NFL legend Tom Brady and WWE are reportedly in talks for an appearance at WrestleMania 42 that takes place on April 18-19 in Las Vegas, NV.
As per Wrestling Observer Radio, no deal has been finalized, but discussions are ongoing. Talks reportedly began last year after WrestleMania 42 was announced for Las Vegas.
It is reported that the situation involving Logan Paul and Tom Brady is being presented as a scripted storyline rather than real tension. Their interactions are part of building an angle that could lead to something at WrestleMania, not genuine disrespect toward pro wrestling.
“So it could happen. Obviously, Logan Paul and Tom Brady are working. I mean, everyone knows they’re working the angle. There could be something in some form at WrestleMania. It would not be a surprise, and what they did in the football game was clearly to build it, just as all the talk of Tom Brady cutting down pro wrestlers and the wrestlers all responding. That is all storyline. That’s not like Tom Brady’s a d*ck and he doesn’t respect pro wrestling.”
WWE has also reportedly discussed merchandise and branding for Brady, including ideas like “T-Bone” and “The Untouchable Tom Brady.” Brady is a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
NFL legend Tom Brady has continued his verbal sparring with WWE, calling the promotion “cute and scripted” in a recent interview. The NFL legend’s comments drew responses from WWE superstar Charlotte Flair and former WWE United States Champion Logan Paul.
Brady and Paul are both involved with the Fanatics Flag Football event taking place this weekend in Los Angeles. The two have traded barbs about WWE’s authenticity and the athleticism of its performers.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Brady responded to a question about how many WWE wrestlers it would take to sack him by saying:
“All their stuff is so cute and scripted and they know what’s going on. In a football game, you don’t know it, so they wouldn’t even get near me.”
He added that WWE performers “wouldn’t even get near me” in an unscripted football game.
Brady also trolled Logan Paul about his WWE rookie card on a Fanatics Collect livestream on March 18, 2026, calling him “not an athlete.”
There has been speculation that Brady might appear at WrestleMania 42, which will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Brady is a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. No confirmation has been given about Brady’s involvement with WrestleMania 42, but WWE has reportedly discussed the possibility with him.
Randy Orton has put Tom Brady on notice ahead of Saturday\’s WWE Elimination Chamber in Chicago.
Appearing on ESPN\’s Get Up on Monday, The Viper was asked who he\’d most like to hit with an RKO — and Brady\’s name came up immediately. Orton had caught wind of Brady calling WWE \”cute\” during a recent appearance on Logan Paul\’s ImPaulsive podcast, and he had a pointed response.
\”I did see a recent podcast Logan Paul put on. He had Tom Brady on and Tom Brady had a few things to say about pro wrestling. I think he called it — quote unquote — \’cute.\’ So I\’ve never met him, but I\’d love to meet Tom and hit him with an RKO. I\’d say he\’d be at the top of the list.\”
Orton\’s response carries some extra weight given the source. He\’s a 14-time World Champion who has been in the ring for 26 years — not exactly someone who needs Brady\’s validation. The RKO callout plays into a long tradition of celebrity appearances and interactions in WWE, and Orton has spent his career delivering the move to anyone who wanders too close to the ring.
Liv Morgan had a message for Tom Brady. Appearing on the Going Ringside podcast, the 2026 Women\’s Royal Rumble winner addressed Brady\’s recent comments calling WWE \”cute\” and flipped the script with a sharp reversal. She tells host Scott Johnson:
\”I did not pay any mind to it because although a lot of people in WWE are cute, there\’s so much more to WWE than I think people understand and realize,\” Morgan said.
\”No disrespect to any sport out there, but I feel like you can take a WWE star and perhaps put them on the football field and they will make it do. But can you take a football star and put them in a WWE ring, and can they do everything that we do? I don\’t know about that. So I think football is actually kind of cute.\”
The response lands as more than a soundbite. Morgan\’s underlying argument — that WWE demands a unique combination of athleticism, performance, and instinct that no other discipline requires — is one she pressed throughout the interview.
