 What's good, George Burroughs back again with another video. So we're gonna check out what made Paul Heyman the greatest manager of all time. Now this should be very interesting. I had to check this out because we all know Paul Heyman is getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as he should. And we found out on this episode of Monday Night Raw this past episode that Roman Reigns will be inducting him into a WWE Hall of Fame this year. So he deserves to be there. The guy is going to go down as one of the greatest managers of all time. And his wrestling mindset is just leagues and bounds above everybody else. And he knows how to sell a match. He knows how to get people excited for a match. He can sell you on anybody. Like the dude is just fantastic at what he does. And he's one of the best promos ever, ever in wrestling. So he definitely deserves to be in a WWE Hall of Fame. So I had to check this video out because he's going to be there. Be inducted this weekend. So this should be a great win. Appreciate all love and sport. We're going to get right into this video. Let's check this out. Paul Heyman was the mad scientist behind ECW, the evil genius of Smackdown's golden era and someone who has evolved and remained a force in wrestling for decades. He's been a manager to many of the greats as well as the advocate and special counsel to two of the very best. This video we want to encapsulate his career and highlight what made Paul Heyman one of wrestling's greatest minds. Let's first look at Heyman's early career, including his original run as a heel manager as Paulie Dangerously. He's a young pushy photographer. Paul learned from legendary managers like Captain Lou Albano, Classie Freddie Blassie and the Grand Wizard. So it's no surprise how well Paulie adapted. Even in his early days, he seemed like a natural. It's so cool seeing him with some of the future greats like Stone Cold and the Undertaker, but he was always surrounded by greatness. That's the crazy thing about this. He was always surrounded by greatness right from the start. Heyman was hustling and lying by blacking his way backstage and sneaking into production meetings where he learned from legends like Dusty Rhodes. Paulie Dangerously was an arrogant Wall Street ERP with a brick sized cell phone. That was not only used for constant business dealings, but also came in handy as a weapon. Overbearing and difficult to work with. Basically his on-screen persona was almost identical to his real life self. So this is what we've all like we continue to say when people in wrestling are more or less themselves, but they exaggerated a little bit more on camera. It works because it comes off believable. You believe that Paul Heyman is a scumbag on television because he probably a little bit of a scumbag in real life. It works. That's that's the testament to just how good his character has always been in just wrestling period. Thing that remained the same for Heyman's entire career. He was seen by many of his peers as a cockroach of the wrestling business where people wanted to dislike but just had to put up with. But as we'll see Paul was really a social butterfly with endearing qualities. Heyman was the mastermind behind extreme championship wrestling. He redefined the industry by making a product for the fans. It was some of the most violent technically proficient and amazing high-flying action we'd ever see all wrapped up into one epic show which had the most loyal crazy and passionate fans that would chant the company's initials in support wrestling was stuck in the 1980s and I thought it all needs to change Paul accentuated the strengths and hid the weaknesses of what was I will say this without ECW you don't have I think like you don't have parts of the attitude error like the aggressiveness the in ring style and just ECW kind of changed all that it was it was something different you know some people may not like it but I mean the attitude error copied you know some of the stuff that ECW was doing it did it added that edge to wrestling. Hell to be honest with you ECW definitely probably grandfathered a lot of of what we see in wrestling today especially AEW and on the independent scene like it did that's how I view it like obviously wrestling in WWE was so different in like the 80s and early 90s the product got stale then they started getting a little edgier and I do think ECW had played a part in some of that edginess them seeing what was going on over there and catering to that that young demographic growing up because they wanted to see something edgier they wanted to see something a little bit more violent they didn't want to see the family friendly stuff that they had been seen from the late 80s and early 90s it worked but you have to kind of change with the times available to him this was especially true when it came to his roster Heyman had an eye for talent where he could spot a superstar before anyone else Steve Austin was proof of this requested to work with him in WCW however management didn't see what Paul saw but now in ECW Heyman was able to give Steve the platform he deserved and could take full advantage of I've been crept on for four years I believe I deserve a break I didn't get to climb a letter to the top in WCW like this Heyman empowered all his wrestlers allowing them to shed their blood sweat and tears on a literal canvas Heyman encouraged and motivated the wrestlers to where they'd run through wars for him and the ECW fans even if he lied and didn't pay everyone on time or because you have all made it to the dance because believe me this is the dance and I have never believed in a locker room like I believe in the locker room of ECW we have the hardest working performers yo hat come on yo hat yo hat yo hat yo hat come on yo hat towards the end of their existence ECW