Paul Heyman: Roman Reigns Rescued Me From The Ocean Of Obscurity

Paul Heyman credits Roman Reigns for rescuing him. 

After stepping away from wrestling before WrestleMania 36 due to the pandemic, Roman Reigns returned at WWE SummerSlam 2020 and revealed himself as being aligned with Paul Heyman. 

The pairing with Heyman gave Reigns instant credibility as a heel, and Tribal Chief was born, launching Reigns and WWE into a new era.

Speaking to Rich Eisen, Heyman explained how the pairing came to be. 

“Well, Roman and I had been talking about working together for many years and the timing was never right in that WWE was presenting him as the big dog, as the big hero, this WrestleMania main eventer to follow in the steps of John Cena and I was the advocate for Brock Lesnar and leaving that position would’ve been insane. I also then became executive director of Monday Night Raw. The pandemic hits and Brock Lesnar wraps up his time in WWE and goes off to Saskatchewan to hunt and kill what he puts on the family’s dinner plate. The entire landscape of sports and entertainment is changing and Roman Reigns had taken time off because his wife had given birth to another set of twin boys and also because of the pandemic and his health concerns regarding staying safe for his family during this unfathomable health crisis that was gripping the entire world. In August 2020, when I’m Brock Lesnar free, I’m no longer the executive director of Raw, so I’m in the Ocean of obscurity at that point and Roman Reigns agrees to come back to WWE if he’s allowed to portray himself and we get a chance to work together. He rescued me from the ocean of obscurity, pulled me onto the island of relevancy with him, and we have been together ever since,” he said. 

Heyman has been dubbed the Wiseman by Reigns and has been by his side for every decision since the pairing came to be. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Heyman commented on what inning the Bloodline story is in. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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