lanelafisking I think it’s in relation to the context. The first utterance was just ‘shit’, and the second was ‘the shit’, referring to the stuff he put up with when he ran ECW
Heyman is a pure wrestling genius,he predicted how the Monday Night Wars would end up,he predicted Austin's success,and he has unbelievable skill to pick talents
@LG 215 And you have a fake moniker. You’re probably embarrassed by your name besides your physical aspect. Go ahead, give me a passionate EC-DUB EC-DUB chant 😂. Keep the company alive!!!!😂
Yeah but Paul Heyman when he had the long hair with the ponytail, wore the baseball cap (because he was balding on top) and that long black shiny jacket which looked like it was made of latex rather than leather made him look some sort of pervert who hung around Central Park waiting for someone to flash or someone who masturbates while watching kids in a play park. But since he cut his hair and wears a suit he looks much better and respectable like a businessman which people what to see like and how Paul Heyman would like to be remembered by the fans and not the pervert look of the ECW days and early WWE days. When I was 27 my hair started to thin on top so I’ve shaved my head bald ever since and I can’t understand why some men when they start to go bald grow what hair they do have long like Heyman or do the comb over thing.
@@nichhodge8503 He plays a heel, it was a great look especially in Philly...just like his look previously as a Gordon Gekko type. He adapts with the times, he's a genius
6:39: Paul Heyman's genius in a nutshell. And the reason why he and Vince, while they can obviously work together in some aspects, will always clash on some things. They're very much alike.
The Steve took his ball and went home perspective is kind of bs. This isn’t just any Star, this is the guy that saved the WWF from losing the Monday night war. His character sparked a change in the company that others got on board with. He deserved more respect than being jobbed on Monday night raw in the same way you’d use a mid card performer. Guarantee Vince wouldn’t have treated Steve like that in 1998
And just a few months later The Rock was doing the exact character that Heyman talks about here. And because he was so good at it, the fans went right back to loving him again, even though he was a villain.
Paul is a genius. A mastermind in the world of Wrestling. He's one of the few men in the business that I personally look up to just for life in general.
And he is a compulsive liar who ruined people's lives through his backstabbing and bullshit.. people love to create their own narratives. If that's your role model then you are a fucking moron.
If Heyman stayed with WWE all those years ago, let me repeat, IF he did it would be a completely different company, no denying that. He was and still is to this day, in my opinion the smartest guy in the industry. Not to take anything away from other wrestlers or people like Vince etc. but Heyman knows what he's talking about 100% all day everyday.
Paul Heyman is no Vince Russo! Russo created the Attitude Era, Sable, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rock, Mick Foley, D-Generation X (not forgetting Generation Me aka The Young bucks), nWo 2000, The New Age Outlaws, Triple H, Val Venus and many more successful people in the business! I never saw TNA so I can’t comment on his time there but we all know he’s the greatest “writer” ever bro
I wish Landsberg could just drop this insincere hype mode he's permanently stuck in. It's like, these topics are interesting enough in their own right, you don't have to get so over-the-top with your tone and delivery. And as soon as he gets Heyman saying something interesting, he just plows on through to his next scripted question without following up.
Paul Heyman is a superintelligent guy, and he has a vast amount of knowledge on the industry, but the obnoxious host continuously interrupts him. Every 5 words, the host completely switches directions. I'd much rather just listen to Heyman shoot for 22 minutes
Paul the Visionary and Genius predicting The Rock's heel turn (or perhaps coming up with the idea at that very moment) which would be used only months later :)
Landsberg must hold the record for most interesting pro wrestling interviews. He had Vince on there OOC at times when you never thought that would happen.
@@NiFeGetsTubey Agreed. Actually was a fairly big fan of Landsberg being Canadian but when he interrupts people it drives me nuts lol. Definitely good at his job though.
back in 06 Cena was the number 1 fan favorite, maybe not so much anymore but he still has lots of fans. They need to change his character back to the Cena we all loved. I'm still a huge Cena fan.
Seriously, it's hard to interview someone when you interrupt them with every single fucking question. People watch for the interviewee's answers and opinions; let the guy fucking speak.
