The Man Responsible For Shayna Baszler's Bloody WWE Raw Attack Revealed

And where did the inspiration come from for such a 'unique' attack on Becky Lynch.

by Andrew Pollard
Shayna Baszler
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Last night’s Raw saw two-time NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler literally take a bite out of the competition as she bizarrely gnawed on the neck of Becky Lynch.

The whole biting element of Baszler’s attack on the current Raw Women’s Champion received a mixed reaction from wrestling fans, and now the Wrestling Observer is claiming that it was Paul Heyman’s call to have The Queen of Spades layout The Man in such a way.

It’s well known just how much Heyman is a fan of Freddie Blassie, and it would appear Paul E borrowed a page out of Blassie’s vampiric playbook – the WWE Hall of Famer having a spell performing as The Vampire.

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Adding further credence to Heyman being the one who was responsible for this angle, the former ECW Head responded to former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide on Twitter.

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Of course, Paul Heyman is the Executive Director of Raw, and thus anything that takes place on the show will have had to have been run by him in the first place – but it appears as if the move to have Shayna Baszler take a bloody bite out of Becky Lynch was indeed a Heyman idea.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.