10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Paul Heyman

1. December To Dismember Led To Heyman Leaving WWE

The WWE's December to Dismember PPV was an ECW show that took place on December 3, 2006 in Augusta, Georgia. When wrestling fans hear the name of that show they think about how terrible it was. Heyman was in charge of the ECW brand since the initial relaunch in the summer of 2006, but it was obvious that the brand was becoming a feeder system to Raw and Smackdown. Vince McMahon only used it as a way to build stars up before he put them on the more important brands. There were a lot of reports of Heyman clashing with McMahon towards the end of the year due to the direction of the brand. Heyman wanted CM Punk to leave the Elimination Chamber main event match as the new ECW Champion, but McMahon insisted that it was Bobby Lashley. Of course McMahon got his way, Lashley was the ECW Champion and Heyman realized it was time for him to go. This comment from Matt Striker in a WWE.com story about it really summed up how Heyman was feeling: "What stands out most to me is seeing Paul Heyman cry. The show went off air, I believe a half-hour or 45 minutes earlier than any other pay-per-view does and Paul Heyman is crying. It told me that Paul knew something I didn€™t, as usual." Heyman ended up quitting and going home. Some say that he was fired. It doesn€™t matter how you say it. He was gone from WWE because he wanted to go and they wanted him gone. It was a mutual parting of ways. What was also noteworthy about the show is that it ended about 45 minutes before most PPVs ended. How could that happen? That was not like WWE to have a show end suddenly and screw over the paying customer. The show did a reported 90,000 pay-per-view buys, with 55,000 of them domestic buys, which makes it the lowest buyrate in WWE history. In other words, it sucked at the box office too. A lot of people consider December to Dismember the worst WWE PPV ever. Was it really Paul Heyman's fault? No. However, he's the one that lost his job the day after it was over and it was the end of his relationship with WWE until he returned six years later. That's it for this week's things WWE wants us to forget series. Here's a list of who I've written about so far: Undertaker, Kane, Vince McMahon, Triple H, Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, Ultimate Warrior, Steve Austin, Batista, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Daniel Bryan, Edge, Scott Hall, Edge, Stephanie McMahon, Rob Van Dam, Trish Stratus, Goldust, Lita, Chris Jericho, Booker T, Santino Marella and The Rock (will be posted soon). Who do you want to see next?