WWE’s real plans for Logan Paul and Patrick Mahomes on RAW

The 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 reaction when the Chiefs quarterback was introduced to fans on Monday night.

Just a day ago, Mahomes was spotted ringside with Chiefs teammates Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith at the wrestling promotion’s Draft Night event in Kansas City, arriving at T-Mobile Center just hours earlier with U.S. champion Logan Paul.

The alliance seemed questionable from the start, considering Paul is a heel and Mahomes was always going to get a hero babyface from residents of the city where he has won three Super Bowl rings in the last five years.

That was evident later in the night when Paul was jeered by the Kansas City crowd as he was introduced by ring 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 attending the show was not a booking from the promotion. Rather, it was Prime drinks – one of Mahomes’ many sponsors – that the 28-year-old NFL player had asked to appear.

The three-time Super Bowl champion was booked by one of his sponsors: Prime Drink, owned by WWE US Champion Logan Paul (L)

‘He [Mahomes] is the biggest star in that city as a babyface and he comes out in heels. Some people brought this up, it makes no sense because Patrick Mahomes was a total heel on the show. And even though he’s a babyface, the reason behind it 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 part of the Prime energy drink that Logan Paul is also part of,” he continued. “So they actually sponsored the segment and they wanted Logan Paul and Patrick Mahomes to team up in an angle.

“That’s why everyone says, ‘Why would Patrick Mahomes be booked as a heel in Kansas City?’ WWE is so unbelievably stupid.'” But in fact, it wasn’t WWE that was stupid, it was something that the sponsors actually put together,” Meltzer added.

Mahomes – a heel – was supposed to fight babyface Braun Strowman, but was unable to do so 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 brawl ensued, Jey Uso led Strowman away from the Chiefs QB.

Meltzer brought up what should have happened, saying that Strowman should have attacked Mahomes, but the QB heel got such a passionate reaction from the crowd that it might have ultimately backfired.

“So the idea is that Braun was going to attack Mahomes, which would have gotten him in trouble right away, but Jey pulled them away because they had no way out of the segment.”