After Bronson Reed joined Bron Breakker and Seth Rollins on the injured list last night (Feb. 23) on Raw, The Vision — a group designed to rule over WWE the way The Bloodline did — is down to Paul Heyman, Logan Paul, and Austin Theory.
Logan is certainly a star, and Heyman one of the best talkers of all-time. But with only them and Theory — a guy who’s been labeled a future star for a decade now without getting any noticeably closer to stardom— it doesn’t seem destined to be the main event creation engine Triple H and team hoped it would be.
But Heyman wouldn’t be a Hall of Famer if he ever stopped selling his guys and their potential or legacy. Granted, these quotes are from Heyman’s appearance on Busted Open, which was during the day on Monday before Reed got injured. But we imagine he’d only double down on them today.
First, Paul E. compared Theory to a tag team era Heartbreak Kid.
Shawn Michaels was in his early-to-mid 20s when he was working the then-WWF tag scene with Marty Jannety, and clearly headed to singles success. Theory is 28, and has struggled to not be overshadowed in tags and groups. We understand Heyman is just doing his job, but… let’s just say we’ll take that bet, sir.
His other analogy is a little stronger (h/t Fightful for transcription)…
”I feel like it’s the 1990s again for me. I have my ECW locker room again… A bunch of young guys looking to take over the industry, looking to disrupt, looking to be the next generation, whether inside the group or not, and who can deny that? Look at The Bloodline. It was the same theory in The Bloodline. We had a top guy in Roman Reigns. I had a top guy in ECW in Shane Douglas, who was our franchise player. He just didn’t know how to articulate and present himself to the world as the franchise player and have them acknowledge him as such.”
It’s not impossible to imagine Logan Paul or Bron Breakker being a “disruptor” type*. I have a hard time seeing The Vision changing the business the way ECW did, or drawing like The Bloodline though.
That’s just one blogger’s take on these comparisons, though. What’s yours? Do you buy Theory as a young HBK, or The Vision as the next great Heyman-crafted project?
Lay it on us in the comments.
* As much as I hate that stupid term.