Why Paul Heyman Just Had His GREATEST Performance Ever On Smackdown 

The fact that Heyman, after being a sleazy, scummy heel for 95% of his time in front of a TV camera, got a pop that most babyfaces would kill to get just for saying "YOU'RE NOT MY TRIBAL CHIEF" is just absolutely astounding.

So i went back and watched heymans 1st promo with roman. He talks about how roman pulled him out of irrelevance, how roman saved him. and now in his moment, he would NOT leave roman. This story is fuckin AMAZING!

Fun fact he didn't even sleep to get that nervous breakdown look

Paul Heyman 58 years old and still taking bumps mad respect

It's amazing how many peaks Paul has had. Paul E Dangerously, ECW, announcer, head writer of the Smackdown 6 era, Brock's agent/advocate, and now the Bloodline. I don't what exact category you want to put him in but whatever it is he's the 🐐.

Paul Heyman is indeed creative genius after all

I'm not in favor of wrestling winning outside awards. But good lord Heyman deserves an Emmy or golden globe for that. No sleep, didn't shave . That was legendary stuff

Jimmy told Jey that being the Tribal Chief would corrupt him was true. Being the Tribal Chief corrupted Solo.

One detail which I absolutely loved: Solo was angrily yelling at Paul after giving him the Samoan Spike after Heyman refused to acknowledge him as The Tribal Chief. “What, I’m not GOOD ENOUGH for you?? I LOVED YOU! I TRIED! I TRIED!!” That’s great development for Solo. It shows his desire to be more than just the brainless muscle for the Bloodline, just Roman’s big ugly goon enforcer. He wants to be bigger, he wants to be more, he wants championships and glory and prestige and fame and respect- he wants to take it ALL. Yet others doubt him and don’t think he has what it takes to be in Roman’s spot, and that ANGERS him, fuels him to be as ruthless as he’s been. Solo is slowly becoming a worthy foe for a babyface Tribal Chief Roman upon his return.

Paul Heyman made this segment one of the best in years. I never thought I’d see him, of all people, turn babyface. Paul has a history of wanting to save his own skin and betraying those who believe in him. CM Punk, Brock Lesnar twice, Curtis Axel, the list goes on. Yet faced with his own annihilation and following an unhinged Solo Sikoa and a dark new Bloodline, Paul Heyman did the unthinkable: he did the right thing. He stayed loyal. Even with Roman gone, Jey gone, Jimmy gone and Solo going rogue with his hostile takeover and leaving Paul alone, the Wiseman would only acknowledge one Tribal Chief, and it was not Solo. And it makes Roman’s eventual return and babyface turn that much more exciting, that much more anticipated.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Of all the people Triple H can bring back, Jim Johnston needs to be at the top of that list.

Paul Heyman is Truly one of the Greatest to do it. 🙏🏿

Heyman is getting his flowers and rightly so. However, for someone who didn’t speak for most of his main roster career so far, Solo is cutting some good promos also.

If there’s one thing WWE is doing right with this current Bloodline arc, it’s that it’s doing an amazing job at making you anxious to see Roman Reigns finally make his return. When Solo first started parading around calling himself “Tribal Chief” and blatantly lying about Roman’s status to take advantage of Heyman, everyone was already growing annoyed with Solo. Him bringing in people with “criminal backgrounds” without Heyman’s knowledge or consent, then going so far as to claim “Roman’s not coming back” while using his moves like the Spear and the Shield Triple Powerbomb just added fuel to the fire. We all wanted Roman to come back just to let Solo and the Tongans know who the real Head of the Table is. But after this… everything changed. As abusive and manipulative as Roman was, the one person he never put a finger on was Paul Heyman. The Wiseman. The Special Counsel. And Heyman remained loyal to Roman because of that, no matter what kind of family drama was going on. Roman will always be HIS Tribal Chief, and he made that very clear even when staring death in the face. Solo just made the biggest mistake of his life by orchestrating this assault on the Wiseman, and he’s gonna find that out real soon… when Roman comes back, he’s going to destroy the bootleg Bloodline, and I for one cannot wait to see it. Avenge The Wiseman!

