Paul Heyman has recalled the time when Vince McMahon pitted him and Stephanie McMahon against each other.
Speaking on What’s Your Story? With Steph McMahon, Paul Heyman talked about when he first came into the WWE creative team, which was led by Stephanie McMahon.
Paul Heyman revealed that former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon asked him to push his daughter to the limit by being the disruptor in the room, while also telling Stephanie McMahon to keep Heyman under control.
“When I came aboard, I was told (speaks in Vince McMahon’s voice), ‘My daughter runs the writing team, take her out of her game. I want you to be the disruptor in the room. I want you to be the contrarian opinion. Do not make that easier; there’s no nepotism here. She earns that right to manage you, or she doesn’t get to do it.’
“At the same time, so I’m walking in to be the disruptor,” Paul Heyman continued. “I’m walking in to be the bull in the china shop. I’m walking in to just say, ‘Here’s the f*****g answers.’ And she’s told, ‘God***n it Stephanie! You gotta manage that Heyman guy, he’s out of control. He thinks this is his company, and it’s not. Rein him in. If you want to be respected, if Stephanie Marie McMahon, if you want people to respect you as an executive, and as a professional, and as a manager of people, you can’t let Heyman take you out of your game; you have to show that you can manage someone like him.’ Completely pitted against each other.”
Stephanie McMahon confirmed that what Paul Heyman described was true and recalled the time when she lashed out at Heyman after eventually figuring it out.
“One day, in one of those couch sessions at 120 Hamilton (location of WWE’s old production studio). You blasted me. Speaking in Stephanie McMahon’s voice, ‘What the f**k is wrong with you? Who told you to make my life so f*****g difficult?'” Paul Heyman then had to come clean, saying, “Your father!”
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