I think it's because the shows are only allowed around 20mins air time, stuff like this often happens on short interviews so the interviewer can get through most of his questions in time, as usually legends like Paul Heyman could chat for hours about their experiences in the wrestling bussines.
Watching this after seeing him go into the HOF is telling Heyman was a visionary and has been forever. Seeing ECW back the day as a kid, you felt part of it. I've only had that happen a handfull of times with WWE.
"Vince McMahon will put his ego aside if it's good for business." Yeah, that's why the WWF royally botched the InVasion angle - the most idiot-proof angle in the history of wrestling.
Paul is such mastermind and genius when come to wrestling ideas and storylines and all. I feel paul would be better take over wwe nowadays then the McMahon families
Austin had every right to shoot down jobbing to Lesnar at a trash KOTR qualifying match with zero build. That match could have been a WRESTLEMANIA/SUMMERSLAM money making Banger. I think Vince was trying to push Lesnar fast and jumped the gun with that KOTR match and was clearly not thinking it through.
Heyman’s wrestling IQ has always been awe inspiring. He was talking about Rock going for a heel Hollywood character before it even happened. And it ended up being the Rocks best character to this day.
it was LEAGUES aboveRAW, All RAW was, was Triple H burying ex- ECW and WCW guys while hold in the WHC. THe only thing watchable was HHH/HBK feud but then they stole all the spotlight from that show while everything else was just midcard Smackdown had great booking and like 3 awesome storylines each progressing with goodpace until the PPVs
"He loves to wrestle. What is he 53?...." Who would have known 30 years later that Ric would still be wrestling. He's retired 3 times. Just had his retirement match on PPV. Everyone came to watch for the last time......SIKEEE! It was announced today he is starting to train for more matches. It's tragic and just extremely sad :/
It had to do with Austin not agreeing with the way in which it was handled and how it wasn't hyped up as a PPV (he also felt Lesnar was handed a golden ticket he didn't really earn in the business) By the way....Lesnar has always walked in the door; been given what he wanted and then left shortly after (NFL, WWE, UFC)
Actually, the censorship is a little lighter in Canada. There are a certain number of uses of certain words allowed, so the first beep was just appeasing the censorship rules.
Smartest guys in prowrestling. I'd say that Cornette is number one, Rogowski is number two and Heyman is number three. That's identical to my list of the top three least appreciated names in prowrestling as well.
Looking back at that interview with Lansberg.Heyman is a genius.He has always been miles ahead of everyone else.....Except for Vince,for better or worse!!
ah, man...Paul Heyman talking about the "Hollywood" Rock character long before it happened. Have to believe that he is the one who made that character happen when Rock returned
Man ive noticed it before but he seemed to do it alot this time..... this guy ask a question and before Paul can finish his the last few words of his sentence this guy interrupts him w the next question..... dam near does it every single time especially toward the end..... I will say out of all the people who once or are currently in charge or own a wrestling company Paul seems like the most down to earth out of all
You guy's he only has a limited amount of time any interviewer will know that and I"m sure Paul knew that before even doing the show. He ask's as many questions as he can and keeps the interview going for the audience watching at home.
a bit of both because I read Hardcore History by Scott E. Williams and its a very good read. Paul Heyman did pull a lot of bullshit more than I first thought and of course lying to the wrestlers about going to LA to find TV network deals instead he was starring in a movie to make himself some money. But as far as giving the fans what they want he's done that for the majority of his time at ECW for better or worse pending on your perspective
Paul Heyman when he had the long hair with the ponytail, wore the baseball cap (because he was balding on top) and that long black shiny jacket which looked like it was made of latex rather than leather made him look some sort of pervert who hung around Central Park waiting for someone to flash or someone who masturbates while watching kids in a play park. But since he cut his hair and wears a suit he looks much better and more respectable like a proper businessman who I feel is more like the Paul Heyman people want to see and how he would want the fan to remember him as and not the pervert look of the ECW and early WWE years. When I was 27 my hair started to thin on top so I’ve shaved my head bald ever since and I can’t understand why some men when they start to go bald grow what hair they do have long like Heyman or do the comb over thing.
