It seems quite obvious that Paul Heyman’s involvement with The Vision is over, as the faction has been floundering, due in part to numerous injuries to most all involved, for months. It would be nice, however, if WWE would address this outright, and after tonight, they have an easy way to do so, one that makes a ton of sense. Of course, I highly doubt WWE creative will make anything of it.
I thought maybe it wouldn’t be addressed at all, but following Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar, with Heyman by his side, making their SummerSlam match official tonight, we did get a backstage segment where Austin Theory addressed Heyman’s lack of communication. Instead of going further into it, however, Heyman basically was like, “Yup, here I am,” and walked away from Theory. That was it. He wasn’t present for Theory’s match later in the night.
I can’t remember the last time Heyman was around The Vision. I think maybe it was when he told Theory that their tag team championship contract just read “The Vision” not “Theory and Logan Paul,” when Paul went down with injury. That led to the reveal Breakker could take over as champion, but the pair lost the belts in their first defense, so that matters little, anyway. After that, I’m not sure if I’ve seen Heyman around any of them, at least not for anything else of note.
It also looked like Theory ended things with Maxxine Dupri backstage tonight before whatever it was that they had going on even began on-screen for fans. With no Breakker in sight following his steel cage loss to Seth Rollins at Night of Champions, Paul seemingly off TV due to his triceps injury, and Reed still out injured, The Vision is dead.
Heyman shouldn’t be anywhere near the faction at this point, but I do think fans need some kind of explanation, even if it’s a simple one where he calls them all losers and says he’s too busy with Lesnar to be bothered with them anymore. The rest of The Vision can just dissolve somehow, I guess, as Breakker’s future certainly doesn’t look nearly as bright as it once was, and Theory has always felt like a hopeless case. I fear, however, this will be yet another instance of WWE failing to tie up loose ends, with the powers that be just hoping we forget about it all. The Vision felt has felt like a bad fever dream since October, anyway.
Written by Daisy Ruth