Select Answers: Wrestling footwear, MJF to WWE? Logan Paul Contract

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How does Logan Paul's contract work? Does he have a set number of appearances in PPVs or weekly shows? Because he shows up for a few days in a row during a part of the year and then disappears for months. Is there any intention of making him a mid-card champion or world champion?

Those that I spoke to in the company consider him primarily a WWE Superstar. We're told that he doesn't really say no to much, and that they're planning on him being in WWE for years to come. His schedule doesn't call for as many dates as many other wrestlers, and I believe he flies in private as well.

I know it’s still a far ways off but could you see MJF jumping ship to WWE when his current contract is up?

MJF has been very loyal to AEW for almost seven years. But he's ultimately loyal to himself and his family. If WWE comes along and makes an insane offer, and allows him to continue his movie career, there's always an option there.

Speaking of, I don't know that his contract is a "far ways off." One of two things likely happened. When the Double or Nothing 2022 thing happened, MJF legitimately wanted more money. Either they tore up his current contract at the time and gave him a new one, or they signed some sort of multi-year extension based on his deal being up originally at the start of 2024.

By the time 2024 started, he already had plenty of time left on his deal. But we're two years past that now. I don't know if he signed a three or five year contract, but it was for big money when he did.

I noticed recently that Claudio has been wearing boots that lace up on the back along the heel instead of up the front like most boots and that made me curious if you know what sort of thought process goes into wrestlers selecting their boots?

There are a few different methods. You can go barefoot. I liked wrestling barefoot because I trained barefoot. But you open yourself up to a lot of injuries, infection, and just a lot of risk in general without the protection. Wrestling shoes themselves have become more common. I liked those a lot too, because again, it's what you often train in. I never saw people training in full on boots. The wrestling shoes have really good grip. Sneakers have become common, but it was almost unheard of when I started training that people would wrestle in them. Other than surprise spots, I've never trained or wrestled in sneakers. I found that I was susceptible to rolling my ankles in them because of the padding on top of the ring made things more unpredictable. However, a lot of people like shoes and sneakers because they can use their kick pads. I actually switched to boots for my last few matches because I didn't feel like wearing kick pads and liked the look of them. Wrestling boots have a lot more give than you would expect, but the bottoms leave a lot to be desired usually.