I don't think he was talking about the rock's most recent return. He was talking about his heel run in like 2004/05. Something Heyman did call beforehand.
Early on, Landsberg calls Heyman for deflecting questions. He then goes on to deflect every single question and provides a direct answer to absolutely nothing
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"yo I think we should censor that swear at 5:10?"
"yeah no worries. what about the one at 5:17?"
"nah"
lanelafisking yeah gotta love it!
lanelafisking ha ha, I noticed that too!
First thing I was about to comment on myself haha!
lanelafisking I think it’s in relation to the context. The first utterance was just ‘shit’, and the second was ‘the shit’, referring to the stuff he put up with when he ran ECW
LETS GO!!!
Heyman is a pure wrestling genius,he predicted how the Monday Night Wars would end up,he predicted Austin's success,and he has unbelievable skill to pick talents
Yet he wasn't a "genius" with his own company that went right in the toilet.
chrishasaclue Sorry, not every promoter has a rich father with alot of money.
If I had a wrestling promotion. I’ll make Paul Heyman the executive writer. But the business side will be up to me. I’m not over paying for no talent.
@LG 215 oh suuure. A couple of nerds kept chanting the company’s name. That definitely prevented paychecks from bouncing 😂
@LG 215 And you have a fake moniker. You’re probably embarrassed by your name besides your physical aspect. Go ahead, give me a passionate EC-DUB EC-DUB chant 😂. Keep the company alive!!!!😂
Paul Heyman created Hollywood Rock... Now we know
It's coming from Paul Heyman = 100% mind-bubbing
We always knew. He was the writer for smackdown at that time.
@@HeartlandTalkOfficial Hollywood Rock exclusively on Raw...
@@GGson123 Started on SmackDown though? Right?
@@emmanuelmoses7249 Yup sure did.
I could listen to Paul talk wrestling all day.
Yeah but Paul Heyman when he had the long hair with the ponytail, wore the baseball cap (because he was balding on top) and that long black shiny jacket which looked like it was made of latex rather than leather made him look some sort of pervert who hung around Central Park waiting for someone to flash or someone who masturbates while watching kids in a play park. But since he cut his hair and wears a suit he looks much better and respectable like a businessman which people what to see like and how Paul Heyman would like to be remembered by the fans and not the pervert look of the ECW days and early WWE days. When I was 27 my hair started to thin on top so I’ve shaved my head bald ever since and I can’t understand why some men when they start to go bald grow what hair they do have long like Heyman or do the comb over thing.
@@nichhodge8503 He plays a heel, it was a great look especially in Philly...just like his look previously as a Gordon Gekko type. He adapts with the times, he's a genius
6:39: Paul Heyman's genius in a nutshell. And the reason why he and Vince, while they can obviously work together in some aspects, will always clash on some things. They're very much alike.
There ya go. What I've been saying.
The Steve took his ball and went home perspective is kind of bs. This isn’t just any Star, this is the guy that saved the WWF from losing the Monday night war. His character sparked a change in the company that others got on board with. He deserved more respect than being jobbed on Monday night raw in the same way you’d use a mid card performer. Guarantee Vince wouldn’t have treated Steve like that in 1998
No top guy would have gone for that. Had to laugh at Triple H saying Austin shouldn't be welcomed back, as if Trips would have laid down either.
Bleep out the first "shit," but not the second. Seems legit.
wow, he forseen rocks hollywood character before came back that year
foresaw*
"Vince loves competition!" LOL Paul is a genius! Vince admitted so on the Pat McAfee show.
Vince called him clever.
And just a few months later The Rock was doing the exact character that Heyman talks about here. And because he was so good at it, the fans went right back to loving him again, even though he was a villain.
Simply the best. Paulie is the Goat of interviews.
Paul is a genius. A mastermind in the world of Wrestling. He's one of the few men in the business that I personally look up to just for life in general.
And he is a compulsive liar who ruined people's lives through his backstabbing and bullshit.. people love to create their own narratives. If that's your role model then you are a fucking moron.
Don't take financial advice from him or you'll be broke...
Other than that, Heyman is a GREAT wrestling mind
Yup hes definitely a genius, but among the elites he is a B+ player unfortunately.
