Paul Heyman details one of his career and life highlights.
In April 2018, WWE held the first of what would be a series of PPV events from Saudi Arabia. The event, titled WWE Greatest Royal Rumble, saw Brock Lesnar defeat Roman Reigns in a Steel Cage Match to retain the Universal Championship.
Appearing on The Masked Man Show, Heyman said he was worried that those in attendance wouldn't go along with his signature introduction. After going ahead with it at the behest of Brock Lesnar, Heyman was treated to a moment that he'll never forget.
“We were going to Jeddah for the first show that we had in Saudi Arabia and I turned to Brock and I said, ‘Do I do the introduction here?’ Because it doesn’t work if they don’t do it with me. Brock says, ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do it.’ But, I said, ‘What if they don’t give me any feedback on it?’ He says, ‘Then we don’t do it a second time.’ So I’m spending the whole show wondering, ‘My God, what’s it going to be like?’ We go out there and there was, what, 60-70,000 people at that first show? I say, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is,’ and they’re all doing it. I’m thinking, ‘My God, they’re all doing it with me.’ I go, ‘Is Paul Heyman,’ and there is 60-75,000 people in Saudi Arabia saying that their name is the name of a Jew boy from the Bronx. All I could think of is, ‘Man, if my father could see this he would be laughing his ass off.’ Because it’s not just the fact of the acknowledgment and understanding of what we’re doing and knowing the schtick, but for that many people in Saudi Arabia to say that their name is Paul Heyman, that was a sincere career and life highlight," he said.
Paul Heyman is once again advocating for Brock Lesnar, who is set to defend the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley at the Royal Rumble. To see the full card for the event, click here.
Elsewhere in the interview, Heyman shared his thoughts on CM Punk's return to wrestling. Click here to read more.
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