Paul Heyman - Off The Record - FULL

[@stephenmiller2337]

I met Mr T once as a kid at a Toys'R'Us in Toronto in the 80's, and he was super cool. He made every single kid that he signed an autograph for pledge to stay in school and get an education and make themselves better. He made every kid promise that before they got an autograph. He's a good human being.

[@lanelafisking]

"yo I think we should censor that swear at 5:10?" "yeah no worries. what about the one at 5:17?" "nah"

[@saradavis9979]

lanelafisking yeah gotta love it!

[@phantomsidious2934]

lanelafisking ha ha, I noticed that too!

[@EscapeTheRules]

First thing I was about to comment on myself haha!

[@guyincognito5706]

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

[@jtms1122]

LETS GO!!!

[@EscapeTheRules]

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.

[@evilTaker90V2]

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

[@chrishasaclue]

Yet he wasn't a "genius" with his own company that went right in the toilet.

[@screamrad218]

chrishasaclue Sorry, not every promoter has a rich father with alot of money.

[@GuestYouTubeUser]

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.

[@ITSHIM1294]

@LG 215 oh suuure. A couple of nerds kept chanting the company’s name. That definitely prevented paychecks from bouncing 😂

[@ITSHIM1294]

@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!!!!😂

[@gordonirvine726]

I could listen to Paul talk wrestling all day.

[@nichhodge8503]

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.

[@DimJongUn]

​@@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

[@TheNinjamanz1000]

Paul Heyman created Hollywood Rock... Now we know

[@stephencatchdudeknight4623]

It's coming from Paul Heyman = 100% mind-bubbing

[@MadYokeYT]

We always knew. He was the writer for smackdown at that time.

[@GGson123]

@@MadYokeYT Hollywood Rock exclusively on Raw...

[@emmanuelmoses7249]

@@GGson123 Started on SmackDown though? Right?

[@MrBoogiemoney]

@@emmanuelmoses7249 Yup sure did.

[@jasonpdsi]

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.

[@rexsexson5349]

There ya go. What I've been saying.

[@JWS1985]

Booker T and RVD were great answers for "most underrated". RVD especially was over like rover in 2001.

[@cky1088]

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.

[@Yamah12a]

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.

[@asoncalledvoonch2210]

Don't take financial advice from him or you'll be broke... Other than that, Heyman is a GREAT wrestling mind

[@zacklambert4214]

Yup hes definitely a genius, but among the elites he is a B+ player unfortunately.

[@zacklambert4214]

His personality is what allows Paul to transcend to a level beyond his true abilities in buisness.

[@jotac87278]

"Vince loves competition!" LOL Paul is a genius! Vince admitted so on the Pat McAfee show.

[@beavisbuttgoblin]

Vince called him clever.

[@Sugarshaine94]

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.

[@Tizzo1982]

wow, he forseen rocks hollywood character before came back that year

[@Danimal77]

foresaw*

[@Censored4UViaGoogle]

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

[@BAztid]

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.

[@jonathandominguez5227]

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

[@AssimoOne]

Bleep out the first "shit," but not the second. Seems legit.

[@craigwilson3532]

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

[@tommyjd12345]

Paul Heyman is probably the best thing about wrestling at the moment

[@NCStatefan28]

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.

[@sundarchip]

He didn't refuse to put Lesnar over, he just thought it should have been a PPV match and that losing to Lesnar made him look weak while not making Lesnar all that strong. In any case he was right and Lesnar did end up spitting in the faces of all the guys who put him over by leaving the company.

[@LilRocco414]

Taker lost to Lesnar and people say it was the wrong thing to do. I think he should of did it, put Lesnar over as a huge breakout match. Then have Austin return to a huge pop down the road.

[@Censored4UViaGoogle]

@@LilRocco414 well what matters is how Steve felt. Because honestly WWE started devaluing him as soon as WCW was dead. If not for Steve WWE would’ve lost and slowly but surely they didn’t care about that anymore and that’s messed up. The guy the saved the company deserves to be respected, a lot more than he was at that time

[@hellohell77]

I wonder if Steve not putting brock over was partly why hogan let lesnar kill him. It's like, "boy, now Austin's really going to look bad." Conspiracy theory probably but shit I still can't believe brock basically murdered hogan on smackdown.

[@xKyleChaosx]

I'll never understand why the finals of the KOTR couldn't have been Austin Vs. Lesnar with Lesnar beating him there.

