Paul Heyman On CM Punk Friendship & Outsmarting Chicago Crowd In 2014!

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During an ITR Live show in 2016, Paul Heyman talked about that infamous RAW in Chicago in 2014 where he cut the promo to squash the CM Punk faithful, what Vince McMahon thought and more. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@mcq2879]

Where can I watch this whole thing? I'm so sick of seeing you post little clips over the years

[@jamesb1988]

I love how Heyman sits in a chair like a hip high school teacher who is beloved by all.

[@beeaveragegaming3482]

Origin - AC Slater 😉

[@nickcervenka8756]

Lame youth pastors do the same thing

[@themonster2637]

Tbf. Everyone loves him

[@stream_gene]

It has more of a vibe of "Ok, kids, who wants to 'rap' with me, about Jesus?"

[@StrongArmJonEntertainment]

No table to lean on

[@undrgrouknight]

I see Paul Heyman taking over a mic, I click.

[@nOT_sURE08]

"See the trouble your friend causes?" And here is the McMahon mentality of resenting someone who got over on their own who wasn't part of the big WWE plan.

[@youtubeuserxix]

And now Triple H brings him back again despite no real need. Shows the difference

[@Jeff_Pryce]

I remember that Raw. Paul handled that brilliantly. That crowd hijacked the show anyway later, but Paul was the only one who could control that crowd. He gave a moving tribute to Punk’s career, sung his praises, and once he knew he had them hooked…he switched to full heel and drew MEGA heat for him and the Brock-Taker match. His brilliance creatively was on full display.

[@jrguffey9591]

Love him or hate him but Paul Heyman is a genius, you can put a homeless man with Paul and he will turn him into a top heel.

[@4eyedike]

What an odd comment

[@pinkribbonskies5731]

@@4eyedike if you know Herman's history, not odd at all.

[@boomerlivell1026]

@@pinkribbonskies5731 Nah, it’s still weird. Homeless men aren’t by default less likely to be good at pro wrestling in comparison to non-homeless men, so the analogy was odd.

[@connorwishart2207]

You can’t argue with him tho right 😂

[@spinnyroolz3682]

Unless that homeless man is Swiss… Then he’s fucked

[@Trunks7500]

Heyman is gold

[@paullevine2834]

The crowd in 2014 chicago March 3rd was my MOST FAV thing in WWE, i remember hearing Punks music, pausing the video as i download the show and watch it next day as i cba staying awake at 1 to watch raw in the UK I paused the show when his music hit, ran to the store in so much excitement to get some soda to drink while he was going to be there, and BAH GAWD guy didnt show up, i watched the entire show hoping he would show up and he didnt The energy Paul Heyman diverted from the crowd was unbelievable, he didnt really stop them though, they kept chanting his name BUT WWE got past it and the show went on!

[@tonys4299]

I remember watching that raw. Heard the rumors of punk returning and was actually looking forward to it. I was so upset when Paul came out lol.

[@dakotaacord8430]

Good god I can’t get enough of these, Paul is just such an amazing story teller, and just so amazing to listen to in general, his vocabulary and mannerisms just amaze me everytime I see him. I just love this man for everything he has done

[@UltimateViper]

Paul has the ability to tell stories

[@dylanthebiguy]

Fuck yeah XD

[@usamazahid3882]

Hell Yeah, he's pretty much the Chiseled Adonis of Sports-Entertainment and Pro-Wrestling as a whole.

[@djdannyd816]

CM Punk & Paul Heyman 👑

[@WrestlingIsReal649]

Punk and heyman should be reunited 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ynobigreck]

That part

[@JiraiyaNoSannin]

There are few in the entire wrestling business who can hold a candle to Paul Heyman's edge. The guy just knows psychology and crowd work in and out, and he can thrive in any setting you give him.

[@milano8929]

I was laughing so hard when he imitated Vince 😂

[@ashleygage39]

I'd love heyman to start a podcast I could listen to him for hours

[@ricardocjoulzenn2568]

A real close friend from another company should reach out to that friend and try play a conflict mediator or try u,derstand abd resolve the issue because they want to see that friend be a better person and company succeed

[@lovelywaz]

Good timing on this repost 😁😁 Wonder what Tony is gonna do for next show in Chicago 🤔🤔😕😕

[@milano8929]

Im about to see this episode now, as im watching wwe again from 2013 where I left off. Im in feb 2014 now. Seeing the faces when Paul Heyman gonna say, each and everyone of you will be hilarious

[@Kratosx23]

That's why we call him the Wise Man.

[@Trappy-C]

No one calls him they except Romana

[@rkodj4759]

Now he’s back 😁

[@grant20]

🤣🤣🤣 his voice of Vince is brilliant

[@EWH815]

I remember expecting fans to shit on that show. Sitting at home listening to Heyman I couldn't believe he managed to deflect the entire CM Punk issue. Those idiot fans were in the palm of his hands

[@UFCFightSimulations]

Jesus watching his previous ITR interview Paul has lost so much weight kudos to him ❤❤

[@redhotbobmonkhouse9794]

Find me a smarter mind in wrestling

[@troystaunton254]

Jim Cornette. Although I consider both Herman and Cornette to be both sides of the same coin. Hey man is the New York cornette. Cornette is the cornfield heyman.

[@redhotbobmonkhouse9794]

@@troystaunton254 I’ll give you that! I would also allow you William regal too

[@Jeff_Pryce]

@@troystaunton254 Meh. Cornette’s ideas are kinda dated. Heyman seems to be able to adapt with the times.