struggled to balance finances after being screwed over by pay-per-view providers and TV station TNN God knows the network has never put out one freaking commercial or one press release to let you know that we're here we hate this stinking network hey network I dare you to throw me off the air ECW came to an end but the fans and wrestlers never forgot how much it meant to them yeah crying my eyes are right because I was in the back smoking a joint with them they will always have a special place in their heart for Heyman for making it all possible. He gave so much people on him on him my family lost money his parents lost money people say oh he bounced a check on me he's a scumbag he's a liar at times he was and when you say this is a panel of a Mount Rushmore yes but you know what if there's one Mount Rush it should be Paul and a bunch of us standing behind him at the ECW closest stores Heyman enjoyed a memorable sin on commentary in WDF with Jim Ross. And that's and once again like I said some people may not want to admit it but ECW is kind of what birth the attitude era in a sense or kind of not I wouldn't say birthed it but it they saw what was happening ECW and they definitely emulated some of that stuff and brought it to WWE and it made them even more money and they end up bringing over Paul Heyman himself. So he's definitely a ECW was a big influence on the wrestling industry as a whole. Personality than you. The more chemistry with Perry than you and we can you honestly believe that you ever had a chance against a mop. Take a hike. And I'm going to get the seat. He had a great chemistry with JR and cut some fantastic so good. Everybody out of business classic this segment right here classic fantastic segment bro Vince let him just go out there and said make him money and boy did he make him some money just that's how good he is bro gotta gotta gotta give him respect didn't you Vince you had all the competition in the crowd and you stole all their ideas and you make yourself a billionaire out of it. Heyman got the audience to decide given up to where he could eventually return in a significant he'll roll down the line after ECW Heyman's greatest work as a booker came during his stint as the head writer for Smackdown in 2002 and 2003. He was considered the show's greatest period as Paul expertly utilized the strong talent he had available to the brand spirit just occurred so it was important for Smackdown to stand out and be different from raw and given how unique and innovative Heyman's ECW was there was no better man to lead the blue brand. Yes things were still overseen by Vince McMahon but Paul had a lot of free reign while raw featured numerous long talking segments Smackdown prided itself on being the worst thing show. Yes there were still some suspect angles but these were handled by Vincent Stephanie. Of course the show's runtime was taken up by in ring action. Heyman building show around the core of wrestlers known as the Smackdown 6 this was a tag team program that allowed six singles wrestlers to feature in main events producing in ring clinics on a weekly basis. Some would say this is peak Smackdown era bro peak Smackdown like entertainment right here bro. They were cooking cooking back in the day man. The show is constantly better than raw which the TV ratings eventually began to reflect as did the house show and merge numbers when it came to the Smackdown talent. Countless wrestlers benefited greatly from Heyman's creative including Edge who Paul saw as Smackdown's version of Sting then there was real Mysterio the antithesis of the rest of WWE usually went for. Left to their own devices the company would have likely missed the boat with Ray but Heyman was able to show the higher ups how amazing Mysterio was. This was aided by how much the commentators put Ray over. This is directly instructed by Paul as after Michael Cole and Taz had called the show live Heyman would bring them into the studio the next day to read up certain lines. Paul was able to do this because the show was taped so Heyman could add stuff in during post production that would have otherwise got flagged by Vince while he was in the announcer's ears during the show. This meant through the announced team Paul could effectively tell the stories he wanted without others intervening. Cole and Taz's commentary is remembered fondly during this period both greatly credit Heyman for making them better announcers. Unfortunately though behind the scenes Paul had to fight a lot of battles battles he began to lose more and more Heyman fought the top brass on everything which annoyed the likes of Stephanie McMahon a great deal if you can't trust someone can't be in business with them. Paul was ultimately removed from his position and while Smackdown remained the decent show it never recaptured the magic Heyman had. There's something special about letting the artist be the artist while a brilliant teacher like Paul guised them in the right direction. It's what made ECW special and it's where the fans would back at Heyman's time in charge of Smackdown so fondly. Paul returned in 2002 as the agent for the company's heist up and coming prospect Brock Lesnar. Here Heyman was able to transfer the heat he'd built up during the invasion to his new client while at the same time acting as the mouthpiece and behind the scenes mentor to Lesnar which worked it worked got him over it got him over it obviously he wasn't really that good on the microphone at this time so Paul Heyman was the perfect mouthpiece to sell him to everybody else. It worked. That's just what it was man that you know it worked at that time obviously things have changed tremendously now but yeah you know things happen. Just like with ECW for Brock it was all about showcasing his strengths and hiding his weaknesses. Yeah Paul's help