10 Stretches Of Punishments WWE Stars Had To Endure To Be Forgiven

10. Paul Heyman

Crime: The December to Dismember pay-per-view and generally refusing to bow to WWE creative.

Time Served: 6 years.

Having initially come into WWE as a broadcaster during the Invasion, Paul Heyman has worn countless hats through his tenure with the company, from multi-client manager to SmackDown's lead writer, and once found himself shunted out of the promotion after disagreements stemming from their ill-fated ECW revival.

As the brand's original architect, Heyman wasn't just an on-air authority figure, but also charged with writing the weekly scripts for Vince McMahon's approval. Their differing views on how ECW should be presented and promoted eventually became unworkable. Paul felt the 'Land of Extreme' should never have been brought back as a full-time concern, and things finally came to a head the night after the historically bad December to Dismember pay-per-view, with Heyman clashing with McMahon and various other members of WWE creative at a Raw/ECW taping, then walking out.

Declining an offer to keep writing for TV and developmental, Paul left before 2006 had come to an end, not returning until his client, Brock Lesnar, "quit" the company after his Extreme Rules 2012 loss to John Cena.