I think they used the Shield power bomb because nobody was getting him up by themselves lol.

Paul heyman is the only one who hasn't betray Roman

Paul Heyman looks like he could be Scott D'Amore's older brother

Roman's return is going to be "nuclear" indeed. They have laid out such a perfect scenario for him, while making eveyone he will feud against look good. You have the Uso's sure to get in the mix, with Rock being a crazy wild card. This is just Bloodline members they can play with, when Lesnar and Punk could get involved if need be too. Long term storytelling ftw!

I thought it was just chilling with RVD😂

Roman will return at summerslam just like the first time when he became a heel

this was easily my favorite part of smackdown paul Heyman's acting has been incredible since roman's been off TV paul heyman is so good in this role him tearing up hearing the we want roman chants the pop paul got when he said that solo isn't his tribal chief that was beautiful roman reigns is obviously coming back as a babyface why would he return as a heel after what solo has been doing to the bloodline i loved this segment so much can't wait to see what happens next.

Been a fan for a very long time and I gotta say, The Bloodline saga is the best story every told in the history pro wrestling. Keep in mind this just my humble opinion.

He might be one of the two or three managers in history who continues giving his blood sweat and tears to the business long past their prime.. Only Precious Paul Ellering might be the only other remaining from Heyman's heyday, but he's many steps back as far as performance is concerned..

I got chills again just hearing you describe it again.

This whole Bloodline saga is so fascinating to me. Personally, I can't recall another group or storyline that has had so many peaks and valleys with fan interest

Hilarious timing, in Cornette's last video about ECW, he mentioned how Paul didn't take bumps, then BAM!!, Paul takes 3 bumps at like 94vyears old and 300lbs.

Its time to admit Smackdown is the A show now

He is the greatest manager IMO

In all my 18 years of watching WWE Paul declined to say I acknowledge you was one of the biggest pops I’ve ever seen

When he rejected Solo & the crowd went crazy … I got goosebump because you knew what was coming due to his loyalty to Roman ..

Paul skipped sleep and put his body on the line for this segment. This was gold 😂👏👏

Vince McMahon is gonna have the biggest smirk on his face when he sees Roman as a mega baby face haha.

Talk about commitment. Paul gets a Hall of Fame and pulled out one of his best performances months after. This man is truly a legend.

Heyman has been so amazing at staying relevant.

Looked like he blazed a couple with RVD beforehand.😉👍

Hey man deserves an Academy Award for his performance on Smackdown

They show a re cap of Paul Heyman being put through a table and want us to be worried about him, then in the commercial break, they advertise him appearing at their Fanatics live event next month! Guess he's fine then?

I have always wondered why Heyman does not at least try his hand at acting in a movie or TV show. Let's start with a TV show to get some experience with it. The man can do a story about a menu from McDonald's and have you glued to the screen!

You know who Heyman reminds me of? Ashley Barrett from The Boys. Her character is a complete weasel and toady to Homelander and Vought, and she's constantly on edge and stressed out. Heyman's character work is second to none.

Yup Roman needs to come back & get it BACK IN BLOOD!!!!! 💯💯💯👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

good video

I never dreamed of Roman becoming anything more than the sufferin' succotash, cringe babyface that was getting jammed down our throats week after week. Now he's on the verge of getting a return pop on the level of Stone Cold or The Rock. I was wrong, and I'm glad I was wrong - because it's been an absolute joy to watch.

Solo is the dragon of the final boss.

10:21 *correction... "nucular.......nucular" 😂😂

I wish Heyman was the main guy running creative in WWE

The entrance music of jacob fatu is jungle rhythms that sound menacing and intimidating full of drums and various percussion instruments, suitable for Heel But this music won't fit if he turns into a babyface. It didn't sit well with me when he said "my enforcer" this whole move that Solo is the leader but we'll move on for now. I would prefer Solo (Solomonster) as a leader.

Wait a minute Paul was in his 30s when he managed Brock first time around?

i knowwe're 9 months out, but...my predictions for WM 41...Randy Orton (after turningon Cody and winning the title) vs Cody, Brock vs Jacob Fatu and the Main Event fortheTitleofTribal Chief Roman vs Rock!