His personality is what allows Paul to transcend to a level beyond his true abilities in buisness.
If Heyman stayed with WWE all those years ago, let me repeat, IF he did it would be a completely different company, no denying that. He was and still is to this day, in my opinion the smartest guy in the industry. Not to take anything away from other wrestlers or people like Vince etc. but Heyman knows what he's talking about 100% all day everyday.
Paul Heyman is no Vince Russo! Russo created the Attitude Era, Sable, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rock, Mick Foley, D-Generation X (not forgetting Generation Me aka The Young bucks), nWo 2000, The New Age Outlaws, Triple H, Val Venus and many more successful people in the business! I never saw TNA so I can’t comment on his time there but we all know he’s the greatest “writer” ever bro
They censor shit at 5:13 and not two seconds later. 💀💀
Always rely on Paul Heyman to tell it like it is.
And lie.
Bret**
I agree with your comment n I disagree with his comment n the other comment I'm neutral on
Booker T and RVD were great answers for "most underrated". RVD especially was over like rover in 2001.
I wish Landsberg could just drop this insincere hype mode he's permanently stuck in. It's like, these topics are interesting enough in their own right, you don't have to get so over-the-top with your tone and delivery. And as soon as he gets Heyman saying something interesting, he just plows on through to his next scripted question without following up.
He won't let him explain or talk. That is annoying from anyone giving an interview.
I'm a heyman guy like all the work he does to push talent and make wrestling edgy wish he ciuld take control of raw or smackdown
Paul Heyman is probably the best thing about wrestling at the moment
I never watched this in a min.Michael always does dope wrestling interviews.
He is a dope 😂 the people he had on were fantastic but he always talked over the top of them
Paul Heyman is a superintelligent guy, and he has a vast amount of knowledge on the industry, but the obnoxious host continuously interrupts him. Every 5 words, the host completely switches directions. I'd much rather just listen to Heyman shoot for 22 minutes
Heyman seems like a nice guy, even at the end of the interview he was the first to extend his hand n I enjoy listening to him
Paul the Visionary and Genius predicting The Rock's heel turn (or perhaps coming up with the idea at that very moment) which would be used only months later :)
dude it doesnt take a genius to realize that fans will react negatively to the classic "hollywood bigshot" persona
Landsberg must hold the record for most interesting pro wrestling interviews. He had Vince on there OOC at times when you never thought that would happen.
I like how knowledgeable he is. Reminds me of like a Pat McAfee type. The only thing I hate is when he interrupts his guests.
@@NiFeGetsTubey Agreed. Actually was a fairly big fan of Landsberg being Canadian but when he interrupts people it drives me nuts lol. Definitely good at his job though.
back in 06 Cena was the number 1 fan favorite, maybe not so much anymore but he still has lots of fans. They need to change his character back to the Cena we all loved. I'm still a huge Cena fan.
Seriously, it's hard to interview someone when you interrupt them with every single fucking question. People watch for the interviewee's answers and opinions; let the guy fucking speak.
I think it's because the shows are only allowed around 20mins air time, stuff like this often happens on short interviews so the interviewer can get through most of his questions in time, as usually legends like Paul Heyman could chat for hours about their experiences in the wrestling bussines.
Watching this after seeing him go into the HOF is telling Heyman was a visionary and has been forever. Seeing ECW back the day as a kid, you felt part of it. I've only had that happen a handfull of times with WWE.
thanks a lot, this was an awesome shoot
He makes Vince seem like a god ..
Well Vince is the guy who’s signs his paycheck.
just let Paul talk for hours
hands down. the best mind in wrestling, just a terrible business man. (former ECW stars will attest to that!)
gillan bowd Jim Cornette couldn’t make money when no one was. Paul Heyman couldn’t make money when everyone was.
"Vince McMahon will put his ego aside if it's good for business." Yeah, that's why the WWF royally botched the InVasion angle - the most idiot-proof angle in the history of wrestling.
Except it only was a botch because the main wcw guys were on contracts where they could stay home...
@@raiderglace8641 How ironic that a guy whose screen name is “1ex1uger” didn’t know that.
