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During the most recent Insight with Chris Van Vliet, WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman spoke on a number of topic, including how close he actually was to working for TNA and gives his thoughts on AEW.
When asked how close he was to working for TNA, Heyman also noted that it was 2010 when TNA actually reached out to him.
“Depends on the perspective of the person that you’re asking. You’re asking me, was I ever close? I don’t know. I certainly told them what my five-year plan was, and I talked about this on Ariel Helwani’s podcast back then, going to get rid of everybody over 40, going to get rid of all the legends, going to keep one. Back then they had way too many legends. It was an old-timers game, and some of them had years left to give, but they got lumped in with the other veterans, so they seemed older than they were.”
Heyman on his thoughts about AEW:
“I certainly hope so. I mean, it shortchanged the compensation packages for a lot of talent, because there was a wolf across the river named Tony Khan that had a billion dollar checkbook that he could afford to pay a lot more money for talent than talent was making back in 2017, 2018, 2019. So it certainly changed the compensation for talent, and they’re on a viable network, they have a style that’s different than WWEs. They present an alternative, if not a competitive brand. I look at AEW, and I realize the influence that ECW had on that project, on that product. For example, like Moxley is a total ECW Sandman, New Jack style performer. But if you look at the AEW style, it’s Rob Van Dam versus Jerry Lynn from 1999. AEW is RVD, and if you were a fan of what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing in 1999 a lot of what AEW presents today is derived and is influenced by what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing back then.”
Quotes are courtesy of Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
Heyman also talks on character development, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Vince McMahon and more!
You can watch the entire interview below:
The post Paul Heyman on how close he was to working for TNA, how he sees AEW appeared first on WWE News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW Results.
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When asked how close he was to working for TNA, Heyman also noted that it was 2010 when TNA actually reached out to him.
“Depends on the perspective of the person that you’re asking. You’re asking me, was I ever close? I don’t know. I certainly told them what my five-year plan was, and I talked about this on Ariel Helwani’s podcast back then, going to get rid of everybody over 40, going to get rid of all the legends, going to keep one. Back then they had way too many legends. It was an old-timers game, and some of them had years left to give, but they got lumped in with the other veterans, so they seemed older than they were.”
Heyman on his thoughts about AEW:
“I certainly hope so. I mean, it shortchanged the compensation packages for a lot of talent, because there was a wolf across the river named Tony Khan that had a billion dollar checkbook that he could afford to pay a lot more money for talent than talent was making back in 2017, 2018, 2019. So it certainly changed the compensation for talent, and they’re on a viable network, they have a style that’s different than WWEs. They present an alternative, if not a competitive brand. I look at AEW, and I realize the influence that ECW had on that project, on that product. For example, like Moxley is a total ECW Sandman, New Jack style performer. But if you look at the AEW style, it’s Rob Van Dam versus Jerry Lynn from 1999. AEW is RVD, and if you were a fan of what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing in 1999 a lot of what AEW presents today is derived and is influenced by what RVD and Jerry Lynn were doing back then.”
Quotes are courtesy of Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
Heyman also talks on character development, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Vince McMahon and more!
You can watch the entire interview below:
The post Paul Heyman on how close he was to working for TNA, how he sees AEW appeared first on WWE News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW Results.
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