Weren’t the implications that the new bloodline may have attacked Roman for the Ula Fala necklace?

You need to finish so you can come lol 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

Any one else at 43 seconds hear him say My Johnson

Jacob fatu vs Cody Rhodes= Umaga vs John Cena 2.0

This may sound blasphemous to a lot of people, especially the old school fans from the 80s. But Heyman > Heenan. I mean, you look at the resume and body of work he has compiled in his career from the Dangerous Alliance to ECW to being a commentator to Head Writer of the SmackDown Six to Brock’s advocate to CM Punk’s consultant, all the people he has managed besides those two, and now the Bloodline? This man has been an instrumental figure to the success and landscape of the business for 4 decades! Each piece of work being progressively better than the last! I honestly don’t see how you can make a case for anyone BUT Heyman as the greatest manager/advocate/Wiseman/whatever you want to call it, of all time.

Cody ain't going to have nothing on Roman when he returns.

Rumor is Vince made an Iron-Clad Ten year deal with Def Rebel in 2020. I guess TKO has not been able to get out under that contract.

Actually missed the tie in with the Shield powerbomb till he mentioned it. Another example of attention to detail/long term story telling that was SO severly missing. Amazing how just returning simple things to wrestling ignited wwe on fire again. The damage Vince did was masked, not to all who follow closely, by the deals and money contracts they had, while audience was dwindling. We can always pick out things still dislike or wish go away, but really hard to deny this company is eons better under Triple H overseeing then Vinces in the latter years, can argue decades.

Cody was always going to be number 2 behind Roman and Roman being a huge babyface is why i think he's winning the championship again as we're going to get that 1 super babyface championship run from Roman that we never got.

Solo must’ve sent Jacob to retrieve the Ula Fala from Roman Reigns. If anything I would like them to incorporate that into the story at some point whenever Roman comes back

Just imagine how apesh1t the crowd are going to go at the visual of Cody standing side by side with Roman.

Its a shame Heyman didnt do more acting. If pro wrestling never worked out then Hollywood was the next best thing

Poor Paul Heyman 😭

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Roman's return will be the face pop that Vince was forcing us to give him (I cannot blame Roman, he was just doing his job but he has put in the work the last 4 years). 10:44 Facts. And I love Cody and he will be #2 behind the guy he spent 2 years chasing.

So punk did take him with him... To the hospital.

Heyman knows about wrestling psychology. If Tony Khan had any brain, and less ego, he'd bring him to make AEW no.1

Sami zayne is the fourth for the blood line

Hope they don’t make hey man swerve Roman

The greatest non wrestler performer in the wrestling history. Best promo of a non wrestler aswell.

It is his greatest work, because Heyman doesn't have Roman or Rock to fall back on right now. He is carrying a crew of young, one-trick horses through this story. Fatu is the exception. They'll have to break him away from the group. He's too talented.

Idk Paul has some pretty legendary promos. Might be recency bias to say best ever

Poor Paul, not his fault he can’t run fast Solo 🤣

What what is Paul Heyman brings back Brock Lesnar to conn front the blood line, Solo beats Lesnar to set him on Roman's level

So where will The Rock fall in all of this?

can we please stop the possibility of Brock and Punk joining Roman to fight The Bloodline already? it will ruin the story and it should focus only on their family members and close friends like the Tongans

You think that was a big pop, just wait for when Roman comes back

What’s wrong with Jacob Fatu’s music? It’s great. The hate on Def Rebel from wrestling fans is really unjustified and overblown. They’ve made much more good themes than bad themes over the years. I feel like people are hating them just to hate them at this point. They make great themes all the time. There was way more generic themes in the 2000s when Johnston was making them but people have their rose colored glasses on.

that fatu move looks like it missed heyman to me.

The WWE doesn't care, if its wrestlers and managers get injured. They keep doing dangerous stunts on the cement floors of the arena. Injuries are just accepted in the WWE. The people running the company don't care if a performer gets permanently injured. If it happens, it happens. Move on to the next victim of wrestling greed.