WWE Legend Reveals Roman Reigns Close Associate Got Major Creative “Pushback”, Despite Having Some of The “Best Ideas”

Roman Reigns has been a part of the wrestling industry for quite some time. Although his popularity was mixed in his early, it wasn’t until his Tribal Chief gimmick that it really skyrocketed. Paul Heyman had a big hand in the change and presentation of Roman Reigns. Currently, he is the one who manages the WWE Universal Champion.

Heyman is so popular as a manager in the pro wrestling business that a lot of his clients are deemed to be ‘Paul Heyman guys’. One such ‘guy’ is a former wrestler who has worked a notable amount of years inside WWE. And now, we can find him talking about his old manager.

WWE legend talks about Paul Heyman’s old days

Just like several wrestlers, Heyman has also switched promotions when he realized the need to do so. However, one of his ‘guys’, Rob Van Dam, recently sat down to talk about him in a podcast.

On the latest episode of ‘1 of a Kind with RVD’, the former WWE Champion shed light on what he thinks about Paul Heyman. He proceeded with detailing how Heyman was treated in the early 2000s in the creative team in WWE.

Van Dam started by revealing how much of a fan he is of Paul Heyman’s booking. According to him, he’s the best at the job. However, he found it extremely unfortunate when “He got a lot of pushbacks from the WWE office in 2001 during the Alliance. A lot of his ideas got opposed. Same thing when we brought ECW back for the Sci-Fi network. A lot of his ideas were opposed.”

The WWE legend recalled the time Heyman’s ideas usually went unnoticed even though RVD considered them to be great. He went on further to justify his perspective on Heyman by praising him even more saying, “I think Paul’s got the best ideas ’cause they thought the exact opposite and tried to stop all of his ideas, but I agree with that sentence that he’s the best that I know of.”

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You might not be aware, but RVD isn’t the only star who has appreciated Heyman’s professional capability.

Another retired WWE wrestler praises Paul Heyman

Mick Foley has worked in several roles in his professional life. WWE fans would definitely recall his wrestling role with the promotion. When Foley worked with Heyman, it meant a great deal to him. All of this happened way before Heyman became ‘The Wise Man’. On ‘Foley Is Pod: One Night Stand 2006’ the WWE Hall of Famer opened up about his experience working with Paul Heyman and his words couldn’t be sweeter.

The former wrestler reported that he felt the kind of coziness with Paul Heyman that he never felt working with Vince McMahon. Just like RVD, he has good memories of Heyman’s professionalism.

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What are your thoughts about RVD’s view on Heyman?