Yup WOH, and the 12 Apostles also received "meat directly from Christ" and not from "a succession of men". Sooooo what's your point?
Paul receiving the Gospel directly from Christ cancels out Apostolic Succession.
Is that your theory? If so, your theory is debunked by Paul himself since he taught Apostolic Succession to the men who succeeded him, Timothy and Titus. To Timothy he wrote,
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thats 3 generations of Apostolic Succession; from Paul to Timothy, from Timothy to faithful men, from faithful men to 'others'.
To Titus he wrote about overseers of The Church that they are to hold fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.
Keeping it real with Scripture instead of opinion......Mary