Great interview
OTR always had THE ABSOLUTE BEST! Interviews
Paul Heyman is a genius.
WWE need Heyman in Lead Writer again
Paul is such mastermind and genius when come to wrestling ideas and storylines and all. I feel paul would be better take over wwe nowadays then the McMahon families
This interview was conducted in 2002
Paul Heyman invented the Final Boss Rock in this Interview
Austin had every right to shoot down jobbing to Lesnar at a trash KOTR qualifying match with zero build. That match could have been a WRESTLEMANIA/SUMMERSLAM money making Banger. I think Vince was trying to push Lesnar fast and jumped the gun with that KOTR match and was clearly not thinking it through.
Heyman’s wrestling IQ has always been awe inspiring. He was talking about Rock going for a heel Hollywood character before it even happened. And it ended up being the Rocks best character to this day.
Comments about The Rock around the 7:00 mark were like a crystal ball because it's exactly how he came back..
+Patrick Haggan he was being a heel while being a babyface at the same time.
+Patrick Haggan As well as Batista in 2014
Paul predicted wcw losing the Monday night wars too
I'm so sick of hearing that Austin took his ball and went home he took his life back is what he did
Haymen is right about the writing staff. no point having the same views as ease other
it was LEAGUES aboveRAW,
All RAW was, was Triple H burying ex- ECW and WCW guys while hold in the WHC. THe only thing watchable was HHH/HBK feud but then they stole all the spotlight from that show while everything else was just midcard
Smackdown had great booking and like 3 awesome storylines each progressing with goodpace until the PPVs
Greenkidd HBK could make ANYBODY look good
took me a few min to understand this is 2002 interview .
bring back the 90s wwe
Most underrated..."Booker t n rvd"...he didn't take long forbthat
"He loves to wrestle. What is he 53?...." Who would have known 30 years later that Ric would still be wrestling. He's retired 3 times. Just had his retirement match on PPV. Everyone came to watch for the last time......SIKEEE! It was announced today he is starting to train for more matches. It's tragic and just extremely sad :/
He's retired a lot more than 3 times.
I was referring to Rock in 2003, when he came back before WrestleMania 19 and was a heel, playing off of his Hollywood fame.
he truly have a great mind.
on the creative side he's a genius, on the financial/dealing side, eh, not so much.
This must’ve been sometime between 2002-2003.
I think taking the WWE public was the worst thing that ever happened to that company
WCW going tits up was the second worst thing
It had to do with Austin not agreeing with the way in which it was handled and how it wasn't hyped up as a PPV (he also felt Lesnar was handed a golden ticket he didn't really earn in the business)
By the way....Lesnar has always walked in the door; been given what he wanted and then left shortly after (NFL, WWE, UFC)
Nah the nfl gave him a try out for a day or two and told him go home Brock
Actually, the censorship is a little lighter in Canada. There are a certain number of uses of certain words allowed, so the first beep was just appeasing the censorship rules.
Pauls two underrated guys became Hall of Famers in WWE.
Paul Heyman is suck a creative mastermind, and if Vince will give him the keys to Monday Night RAW if he wants it to succeed.
I love that he mentions Bogart and The Caine Mutiny.
World Wildlife Fund and yes, they called themselves WWF for a lot longer than Vince.
Heyman is in full Vince-McMahon-flattery mode. Interview him again once he's out of WWE. You'll get totally different answers.
I m so a Paul Heyman' guy !!! This man knows better than anyone what is good for business !!
Right off the bat, I can see Paul has a lot of respect for Steve and understands why he did what he did and didn’t use it for cheap heat for Lesnar.
Smartest guys in prowrestling. I'd say that Cornette is number one, Rogowski is number two and Heyman is number three. That's identical to my list of the top three least appreciated names in prowrestling as well.
For The Record, Michael Landsberg does all of his interviews like tht. Cuts off everyone all the time.
20:21 “WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO BACK THERE??!!”
You know you are a Canadian show when you are sponsored by Tim Horton’s.
When he was talking about stone cold walking out it's wierdly similar to when cm punk walked out.
