”When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.”
Anthony J D’Angelo once said that and, that’s exactly what WWE did by bringing back Paul Heyman. What was the problem you’re probably asking? The problem was Brock Lesnar’s acting/talking skills. Without the top class editing, Brock Lesnar was never good at talking on the mic. It’s much easier to make an interview better than talking live. Therefore by bringing back Paul Heyman; it fixed the problem.
Paul Heyman is obviously a tremendous talker. Like the way he said Brock Lesnar on RAW last Monday, you just felt the emotion he put into that. It’s the same feeling when The Rock, Punk, Austin are all talking, raw emotion. When you’re listening to Heyman and others I have mentioned, you want to listen to them and you want them to continue to talk. You’re bought into what they have to say. They’re interesting.
As fans of WWE in particular, you’re really a fan of their storytelling. I’m not saying you don’t like the wrestling matches, I’m just saying if you want to watch just wrestling, then ROH or some other top Indy show is the show for you. That’s why Heyman is the perfect as a role of a representative/manger role to Brock Lesnar.
Not that Lesnar isn’t interesting, like his physical presence he has is just scary! None the less, there’s no way he could further proceed in a storyline and not talk. That’s where Heyman comes in.
Picture this: You’re watching RAW, two months away from WrestleMania 29, Brock is looking for an opponent, a big one at that. Heyman is the one who announces this, in his voice he’ll say something like, ”After eight months of destruction, there is nobody in the WWE worthy of facing Brock Lesnar.” Heyman looks around with that cocky/arrogant smile for a few seconds, the lights go out…..DONG! Undertaker appears. Then it would all evolve like. Apologies if I went off my point there, I was just trying to elaborate how good a storyline can be with Heyman’s talking skills.
It will also be interesting how Laurinaitis and Heyman will interact with each other. Laurinaitis signed Lesnar and you can argue it’s his fault Brock didn’t get the contract perks he was promised, I would love to see Heyman criticize Laurinaitis about that. Wouldn’t you?
I’m super excited Heyman is back with WWE and is working with Lesnar. WWE just got more interesting!
Let me know what you think about this column, leave a comment below and drop me a line if you’re on Twitter to @RayTheRambler. Send me an email either to RayTheRambler@Gmail.com.
I’ll leave you with his return just in case you were in another planet or something and missed it:
Great to have Heyman back. He’ll be doing most of building towards HHH/Lesnar at SummerSlam I imagine due to Lesnar’s limited dates.
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Yeah exactly, it’s great move by WWE! Keeps Brock’s storylines active when he’s not there.
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It will interesting to see how the storyline develops once Triple H returns.
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I bet Sledgy will be involved.
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No doubt. Even with Triple H’s ‘broken arm’ it will still be involved.
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A Heyman/Ace angle could be fun.
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Yeah it should be interesting, it must happen soon!
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Perhaps we’ll get that Undertaker/Brock Lesnar WM match after all.
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Yeah, I think it’s looking that way.
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I don’t see it yet. Ohh, wait its coming to me. The connection is HHH?
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Heyman the voice, Lesnar the brawn.
It would nice for him to get involved with a few of the other guys, you know give them a rub to elevate them.
The crowd was shit, as said somewhere else had he returned in new York/chicago the roof would have come off, but the guys a pro and even when the disillusional and disrespectful fans began chanting What he just shut them up… Like a pro.
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I tell you what I’d love, a Paul Heyman Guys Stable! Lesnar, Punk and the create 2 other guys who are Paul Heyman guys!
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I was wondering if I could become part of the team, writing or whatever needs done
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I loved Heyman coming back, sadly the crowd was terrible for that segment and it came off bad. As for a stable, I don’t think I’d want Punk associated in a group with Lesnar, they’ve been building him up like crazy, it would make Punk look like a weak link, despite him being the champ.
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Yeah, there wouldn’t be time for a stable anyway since Brock’s contract expires after WM 29.
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He’s just so damn good on the mic. This whole Revolution thing is interesting. I hope it’s something innovative….and I don’t mean Open Fight Night innovation. Hheh
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lmao.
Yeah he’s so great on the mic.
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