On Monday night, Kansas City Chiefs players donned heels and babyfaces.
The current MVP of the Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, was in the front row for Monday Night Raw of the WWE at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City and participated in the action.
The plan went awry in classic pro wrestling fashion. Mahomes, who was bookended by Chiefs center Creed Humphrey and guard Trevor Smith, gave all three of his Super Bowl rings to social media sensation and WWE United States champion Logan Paul to use as some very expensive brass knucks against fan favorite Jey Uso.
That didn’t matter, though, because the hometown fans, who had come to witness some WWE histrionics and see their Super Bowl champions participating, roared loudly for Mahomes and his offensive linemen.
Mahomes was observed walking into the T-Mobile Center accompanied by Paul and members of the WWE’s hottest faction, Judgement Day, which consists of JD McDonagh, Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, and world heavyweight champion Damian Priest.
Later that night, Paul shouted out to Mahomes. Not long after, Paul—who wasn’t a part of the Judgement Day—was collaborating with Balor and McDonagh to defeat Uso. Paul exited the ring and went to find his new friend Mahomes, who gave Paul his three Super Bowl rings—I can’t believe they were real ones.
But for the first time ever, Paul’s punch went wide of Uso and instead hit McDonagh, making Mahomes’ rings associated with a defeat.
Mahomes was in the front row when babyface Braun Stroman, who was a decent guy in wrestling jargon, arrived to save Uso a few minutes later. With their quarterback in tow, Smith and Humphrey stood up as Strowman faced a standing Mahomes. There was no physicality, which relieved and delighted Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, Brett Veach, and the whole Hunt family.
Amidst the WWE’s weekly spectacle, Mahomes’ involvement—and his rings—shook up social media, but there was also a very genuine and inspiring scene between Smith and Humphrey.
The tale of Smith and other Chiefs players keeping people safe and calm emerged amid the horror of the shooting during the team’s Super Bowl parade. In one such heroic story, Smith gave a little child his WWE Chiefs championship belt to comfort him during the struggle and reassure him that everything will be alright.
The small child was Joey Borgonzi, the son of Mike Borgonzi, the associate general manager of the Chiefs.
With a Chiefs belt draped over him, Borgonzi drew enthusiastic applause on Monday in the middle of the ring in Kansas City. His old friends Smith and Humphrey then lifted him onto their shoulders, eliciting an even louder ovation.
Mahomes’ scheme backfired when his Super Bowl rings were exploited in a nefarious way.
But the Chiefs’ Humphrey and Smith, together with young Joey Borgonzi, might have been the night’s most acclaimed heroes.