Brian Soscia with BeneathTheMat.com recently talked with Paul Heyman about a variety of subjects. The interview, listed below, was recorded prior to WrestleMania 29, but still has some interesting, relative points made by Heyman. Here are some of the highlights:
If Paul Heyman ran WWE, what would he do differently: "I'd fire the McMahons immediately."
What was it he first saw in CM Punk: "How could you look at CM Punk and not think that he has the it factor? I don't think I'm any great visionary or genius because I saw something in CM Punk, I think everyone else is a stupid schmuck for not seeing it in CM Punk. They're blind. I mean truly, in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king and if you can't spot that CM Punk is magic from the moment he walks in the door then you're reading a playbook from an antiquated writer."
Who or what his greatest ECW creation was: "The ECW audience itself. The audience was the biggest star. We played to them and for a reason. They were the greatest performers we had. I mean, who else would have thought about actually chanting the name of the promotion? We didn't come up with that. They did. Who else thought of then screaming out the name of the company and literally fighting our battles for us? We didn't ask them to do it. They volunteered to. We didn't get on pay per view on our own merits. We got on pay per view because the audience got us on. The greatest creation of ECW was the ECW audience."
