Jake Paul has pushed himself right to the very top of the professional fighting world but when it comes sports entertainment and the WWE, things aren’t quite as smooth.
Despite Jake’s brother, Logan Paul, being one of the WWE’s top superstars at the moment, the relationship isn’t exactly perfect.
Indeed, just this week Jake claimed that TKO Group – who own WWE – had banned him from even coming to see his brother perform.
“I don’t take any beefs too serious,” Jake said this week when asked about inter-promotion rivalries.
“I think it’s definitely in the name of entertainment. However, there is truth in it and there are points and some certain facts that I would like to see pushed through. Like the UFC fighter minimum pay being $12,000, that needs a rise. There is all these like things in it that are serious.
“But from my side, I’m just having fun and the fact that the one of the biggest organizations in the world, the TKO Group has this major beef with me. They won’t even let me go be in my brother’s WWE matches because they hate me so much. So it’s pretty wild how much under their skin we are.”
However, while Paul has suggested he is strictly off limits, sources inside the WWE claim different.
WWE sources suggest Jake Paul is not actually banned
There’s always going to be plenty said when it comes to the Paul brothers, WWE and combat fighting.
With Jake now big in the promoting world of boxing and MMA and Logan established in the WWE, there is a natural crossover and with that, potential to fall out.
However, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, talk of Jake being banned from WWE events is far from the truth.
It’s claimed that instead, WWE have no animosity towards him and would welcome him to arenas should he decide to turn up.
Of course, any rumblings of a potential ban are likely to come directly from the top of TKO Group.
As we all know, TKO also owns the UFC and with Jake recently promoting the return of Ronda Rousey on Netflix, there is a natural coming together.
Nevertheless, it seems for now that the Paul brothers are safe in any WWE environment.
And who knows, we might even see the younger Paul brother join his brother at some stage.