[@hellohell77]

@xKyleChaosx would've been a full circle moment, too, since Austin had his first big moment winning KOTR. But, it's been documented heavily. Austin was burnt out. When you're burnt out you're not thinking clearly. I think a clear minded Austin would've had an awesome PPV match with lesnar. Really, though, can we complain? That rock brock match at SS was so good.

[@dubbyrock187]

Simply the best. Paulie is the Goat of interviews.

[@sadiki1980]

I never watched this in a min.Michael always does dope wrestling interviews.

[@TimmyJamesDafunnyMan]

He is a dope 😂 the people he had on were fantastic but he always talked over the top of them

[@LethalStrikeGamingHD]

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.

[@nichhodge8503]

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

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

Always rely on Paul Heyman to tell it like it is.

[@Yamah12a]

And lie.

[@moeski17]

Bret**

[@craigwilson3532]

I agree with your comment n I disagree with his comment n the other comment I'm neutral on

[@Brothernumber3]

thanks a lot, this was an awesome shoot

[@Damaged7]

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]

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.

[@AngryPrimate]

@@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.

[@amc5966]

Mad looking back at this. Paul telling us that the Rock should not come back from Hollywood unless he's a heel. I wonder whose idea it was for the Wrestlemania pivot??

[@cjwright79]

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.

[@GabrielHill1]

He won't let him explain or talk. That is annoying from anyone giving an interview.

[@chrisszyyy]

Nothing says 2000s more than ML pressing a button at 0:10

[@23v0lv32]

OTR always had THE ABSOLUTE BEST! Interviews

[@rogueelephant7994]

Amazing…Heyman is talking about the rock as a heel 20 years before working with the rock as a heel in the bloodline..

[@VincentK.McMahon]

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 :)

[@warshipsatin8764]

dude it doesnt take a genius to realize that fans will react negatively to the classic "hollywood bigshot" persona

[@MGOTheRebellion]

This interview was conducted in 2002

[@alanjohnsonbmw]

Great interview

[@theofficialgreenkane]

This must’ve been sometime between 2002-2003.

[@augustana16]

just let Paul talk for hours

[@captainthrall]

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

[@geneparmesan8108]

Paul Heyman is a genius.

[@giarichards8379]

They censor shit at 5:13 and not two seconds later. 💀💀

[@darkknight_za]

He makes Vince seem like a god ..

[@412StepUp]

Well Vince is the guy who’s signs his paycheck.

[@aewcciararae1848]

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

[@Doobsnackz]

bring back the 90s wwe

[@dizzy1369]

This relationship between WWE and TSN was awesome

[@PatrickHaggan]

Comments about The Rock around the 7:00 mark were like a crystal ball because it's exactly how he came back..

[@ntkn]

+Patrick Haggan he was being a heel while being a babyface at the same time.

[@aaronwalker1678]

+Patrick Haggan As well as Batista in 2014

[@articat568]

Paul predicted wcw losing the Monday night wars too

[@B2K1]

took me a few min to understand this is 2002 interview .

[@ollyisagod]

Tna needs heyman!!

[@chrisgreen2941]

Jas Minge only if they would listen to him, but yea tna could use him.

[@danim5881]

Chris Green About 8-10 years too late.

[@Chthonian121]

WWE need Heyman in Lead Writer again

[@1ex1uger-prank-calls]

"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.

[@raiderglace8641]

Except it only was a botch because the main wcw guys were on contracts where they could stay home...

[@GGson123]

@@raiderglace8641 How ironic that a guy whose screen name is “1ex1uger” didn’t know that.

[@geneparmesan8108]

Pauls two underrated guys became Hall of Famers in WWE.

[@gillanbowd1]

hands down. the best mind in wrestling, just a terrible business man. (former ECW stars will attest to that!)

[@CompelledUsername]

gillan bowd Jim Cornette couldn’t make money when no one was. Paul Heyman couldn’t make money when everyone was.

[@SteveJones313]

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.

[@godzioevo]

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.

[@grims4ever]

You know you are a Canadian show when you are sponsored by Tim Horton’s.

[@navy4181]

20:21 “WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO BACK THERE??!!”

[@SleepyDroid]

he truly have a great mind.

[@cameron_fairchild]

on the creative side he's a genius, on the financial/dealing side, eh, not so much.

