Tyrese Haliburton bought in a single final jab at New York and Knicks followers after his in-ring confrontation with Jalen Brunson throughout WWE’s “SmackDown” at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Haliburton and Logan Paul, who have been finally chased off by a chair-wheedling Brunson and L.A. Knight, minimize a backstage promo that WWE posted to its social media channels on Saturday.
Paul, who introduced the Pacers star to ring with him on Friday evening, opened the promo by speaking about nonetheless being america champion regardless of dropping his Cash within the Financial institution qualifying match towards Knight and Santo Escobar.
Then, it was Haliburton’s flip to play the heel and rub some salt within the wound of his Pacers ending the Knicks’ season by successful Sport 7 on the Backyard to shut out their second-round NBA playoff sequence.
“I’m simply glad New York received one thing,” Haliburton mentioned. “I imply, all of them really feel good on the market. So good for them. I hope all of them sleep effectively tonight.”
Paul added: “Yeah, y’all suck.”
Wrestling promos are supposed to be enjoyable and excessive, so it’s probably Haliburton has no true unwell will towards New York — even with him sporting a Reggie Miller hoodie after Indiana’s Sport 7 win.
The scripted Haliburton-Brunson confrontation started with a staredown with the Pacers wing strolling ringside and locking eyes with Brunson standing on the opposite facet of the barricade.
Later within the match, Haliburton was about to ship Paul his signature brass knuckles to assist him win however Brunson jumped the barricade and confronted his rival.
Doing so, left Paul unable to make use of the brass knuckles and gave Knight the opening to say victory.
Brunson seemed to be taken away by safety however returned to the ring with a metal chair and precipitated Haliburton and Paul to again away from attacking Knight.
Brunson and Haliburton really feel destined to cross paths once more within the playoffs with each the Knicks and Pacers — who’ve a prolonged rivalry historical past, seemingly in the course of an NBA championship window.