- Mahomes sat ringside with two Chiefs teammates in Kansas City on Monday.
- There was confusion over why the 28-year-old quarterback was there in the first place.
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WWE has revealed its plans for Patrick Mahomes after opting to scrap a major RAW angle at the last minute due to the strong crowd response when the Chiefs quarterback was introduced to fans on Monday night.
Just a day ago, Mahomes was seen front row along with his Chiefs teammates Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith at the wrestling promotion’s Draft Night event in Kansas City, as he was seen arriving at the T- Mobile Center just a few hours earlier with the American champion, Logan Paul.
The alliance seemed questionable from the beginning, since Paul is a badass and Mahomes was always going to receive a hero’s welcome from the inhabitants of the city where he won three Super Bowl rings in the last five years.
That was evidently demonstrated later that night when Paul was booed by the Kansas City crowd when introduced by announcer Samantha Irvin, while Mahomes received a standing ovation.
When discussing the series of events that took place on Wrestling Observer Radio, popular WWE and MMA reporter Dave Meltzer revealed that Mahomes’ attendance at the show was not a promotion booking. Rather, it was Prime Drinks, one of Mahomes’ many sponsors, that invited the 28-year-old NFL player to perform.
Patrick Mahomes with Chiefs teammates Creed Humphrey and Trey Smit on WWE Raw, Monday
The three-time Super Bowl champion was booked by one of his sponsors: Prime Drink, owned by WWE United States Champion Logan Paul (left).
‘He (Mahomes) is the biggest star in that city as a babyface and he’s coming out in heels. Some people mentioned that this doesn’t make sense because Patrick Mahomes was a total creep on the show. And even though he is a babyface, the reason behind this was because WWE didn’t book this segment,” Meltzer said.
“It was a sponsored segment, that’s why Patrick Mahomes was there because Patrick Mahomes is a part of the Prime energy drink that Logan Paul is also a part of,” he continued. ‘So they basically sponsored the segment and wanted Logan Paul and Patrick Mahomes to work together on an angle.
“That’s why everyone says, ‘Why would Patrick Mahomes be booked as a heel in Kansas City?’ ‘WWE is incredibly stupid.’ But in fact, it wasn’t WWE that was stupid, it was something that the sponsors basically created,” Meltzer added.
Mahomes, a heel, was supposed to fight babyface Braun Strowman, but couldn’t due to the strong reaction from the Kansas City crowd when he was introduced at the T-Mobile Center.
At one point on Monday night, babyface Braun Strowman marked his return to the ring after nearly a year away and stared down Mahomes.
But before a fight could occur, Jey Uso pulled Strowman away from the Chiefs’ QB.
Mentioning what should have happened, Meltzer shared that Strowman was supposed to attack Mahomes, but the QB received such a passionate reaction from the crowd that it would have ultimately backfired.
“So the idea is that Braun was going to attack Mahomes, which would have made it hell instantly, but Jey pushed them away because they had no way to get out of the segment.”