[@EnkiduV3]

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.

[@eliaspatel2403]

Paul Heyman invented the Final Boss Rock in this Interview

[@craigwilson3532]

Most underrated..."Booker t n rvd"...he didn't take long forbthat

[@masswellwilliamson]

I love that he mentions Bogart and The Caine Mutiny.

[@assassinsknight]

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.

[@MrDelvala]

I m so a Paul Heyman' guy !!! This man knows better than anyone what is good for business !!

[@chuckpryde2629]

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.

[@DM-jf6mp]

Paul is a genuis,entertaining and knows his shit

[@ThePhonominal1]

Haymen is right about the writing staff. no point having the same views as ease other

[@St0rmB]

I was referring to Rock in 2003, when he came back before WrestleMania 19 and was a heel, playing off of his Hollywood fame.

[@jotac87278]

"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 :/

[@sixshooter500]

He's retired a lot more than 3 times.

[@briandoyle3507]

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!!

[@chadclark3704]

I think taking the WWE public was the worst thing that ever happened to that company

[@michaelkeller5927]

WCW going tits up was the second worst thing

[@stuartjambo8541]

why did it beep the word shit at 5:13 but didn't at 5:17, i can not come up in my mind why they would do that

[@lukasharding7953]

When he was talking about stone cold walking out it's wierdly similar to when cm punk walked out.

[@greenkidd529]

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

[@LeeFreeland]

Greenkidd HBK could make ANYBODY look good

[@D4NK1]

Here after the Rock turned heel

[@bigdutch301]

TNA should've gave this man a blank check and full control to their brand

[@rubberchix]

A blank check? Shut up.

[@bigdutch301]

@@rubberchix nah you shut up.

[@TravelatorH8r]

I'm so sick of hearing that Austin took his ball and went home he took his life back is what he did

[@BMBfreitas]

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

[@fasmal27]

For The Record, Michael Landsberg does all of his interviews like tht. Cuts off everyone all the time.

[@mmrion0]

Probably in 2002, If you notice them talking about Steve Austin walking out of the company, it happened around mid 2002

[@craigwilson3532]

17:40 Heyman is basically saying Rob had bad mic skills without saying it lol

[@Chthonian121]

FUnny interview I love heyman

[@answersforlooking9430]

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

[@marc80s]

Heyman is in full Vince-McMahon-flattery mode. Interview him again once he's out of WWE. You'll get totally different answers.

[@teddyteddyist]

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.

[@LookImFRESH]

I love Paul Heyman :)

[@TheEnviousdominous]

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.

[@saggsman]

Paul has lied to the wrestlers but never lied to the fans

[@topherd1011]

World Wildlife Fund and yes, they called themselves WWF for a lot longer than Vince.

[@JaguarSingh176]

Where's the most replayed bar?

[@jismjacket]

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)

[@Censored4UViaGoogle]

Nah the nfl gave him a try out for a day or two and told him go home Brock

[@nmcintosh8769]

I wish he got him elaborate on that Booker T underrated comment

[@projectjab156]

Exactly

[@matthewlally754]

Herman is clearly an intelligent, seemingly honest likeable guy

[@saradavis9979]

Paul rules!

[@St0rmB]

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

[@xSxExSx1]

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.

[@michaelduck5208]

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

[@Raad187KO]

if i had my own federation, sorry, sports entrainment company...id want paul heyman to run it!

[@TopGunnDTLA]

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.

[@dubb3835]

Paul is probably overall the best talker

[@bb-gc2tx]

this proves what lots of people forget austins run was short they talk about here that wwe didnt know what to do with his character it had gotten stale by 01-02

[@lunamaria1048]

I loved Paul lol

[@jordanMJK]

This brings back memories.....oh the irony

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

The interviewer seems a bit patronizing. He knows what he's talking about, but he's trying to break Heyman.

[@jasonpdsi]

This interviewer's an asshole. He keeps interrupting Heyman, like he usually does with most of his guests, which really irritates me.

[@jimismacho]

Check the chael sonnen interview with this douche. Chapel tears him apart

[@BECKZMC]

Jason PDSI That's the point! His job is not only asking questions but throw a challenge at his guest.

[@jimismacho]

Nah he's just annoying.

[@BECKZMC]

James mcaulay If you don't like him personally that's another thing. It has nothing to do with his job.

[@MihiraTheAce]

returning heel Rock! genius!