8 Times Paul Heyman Said What Everyone Was Thinking

6. The Network Rant

The only rant on this list conducted entirely in-character, but one full of thinly-veiled allusions to real world events, Heyman's promo took aim at TNN. The network had been incredibly critical of ECW, repeatedly encouraging the promotion to tone down its violent content, and (in Paul's eyes) giving other shows preferential treatment despite his show's popularity. At Living Dangerously 2000, Heyman took to the entrance ramp to cut a foul-mouthed promo on Cyrus, a corporate heel character portrayed as working for TNN. Much of Heyman's promo is too explicit to recount verbatim here, but it echoed exactly the thoughts of ECW's fans and management, as well as many of its wrestlers. Although hardly his most eloquent promo, Heyman's visceral anger is tellingly real, demonstrating the genuine frustration he (and many others) felt at being held back by the promotion's own network.