Lesnar enjoyed one of the greatest rookie years of any wrestler ever. Brock had gotten over strong enough to where he was able to turn baby face and now feud with Heyman's new clients. All this was happening while Paul was also a head writer of Smackdown. Towards the end of his WWE run Lesnar re-aligned with Heyman for a short time. But the two's most successful run together was still to him. After Brock made his return in 2012 the higher-ups tried to make him cut promos. I'm not the same little naive farm boy. The world got to witness firsthand Brock. Yeah his promo ability still wasn't good. It didn't get much better until we got cowboy Brock didn't get much better until then but yeah it was still like this guy off the mic. Look at that Lesnar simply told him to hire Paul instead. Heyman returned and every time he spoke he told us who he is and what his role was. It was a simple but key ingredient of such a great character. It's an introduction for new fans and something regular viewers can repeat. As the advocate for Brock Heyman cut the best promos of his career. Lesnar was the prize fighter while Paul acted as the Don King style hype man promoter. However he spoke with such eloquence and conviction you almost believe every word he said which says a lot about how good Heyman was given how much he lied throughout his career. But then again he lied with so much charisma and persuasion that even if he screwed people over they still loved him. As much as he lied he also spoke many home truths and absolutes no matter what Heyman never missed on the mic. He was cooking with that for a while bro. I'm talking about every time he came out that he made you remember that Brock beat the streak which I still to this day and I will always say this bro. That should have never happened. The undertaker should not have lost his feet to Brock because Brock didn't need it but you know. Triple H dispute me. No Sina. I know I left out Andre because he's dead stupid. Oh my God. He's selling at you. Apple juice or second run with Brock can be epitomized with the catchphrase that's not a prediction. It's a spoiler. Heyman regularly said this in the run up to Lesnar's matches. It turned out to be more than just an iconic line since the majority of times it was said Brock in fact came away with the win now that's not a prediction. That's a spoiler. Brock Lesnar is going to get rid of Kofi Kingston. Ladies and gentlemen this is not a prediction. It's a spoiler. Yep it definitely was a spoiler bro. You know he got rid of him fucking quick. I told you it wasn't a prediction. It's a spoiler which means it was the truth. I haven't violated a spoiler since before WrestleMania 30. As the advocate for Lesnar we got to see Paul interact with a lot of the characters which made for great TV. But I do have something for Stephanie. You want to see your heart. Bro they were some menaces back there bro. I'm telling you Brock and Paul Heyman which is the worst. The best and the worst at the same time man. To pay my client Brock Lesnar's most reasonable fine one. That your son will call Brock Lesnar daddy. You'll never see Brock Lesnar in a title match again. That was so cool. CM Punk was one of the wrestlers who benefited most from Heyman's guidance. Without having Paul in his corner at OVW Punk wouldn't have made it to the main shows. Never mind the company as a whole. It speaks to how much Heyman thought of Punk. During the December to December debacle in 2006 Paul put his job on the line to champion what he believed in. Which included pushing Punk to have a featured role on the pay-per-view. Paul Heyman saw something in me. That's right I'm a Paul Heyman guy. Paul Heyman refused to fire CM Punk. So given the connection it made sense to pair Heyman and Punk together after Paul returned in 2012. Interestingly Heyman managed Punk and Brock together. But each of their presentations were drastically different. Paul played more of a background role for Punk. However Heyman's presence was still felt. From his facial expressions. Because CM Punk was already good on the microphone. So he didn't really have to do too much. But his presence was still felt. Once again gotta give it to credit to Paul. He knows talent. Every person that he's aligned himself with. They end up becoming fucking mega stars. He knows talent. Gotta give him credit for that. To the way he held the WWE title. Paul remained the absolute pro we knew him to be. While with Punk we also got to see Heyman interfere in matches and get physical. Officials are still down. Paul ended up turning on Punk in a few that started off very well. Overall it will be remembered for how entertaining Heyman was throughout it all. Even when things took a turn creatively. Paul remained the highlight. Oh my god. CM Punk I still love you. And for the first time in your life Paul Heyman. You tell the truth. Show me a hero. And I'll show you a coward that ran out of options. And now you're gonna feel. This is so good. This is this is good. This is this is such a good match bro. That CM Punk fucking versus Brock Lesnar. Summer Summer match. That was dead. Oh such a good match. Such a good feud bro. John the Danny Paulin. Because I am the voice of the voice of the voiceless. This is my pipe bomb about CM Punk. In 2005 WWE had no vision for you. And what did I do? I murdered my entire career for you. By 2020 Heyman had built himself a first ballot hall of fame career. But little did we know he was about to embark on one of his greatest runs to date. As a special counsel to Roman Reigns Heyman played the loyal wise man. He played a key rolling gate in the previously polarizing Reigns over as a tribal heel. It's not just a prediction. That's a spoiler. Hold on. So to Roman Reigns Heyman played the loyal wise man. He played a key rolling gate in the previously polarizing