WWE veteran Paul Heyman recently appeared on Chris Van Vliet’s “Insight” podcast. During the chat, Heyman shared the details of his current backstage role. The Hall of Famer said,
“I do not go into the weekly television meetings. I don’t get into that level of micro anymore. (So) I stay very macro. I attend the long-term meetings. The long-term creative meetings, I take the ride up to Stamford and I sit in on those meetings and love those days.”
“My latest obsession has been — let’s book out Saudi Mania. Let’s get that done. I’m looking at the year after Saudi as well. If it was up to me — and it’s not — let’s start there. We’ll change it every week if we have to, we’ll change it every time we meet, but let’s get something that we’re building towards. Let’s write the last page now, and then let’s build towards it. I would love to know what we’re doing the year after Saudi at WrestleMania.”
“I would love to have a concept for that. Who is Roman Reigns’ opponent then? Who’s CM Punk’s opponent then? Who’s Logan Paul’s opponent then? Who’s Bron Breakker’s opponent then? Who’s Seth Rollins’ opponent then? Jade Cargill’s? Becky Lynch? Liv Morgan? Rhea Ripley? What are we building towards? Because if we know that and we have a concept for that, then it makes Saudi Mania really easy.”
Heyman Claims He’s The Liaison For WWE Talent
Furthermore, The Oracle revealed that he acts as the liaison between wrestlers and the WWE creative team. Paul Heyman said,
“If I were to list my scope of services, what would be number one? I’m the liaison for some talent in terms of — I’m the creative liaison between that talent and the creative team, the creative team and that talent. So a lot of the creative will flow through me, in both directions.”
“I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes business for members of The Vision, obviously for Brock Lesnar, and there are others. And more so on Fridays than on Mondays, because Mondays I’m on air a lot.”
“I just sit there and I watch the show. And I’m watching for things that, ‘We need to follow up on that.’ ‘Oh, you know what? Let’s not follow up any more on this. Let’s pull that segment coming up in 12 or 13 because it’s a good mystery as it is now.’ I can give instant feedback during the show.”
“But more importantly, I’m there for any talent. I’m there all day for any talent, top to bottom, newcomer to veteran, NXT talent moving up to legend that’s there for a cameo. I’m there for anybody that wants to talk about their performance that night or their creative process or how they’re going to approach a certain scene or their match or their finish or anything that they want to talk about this business. In the art form of the presentation, immediate or long-term, I’m there to talk to them to — if I can have the liberty of using this phrase — to bestow some wisdom upon them.”