Paul Heyman Discusses Managing, CM Punk Promo, New Paul Heyman Guy

WWE personality Paul Heyman recently laid down an interview with This Is Infamous to promote the upcoming WrestleMania XXX pay-per-views. Below are some of the highlights.

Heyman discussed how managing has changed in wrestling, and what he currently considers himself:

“I don’t consider myself a manager. I consider myself an advocate. I think the age of the wrestling manager died many many years ago, which is why, when I did the Dangerous Alliance, I declared myself the CEO. I didn’t want to be called the manager. In 2002, when I was with Brock Lesnar, I declared myself his “Agent,” because I didn’t want to be called a manager. I think the manager has the stigma of Captain Lou Albano and Freddie Blassie and The Grand Wizard and Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart and Sensational Sherri, and all those people that accomplished during that time when a manager was in vogue. And that era of sports entertainment/professional wrestling is over! So I don’t consider myself to be a manager because it’s a different role today. I think the role is more suited for, at least for me, to be an advocate. I certainly cannot be a valet. And I don’t want to just be a manager! I want to be so much more. And I think the role has evolved in that, especially when it comes to the needs and wants and ambitions of Brock Lesnar.”

Regarding being satisfied with his promo several weeks ago in Chicago, where he came out to CM Punk’s music but promoted Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker’s match:

“Think about this. I didn’t say one disparaging thing about CM Punk. It’s because I have nothing disparaging to say about him. I said, “If CM Punk were in this ring tonight, he would prove to everyone that he is what he always claims to be: The best in the world.” And I believe that to be true! I said everything about CM Punk that I felt in my heart and at the end of the day, we don’t have that television show on the air to sing the praises of those who are not with us or just heap praise on people because we like them. The television show is a promotional vehicle to entice the audience to purchase the network or the individual pay-per-view. My task at hand is to elicit the response from the viewer that they find the Brock Lesnar versus Undertaker match compelling enough to purchase the pay-per-view or get involved with WWE Network to see the match. So when I went out in Chicago, I knew my responsibility was to sell you on Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker any way that I had to, which included sitting there for the first ten minutes and discussing the 800-pound elephant in the room, which is why CM Punk wasn’t appearing in his hometown.”

Heyman also teased he has signed a new Paul Heyman guy:

“We’re going to broadcast his identity and we’re going to publicize and promote it and present it and market it and make as big a splash as humanly possible regarding this new Paul Heyman guy.”

The entire interview can be found here.

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