Reigns over as a tribal heel. I just want y'all to see this moment right here. That's a spoiler. That moment right there. Changed everything for WWE. When the camera pans over and you see Paul Heyman next to Roman Reigns I was like yep. It's different now. WWE is about to be completely different. And it worked. Ah. It worked. It worked. Did this alliance with Reigns and Heyman? Just when you thought I was out he pulled me back in. Pointing your accusatory fingers at me for corrupting him. It's him corrupting me. Paul was also a pivotal part of the craft in the critically acclaimed bloodline story. Heyman and the group sought to put together a body of work that would be compared to the Sopranos, Breaking Bad and The Wire. A compelling thrilling drama with cinematic storytelling and riveting villains. Roman. So good. So good. And with Heyman at the helm there was no better man to act as the group's slimy businessman on screen. This shit was so fucking entertaining when Daniel Bryan was banished from WWE. He, you know, after they had that great match Daniel Bryan vs Roman Reigns for the title. And then they did the 10 ring, 10 bell toll salute because it was over. Daniel Bryan was done. He was no longer in WWE and they did the 10 bell salute. And I don't think, I think the report is Roman didn't know this was going to happen. He didn't know Paul Heyman was going to do this. So he's actually cracking up here. He's breaking character because this shit's actually fucking funny, bro. Oh my God. This is so good. But he had history with Yana Wise and was a respected real life friend of the family. Paul Heyman. Hey you go way back with my family. That's why I got love for you. Paul Storiak was in the great regions period from washing his hands of rock. Every Friday I'm under the impression he wouldn't dare show up at Extreme Rules. Not that the Brock Lesnar is Roman Reigns. I mean you beat Brock Lesnar WrestleMania. This is when Brock Lesnar usually takes six to nine months off and leaves everybody else hanging. Which is a life that you rescued me from my tribal chief. Which is why I love you. Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? To the super bad fight. My tribal chief. My tribal chief. I am the wise man. Who's the main event around here? Someone said they made this a funny comment, bro. If my girl ain't acting like Paul Heyman does around Roman Reigns, I don't want her. Facts. Facts. If she's not acting like the ultimate glazer for me, I don't want her. This nigga worships this nigga, bro. Roman Reigns. Wise man. Who's my tribal chief? Who is the tribal chief? You are my tribal chief. You are. I gotta open my own doors now. No. No. My apologies, my tribal chief. Wise man. Who is my tribal chief? Is it not WrestleMania season? It is WrestleMania season, my tribal chief. When it comes to Sami Zayn, it's better to have him in the castle, pissing out than out of the castle, pissing in. Heyman worshiped the tribal chief and treated him as a god-like figure. Yeah. I acknowledge you, my tribal chief. My tribal chief. The head of the table. The tribal chief. In God mode himself. It's a family celebration. Wise man. You are family. I love you, wise man. I love you too, my tribal chief. And I thank you for your honesty. Let's be honest. The way you look at Roman Reigns, a little weird. Paul demonstrated his loyalty in many ways, not just from the way he spoke and offered wisdom to Reigns, but through the little things Heyman did, from the way he held a title to his expert pass of the microphone. Energy is palpable. Or when he called Roman on the phone. Call Roman Reigns. This is true. Call Roman Reigns. To his brilliant facial expressions in the background of promos, or during matches. I am going to be the one to take him down. And remorseless. Look at him. That's when he got packed up by my man. Like he was back listening to the table. I was like, he was dying. So Charlie to fire up. Despite not being the main focus of the scene, Heyman was always reacting. Look at his face. I can't wait to see his face. This Sunday going to be good. I can't wait to see his face where he finally lose. Oh my God. It's going to be good. It's going to be good. It's going to be good. This level of acting that helped make the bloodline story so iconic, which further cemented Heyman as one of the industry's greatest characters. How'd WrestleMania do without Roman Reigns last year? To my knowledge, it was the lowest attended WrestleMania of all time. ECW is dead. And I wish the same for Sammy Zane. In my last conversation with your dad, he told me you were his favorite son. But Roman Reigns was the son he always wanted. My tribal chief, do you want your sons sitting at his table? No one has ever beaten this Roman Reigns. Excuse me. It knowledge him. He's been called a liar, a hustler, a genius and a wise man. Paul Heyman is and has been in all those things. It's what makes his story so special. He excelled wearing plenty of different hats across his time in the business. And his success allowed him to reach the top of the industry. When it's all said and done, Paul Heyman will be remembered as one of Reigns' most important figures. Now, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to check out similar videos. His knowledge and expertise enhance their character and their overall appearance as a whole. He's a goat and he definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame this year. Comment down below. Let me know your favorite Paul Heyman promo segment, whatever it is relating to him. He's had a lot of great promo segments, a lot of funny, interesting moments. Let me know your favorite moment from Paul Heyman. I appreciate all love and support. Road to 150K. I'm Cian. Speedy, YouTube, rest of the world. I appreciate y'all kicking in with me. See y'all next week. Peace.