WWE Forced To Change Storyline After Viral Moment Doesn’t Go As Planned

Over the weekend the Money in the Bank premium live event aired from the O2 Arena in London, England and the show featured some interesting moments to say the least.

During the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match Ricochet and Logan Paul were both pushed off a ladder, and they attempted to land on the ropes before Ricochet hit Paul with a Spanish Fly into two tables that were set up at ringside. The spot got a lot of people talking, but unfortunately it didn’t go as smooth as everyone planned for it to go.

Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE was hoping for the Spanish Fly spot to go viral and lead to a match. That’s not exactly what happened, so WWE is preparing to shoot an angle with Ricochet and Logan Paul next week on Raw. Ricochet vs. Logan Paul will presumably take place at SummerSlam, and the idea is that WWE wants Logan to be featured in an incredibly athletic match.

“The idea was that spot that we talked about (the Spanish Fly through the tables) was supposed to be like this viral thing and it would go crazy and that was gonna lead to the match. And, people did see it, but it wasn’t as smooth to lead to the match so they did that angle (the backstage brawl) instead.

They’re gonna shoot the angle next Monday on Raw to lead to the match. Instead of doing a ‘marquee’ match for Logan Paul, I think they want to get him to do an incredible athletic match, and Ricochet’s your guy if you wanna do that.”

H/T WrestleTalk.com