Paul Heyman Says Pairing With Roman Reigns Was Originally Supposed To Be Revealed At WWE SummerSlam 2020
Paul Heyman speaks about the formation of his pairing with Roman Reigns.
The pairing of Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman was revealed after Reigns made his return to WWE at SummerSlam 2020.
Heyman looked back on the start of the pairing when he sat down with Chris Van Vliet. He said originally, both he and Reigns were supposed to return at SummerSlam.
“Vince (McMahon) thought the couch was not opulent enough for a character that was then going to end up being called The Tribal Chief. I can’t disagree with him but we were in a rush to get that done. Well, the original idea was for us both to return at SummerSlam and then be on TV that Friday and lead into Payback that weekend that we built to in the rematch where the title went to The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns. I thought, let Roman return, give that moment to The Big Dog, and then that Friday on television, he’s not cooperative in the triple threat, he’s not cooperative with Adam Pearce, you know something’s up but you can’t put your finger on it. Go to him sitting on the couch and Pearce is looking over going, what the f*ck is Heyman doing there? But you don’t know that Heyman’s sitting there, and at the last second, pull out because Roman says, ‘That’s not a prediction, that’s a spoiler,’ and you see Brock Lesnar’s advocate sitting with Roman Reigns after all these years and I just hit Roman’s tagline of, ‘Believe that,’ and off the air. So for five seconds, you see us together. Did I just see that? You’re rubbing your eyes and you can’t believe what you saw and then that weekend, get the title on Roman and then the next Friday is our first appearance truly together in front of the cameras as a unit, presenting our case as to why this act is a game-changing act, and will create history in WWE.”
Present day, Reigns has reformed The Bloodline with Jey Uso, Jacob Fatu, and Jimmy Uso. He is trying to bring Solo Sikoa back to the group.
Heyman is the manager of The Vision faction with Bron Breakker, Austin Theory, and Logan Paul.
