and like Bad Bunny last year, his in-ring debut was a success.
The win helped The Miz get rid of the bad taste in his mouth since defeats at the hands of Bad Bunny and Priest last year.
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