She described what happens when she steps through the curtain as something even she cannot fully explain or predict.
\”Something takes over my body, my brain, and I\’m so in the moment,\” she said. \”I don\’t know what takes over. I don\’t know what comes out of me. It\’s always a surprise to me. Sometimes I impress myself. Sometimes I surprise myself.\”
\’We Are Stronger Than AI\’
The conversation turned toward artificial intelligence after the host referenced Matthew McConaughey\’s concerns about AI\’s encroachment on Hollywood. Morgan was unequivocal.
\”No. You cannot replicate what a WWE superstar does. It is such a unique blend of sport, athleticism, entertainment, acting, music that WWE does uniquely itself. Not even AI can replicate it. Not even the best AI in the world can replicate what we do here at WWE. We are stronger than AI.\”
Post-interview analyst Desireen Joseph of the Shoots and Ladders podcast offered eyewitness testimony that backs Morgan\’s claim. Having seen her work a live crowd up close, Joseph described a moment that illustrates exactly why Morgan\’s instincts cannot be programmed.
\”She spits her gum out into the crowd. It\’s so funny to see the guys fight for the piece of gum,\” Joseph said. \”She\’s constantly interacting with the audience — she feeds into it. She just gets it.\”
Whether she is making Brady look small or making the case against AI, the argument she is making is the same: there is no substitute for what she does.
Morgan capped the segment with an unprompted closer. When the host mentioned McConaughey\’s name one more time, she paused and offered simply: \”I love Matthew McConaughey.\”
The Wiseman fired off a pointed message on X, referencing Brady\’s experience at Netflix\’s roast earlier this year and warning the seven-time Super Bowl champion that a live WWE audience would be a completely different beast.
\”If Tom Brady thinks Nikki Glaser ripped him up at the Roast, he has no idea what Logan Paul and I would do to him on the mic in front of a live WWE audience on Netflix!\”
Heyman posted, tagging TMZ, TKO Group, On Location Experiences, and WrestleMania.
Logan Paul vs Tom Brady\’s Feud: Hype for Flag Football or WrestleMania 42?
The challenge comes amid a war of words between Brady and Logan Paul ahead of the Fanatics Flag Football Classic in Saudi Arabia on March 21. During an appearance on Paul\’s ImPaulsive podcast, Brady called Paul\’s WWE work \”very cute,\” prompting the WWE star to fire back by comparing the athletic demands of wrestling to football.
Paul claimed most NFL athletes would struggle in WWE, even questioning whether stars like Saquon Barkley could execute wrestling moves. \”Can Saquon Barkley do a flip off the top rope? A 180 move off the top rope?\” Paul asked during the podcast appearance.
The feud has drawn significant attention from both the wrestling and sports worlds, especially after Heyman previously pitched a match between the two at WrestleMania 42. \”I have a VISION for Logan Paul vs Tom Brady at WWE WrestleMania! BOOK IT!\” Heyman posted earlier this week.
WrestleMania 42 is scheduled for April 18-19 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where Brady happens to be a minority owner of the NFL\’s Raiders. While a Brady wrestling match remains highly unlikely, the NFL legend\’s connection to Vegas and WWE\’s recent embrace of celebrity involvement at WrestleMania have kept speculation alive.
Whether Brady would ever actually accept the challenge remains to be seen, but Heyman\’s reference to the Netflix roast adds an interesting layer to the discussion.
Brady participated in Netflix\’s \”The Greatest Roast of Tom Brady\” in May 2024, where comedian Nikki Glaser was widely praised for her brutal set targeting the quarterback. Brady later admitted he regretted doing the roast because of how the jokes affected his children, particularly those about his divorce from Gisele Bündchen.
For now, the verbal sparring continues between Brady and the WWE stars as both sides build toward their flag football matchup next month. Whether this leads to anything beyond social media trash talk heading into WrestleMania season remains one of the more entertaining question marks in WWE right now.
Tom Brady and Logan Paul are locked in a heated social media exchange over whether WWE or NFL athletes are more impressive, adding promotional fuel to the upcoming Fanatics Flag Football Classic in Saudi Arabia on March 21. Paul once likened Tom Brady to Triple H, but he\’s not feeling the same way about the GOAT NFL QB these days.
