Paul Heyman: Wrestling has ‘enabled its fanbase to embrace long-term storytelling’
Paul Heyman says the wrestling industry has embraced long-term storytelling.
During an appearance on Impaulsive with Logan Paul on Monday, Heyman was asked how he would book Paul in 2025. Heyman said he would plan out Paul’s creative much farther in advance than just one year.
Heyman said:
“If the question is how I would book Logan Paul in 2025, my answer is I wouldn’t book him just for 2025. My question would be, who’s Logan Paul’s opponent for WrestleMania 42, which is in 2026, and more importantly, who’s Logan Paul’s opponent in 2027, which is WrestleMania 43?”
He continued:
“In an industry that has now enabled its fan base to embrace long-term storytelling, I’m capping you at 18 months. ‘Oh, who’s my opponent for 42? That’s only 18 months from now. Who’s your opponent for 43?’ And once we figure out who your opponent is for 43, let’s back-tell that story.”
“I never have written a script or answered an idea without knowing the final page. I write the final page first. Here’s the end. It may transition to something else, but here’s how this story ends. Now, how do we get there? How do we milk it? How do we tease them? What’s the intrigue? What are the other characters’ dimensions that play off of this? How does this story affect all others?”
“If everything drives to this point, then you know the narrative that you want to tell. Making sure Solo never said ‘acknowledge me’ before he said it in Madison Square Garden. Making sure he’s never referred to as a Tribal Chief before. Making sure that all roads led to that moment, that 15-minute segment that engrossed everybody because everything since WrestleMania built to that moment.”
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— IMPAULSIVE (@impaulsive) January 13, 2025
Also during his appearance on Impaulsive, Heyman took issue with Wikipedia listing him as being “widely regarded as one of the greatest managers and creative minds” in wrestling history. Heyman says he’s not “one of” anything; he’s the greatest of all time.
Heyman said:
“Anybody that follows this industry knows I’m not ‘one of’ anything and that I am the GOAT and that it should be acknowledged, and accepted, and respected, and worshiped. And that when they read Wikipedia and it goes, ‘one of’ they simply look at that and they go, ‘F–k Wikipedia.’ And if Wikipedia would like to un-f–k that f–k, then they are welcome to change that biography into what is historically accurate.”
Heyman’s Wikipedia page has since been changed.
Heyman’s full appearance on Impaulsive is available below.