The situation escalated when Ludwig Kaiser, Stratton’s real-life boyfriend, pursued Paul backstage. Following this, Paul spoke with R-Truth and claimed that Stratton initiated the flirting, not him.
During an interview with Grind City Wrestling, Stratton directly responded to Paul’s allegations:
I think I heard him say that I was flirting with him. No, no, no, no, no, no, I was not flirting with him. The man came up to me and he told me he could teach me a little something because he sees himself in me, which is complete BS. I feel like I’m much better than Logan Paul. He may have all his fancy camera crews and his fancy moves and stuff like that but I definitely think that I’m better and I’m nothing like you Logan Paul. [You do have a championship on your shoulder and he does not.] Exactly, my point.