The back-and-forth began during an appearance on Paul\’s Impaulsive podcast, where Brady dismissed Paul\’s WWE career as \”cute\” and argued it doesn\’t compare to the athleticism of elite NFL players. Brady name-dropped stars like Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., and Justin Jefferson, telling Paul that while he\’s a good athlete, NFL players are on another level entirely.
pic.twitter.com/wbvSXuX37P I hope people understand the level of competition this game is going to be. If you’re on my team you’re going to be locked in, all out, and we’re going to not just win… but dominate.
I do think @loganpaul has the right attitude and the effort will be…
Paul wasn\’t having it. He clapped back on social media by calling the NFL \”adorable\” and sharing a clip of Ninja Mack — a wrestler known for executing eleven consecutive backflips in a single sequence during a New Japan Pro Wrestling match. Brady responded with humor, asking if they were playing \”flag gymnastics.\”
Paul continued the argument in a subsequent interview, taking aim at Brady\’s historically poor NFL Combine performance while questioning what truly makes NFL players superior. He asked rhetorically how many United States titles Brady has won and how many YouTube subscribers he has — classic Logan Paul energy that fans have come to expect from the WWE Superstar.
The playful rivalry is generating significant buzz ahead of the flag football event at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, where both will compete. Brady is partnering with Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, to showcase flag football on a global stage — the same venue that hosted the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble earlier this year.
Whether this leads to anything beyond social media sparring remains to be seen, but Paul has never been one to let a challenge go unanswered. With The Miz recently calling him the future of WWE, Paul clearly has no shortage of confidence heading into the event.
Logan Paul has responded to Tom Brady after the NFL legend called WWE \”cute\” during Paul\’s Impaulsive podcast appearance. The WWE United States Champion fired back with a video on Twitter, highlighting his athleticism and WWE accomplishments.
The exchange occurred in the context of an upcoming Fanatics flag football event on March 21 in Saudi Arabia. Brady\’s comments downplayed Paul\’s athletic ability in WWE compared to the NFL.
Brady doubled down on X on February 11, 2026, stating, \”I do think Logan Paul has the right attitude and the effort will be there. How far that gets him will remain to be seen.\”
pic.twitter.com/wbvSXuX37P I hope people understand the level of competition this game is going to be. If you’re on my team you’re going to be locked in, all out, and we’re going to not just win… but dominate.
I do think @loganpaul has the right attitude and the effort will be…
Tom Brady said, \”I’m actually a little worried for you. You’re a good athlete, but these guys are on another level. No, you’re not on that level. You’re a good athlete, but honestly, when I’m thinking of Saquon Barkley… it’s cute. It’s great. I love WWE. It’s very cute. But honestly, this is real football. This is real competition.\”
Paul\’s Twitter Response
Logan Paul posted on X a video comparing his athleticism to NFL players, including a recreation of a Saquon Barkley jump with a Mario boing sound effect and WWE highlights like moonsaults and table dives. The caption read, \”The NFL is cute @TomBrady.\”
The Fanatics flag football event on March 21 in Saudi Arabia will feature both Tom Brady and Logan Paul, along with Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., and Justin Jefferson.
A number of celebrities have wished John Cena before his upcoming retirement.
WWE has been paying tribute to the legendary career of the Cenation Leader in various ways throughout the week, including a touching video featuring some of the company\’s top stars that was posted on social media yesterday.
The latest episode of SmackDown continued the celebration with a number of people outside of the wrestling world paying tribute.
The video messages that aired on the Blue Branded Show included names such as Former NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady, WWE Celebrity Hall of Famer Snoop Dogg and Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon sharing words for Cena, as seen below:
John Cena is set to compete in one final match against Gunther at Saturday Night\’s Main Event tomorrow from Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. See the betting odds for the full card.
The Cenation Leader recently cleared the confusion over the match order of the night, confirming that he will indeed be main eventing the show.
