Paul Heyman not a fan of having ‘a multitude of titles’ unless they all mean something

Paul Heyman only supports wrestling promotions having a “multitude of titles” if all of the belts are able to hold significant meaning.

While speaking with SHAK Wrestling ahead of Survivor Series: WarGames, Heyman confirmed that — when he was head writer of SmackDown in the 2000s — he was against introducing a mid-card title because he thought it would undermine the show’s other divisions.

“Yeah, I’m not a big fan of a multitude of titles unless you can give them enough time,” Heyman said. “We had proper focus at that time on the championships that we held and didn’t feel that we needed more championships to tell better stories and felt that therefore, the introduction of more championships only waters down the championships that we already had the spotlight on at the moment.”

Heyman was asked if he thinks major promotions like WWE and AEW should reduce how many titles they have.

“What works, works. What doesn’t, doesn’t,” he responded. “If you can make it relevant — all pun intended to the Island of Relevancy — then it will work. And if you can’t make it relevant, then it won’t. Listen, If there are 14 titles and they all mean something, then you should be looking at doing number 15. If you have seven titles and you’re struggling to put relevancy on all seven, then you need to cut down the number that you have. What’s working? If it’s working, let’s do more of that. If it’s not working, change it.”

WWE recently announced the creation of a Women’s United States Championship for SmackDown and a Women’s Intercontinental title for Raw. Not counting WWE Speed, there are now 11 active championships on the main roster with the creation of these new belts.

Heyman will be in the OG Bloodline’s corner at Survivor Series this Saturday as Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn & CM Punk take on Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, Jacob Fatu & Bronson Reed in WarGames.