Paul Heyman Ignites Bizarre Online Feud With Ex-WWE Star (WWE News)

Paul Heyman had some harsh words for Braun Strowman.

by Andrew Pollard
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With this week's WWE Raw seeing Paul Heyman note how Roman Reigns had never been stretchered out of an arena until a recent attack by the Vision's Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker, that's led to an interesting back-and-forth between Heyman and Braun Strowman.

Strowman was quick to take to X to point out how Roman had previously done a stretcher job courtesy of the Monster Among Men several years back, and Braun also threw shade at Heyman by referring to his as Oswald Cobblepot. For the non-comic book fans out there, Oswald Cobblepot is the real name of famed Batman villain, the Penguin.

Paul Heyman wasted no time in responding to Braun, taking to his own social media platforms to say how he has "nothing negative" to say about the former WWE Universal Champion, and that he's "actually relieved and indeed celebratory to learn you're still alive, something most of us didn't realize and even fewer cared about".

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This isn't the first time that Heyman has publicly lambasted Braun Strowman, of course, for Paul E.'s post-WrestleMania 41 appearance on The Pat McAfee Show saw the WWE Hall of Famer tell a story about an emotional Braun approaching him to ask why he wasn't on the WrestleMania card. Bluntly, Heyman told Strowman that he wasn't on the card because he "sucks".

For Braun Strowman, he departed WWE in July after the company opted against renewing his contract. The powerhouse now has his new Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman food show premiering on USA Network on 24 October.

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