Probably in 2002, If you notice them talking about Steve Austin walking out of the company, it happened around mid 2002
the keg steakhouse and BAAAAARRRRR
😂😂😂
This relationship between WWE and TSN was awesome
Looking back at that interview with Lansberg.Heyman is a genius.He has always been miles ahead of everyone else.....Except for Vince,for better or worse!!
TNA should've gave this man a blank check and full control to their brand
A blank check? Shut up.
@@rubberchix nah you shut up.
the guy who does the censoring probably said shit as well since he missed it
ah, man...Paul Heyman talking about the "Hollywood" Rock character long before it happened. Have to believe that he is the one who made that character happen when Rock returned
The interviewer seems a bit patronizing. He knows what he's talking about, but he's trying to break Heyman.
This interviewer's an asshole. He keeps interrupting Heyman, like he usually does with most of his guests, which really irritates me.
Check the chael sonnen interview with this douche. Chapel tears him apart
Jason PDSI
That's the point! His job is not only asking questions but throw a challenge at his guest.
Nah he's just annoying.
James mcaulay
If you don't like him personally that's another thing. It has nothing to do with his job.
Man ive noticed it before but he seemed to do it alot this time..... this guy ask a question and before Paul can finish his the last few words of his sentence this guy interrupts him w the next question..... dam near does it every single time especially toward the end..... I will say out of all the people who once or are currently in charge or own a wrestling company Paul seems like the most down to earth out of all
I love how Heyman is allways an heel and certainlly I allways saw him like that and here we can see that he is a very funny guy
You guy's he only has a limited amount of time any interviewer will know that and I"m sure Paul knew that before even doing the show. He ask's as many questions as he can and keeps the interview going for the audience watching at home.
FUnny interview I love heyman
a bit of both because I read Hardcore History by Scott E. Williams and its a very good read. Paul Heyman did pull a lot of bullshit more than I first thought and of course lying to the wrestlers about going to LA to find TV network deals instead he was starring in a movie to make himself some money. But as far as giving the fans what they want he's done that for the majority of his time at ECW for better or worse pending on your perspective
17:40 Heyman is basically saying Rob had bad mic skills without saying it lol
I never considered ecw an independent company they were the 3rd in what i consider the major leagues in the United States in the 90s
Too bad Rock didn't come back as a heel. Hopefully he will his next return
Totally agree
i was referring to his most recent return in 2012 i think it was
Mr_SWAT_585 That was a great angle he mentioned though that could still be used
I love Paul Heyman :)
Herman is clearly an intelligent, seemingly honest likeable guy
Paul rules!
because he is
returning heel Rock!
genius!
Paul has lied to the wrestlers but never lied to the fans
Landsberg with the cutting off...my God....Take a chill pill, man.
if i had my own federation, sorry, sports entrainment company...id want paul heyman to run it!
The job of the person doing the interview is to control it.He is doing what he is supposed to not just let the other person talk and take control.
Paul Heyman when he had the long hair with the ponytail, wore the baseball cap (because he was balding on top) and that long black shiny jacket which looked like it was made of latex rather than leather made him look some sort of pervert who hung around Central Park waiting for someone to flash or someone who masturbates while watching kids in a play park. But since he cut his hair and wears a suit he looks much better and more respectable like a proper businessman who I feel is more like the Paul Heyman people want to see and how he would want the fan to remember him as and not the pervert look of the ECW and early WWE years. When I was 27 my hair started to thin on top so I’ve shaved my head bald ever since and I can’t understand why some men when they start to go bald grow what hair they do have long like Heyman or do the comb over thing.
"I don't know what you have in Canada" HAHA
I'm Canadian and I don't know what we have in Canada lol
Before he was The Wise Man
This brings back memories.....oh the irony
I don't think he was talking about the rock's most recent return. He was talking about his heel run in like 2004/05. Something Heyman did call beforehand.
Everyone in WWE was annoyed that those 3 ego maniacs known as NWO came in. Even the Undertaker was very concerned about them coming in.
Early on, Landsberg calls Heyman for deflecting questions. He then goes on to deflect every single question and provides a direct answer to absolutely nothing
I wish he got him elaborate on that Booker T underrated comment
Exactly