WWE legend The Hurricane is training Logan Paul for Crown Jewel main event with Roman Reigns-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Shane ‘The Hurricane’ Helms is helping Logan Paul out (Picture: WWE)

Logan Paul will be training with WWE legend Shane ‘The Hurricane’ Helms for his upcoming world championship match with Roman Reigns.

The controversial YouTuber is set to fight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Title in the main event of Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia next month in only his third ever pro wrestling match.

The social media sensation, who has experience as an amateur wrestling, made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania earlier this year teaming with The Miz against Rey and Dominik Mysterio, before beating Miz himself at SummerSlam.

Now, he’s poised for the biggest match of his relatively short career as he faces the Tribal Chief, and he’ll be leaning on an experienced veteran to help him out.

Appearing on WWE’s After The Bell podcast, Helms said: ‘I’m looking forward to this. I was surprised at the match, I will say that. I didn’t expect Logan and Roman, but then again, I think for the last year everything’s been a surprise.

‘I don’t think there’s been a crazier year in the history of the industry than the last year. But I’m excited about what’s going to happen here. I’ll be going to Puerto Rico training with Logan pretty soon and down at the [Performance Center] as well.

‘He’s going to have to step it up. I think Sami [Zayn] is the best performer going today. There’s still the number one – the top star, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is Roman Reigns. That’s the deep end of the ocean. He’s going into the Mariana Trench with Roman Reigns.’

Helms admitted while he would have been sceptical about the perceived outsider being placed in such a significant bout, his experience behind the scenes – and Logan’s displays thus far – have won him over.

‘I mean, you watch WrestleMania. If you still didn’t believe it, watch SummerSlam. Logan Paul is going to step up. This is going to be big and I actually love it. I can’t believe I’m saying that, but after all these years, I love it,’ he said.

‘If you think about it from a work point of view, Logan’s got more of an amateur background than most of your favorites. He stepped on a wrestling mat. A lot of your favorites never stepped foot on a wrestling mat.

‘Pro Wrestling is you get paid to wrestle That’s what pro means. This guy was a wrestler, and now he gets paid for it. He’s a professional wrestler. He’s super talented.’

WWE Crown Jewel will air November 5 at 6pm on the WWE Network.

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