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

@@Jeff_Pryceby saying flipping isn’t story telling?

[@holloway_goat]

5:14 why was i actually leaned in

[@rooseveltcooper]

Man Heyman is fantastic!

[@cambro5412]

Imagine if Heyman turned on Reigns and brought Punk back to win WWE championship.

[@actualriddimdad7943]

Would be some epic shit

[@joohnceena7481]

Would be a greatest disaster ever

[@alexpietsch7997]

Retread of Big Show v. Lesnar in 03

[@silverioabreu5347]

hell no it should be sami or cody

[@socialistbatman1211]

Heyman as a babyface manager??

[@granthawtree4669]

Paulie deserves an Oscar

[@GavinFromAutoglassRepair]

Two people I could listen to for hours on end about wrestling 1) Paul Heyman 2) Jim Cornette

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I could listen to Heyman read a phonebook and I'm sure he could make it great somehow !

[@kimjongun9714]

Love cm punk and Paul

[@gggeingss]

CM Punk❤️

[@opinionatedWrestling]

Paul just gets it

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

All respect to Paul, but outsmarting people from Chicago is not exactly difficult.

[@Lilferdi]

that'll never happen but that's definitely something triple h would think of

[@Ceaseless_Watcher]

@DimebagVision Guy who unironically calls people 'cuck' uses completely irrelevant comment on completely irrelevant video to take a pop at a black woman. What a shocker. Go on. Call me woke. Snowflake. Cuck. Etc etc. It's not 2016 anymore, and you are irrelevant again, now and forever. Back under your rock.

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

You saying this like Americans are smart or something💀

[@Redman1978]

Genius

[@calejdo]

really seems like don callis next week

[@woozycoot]

God damn Paul is just fuckin amazing. Crazy to watch the transition from the 80s,90s, and today. Punk is awesome too. Still is to me despite all the hate today. I still think people are mad at the wrong side, and not the spineless jellyfish that can’t back up their shit.

[@ericgilbert56]

God damn Paul is a genius!!!

[@VlogsIWC]

Hahaha Paul should be a stand up comedian

[@tommykincaid3267]

I'm not trying to sound cool (it's not like I'm going to ever meet anyone reading this) when I say this. I grew up in Aberdeen, Wa and met Bryan Danielson in 7th grade. It wasn't until we worked at McDonald's together when we were both 16 that we discovered our mutual love of Wrestling. I wanna make it clear, we were good acuantinces, I was a skateboarder and massive stoner and I loved meat, we didn't have much in common other than Wrestling. We would trade tapes and one day he brought me my first ECW tape and I have been drinking the Kool aid ever since. This isn't about Bryan, it's about Paul. He's been called a lot of things, in my opinion the one most fitting is genius. Who would have thought to do that to kill the Punk chants in Chicago of all places and been successful. Paul E. that's who and that's he's the Einstein of Wrestling!

[@arabicelvis]

Heymen = genius

[@jeichien7743]

Damn, Paul Heyman is a genius.

[@kerrydustin3996]

And old interview with a new picture of Punk…clickbait.

[@thornofsociety6857]

For some reason the poster behind him for the show makes me think of a Hershey's chocolate bar.

[@jackkitchen737]

I remember this. It truly was genius. And Brock Lesnar eventually delivered. Well done.

[@helder1795]

Lord Heyman

[@ruevaleska2477]

Man im so high and Paul Heyman doing the Vince impression is killing me

[@dubbadog4life320]

😂 my guy

[@yangoose]

Damn, Heyman is a fucking genius lol

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

Who else remembers when Paul was fed soap lmao 🤣

[@johnfluellen5982]

John cena and Chris Benoit

[@charleswhit150]

Who is the person who says Paul Heyman isn’t a brilliant man is the person who doesn’t know Paul Heyman

[@kshinokevin]

a Master class / Ted Talks seminar in giving (A.C. Nielsen (tv box) ratings gold) Promos...

[@scottishelvis8273]

Mans utter sleeze

[@reeltork3352]

Paul heyman walks into the back. Crowd "cm punk"!!

[@luisbarajas1712]

Proud to be Chicagoan bro but yeah buddy def bamboozled us but we still chanting cm pink every time they come back

[@peterf08]

Heyman ego might be as big as Vince McMahons 😂

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

Don’t get too crazy now

[@Taurean_Black]

I bet Tony Khan had a Paul Heyman in AEW when he fired CM Punk

[@showd300]

This wy we need to be able to separate fiction from reality and truth from lie because wersteling is different

[@johnmauceri21]

That was best episode segment of Raw since Punk did the pipebomb

[@Jeff_Pryce]

4:28 Of course that’s what Vince’s stupid goons wanted. 😆 Heyman was right, what good would saying that do? It would have only fired up the already rabid crowd even more and then they’d have literally chanted Punk’s name for 3 hours. They were coming in angry and furious and hot. You can’t fight an angry crowd with more anger. You just can’t win that fight. That wasn’t a smart strategy, it would have been stupid. You have to come in with a different mindset to outsmart the crowd. Paul read that room and tricked them, used their emotions to his own advantage.

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

Whats bad is this, tony kahn did the exact WRONG thing paul said not to do.

[@shellyallen6304]

🇺🇸☮️💗 Roman 💗☮️🇺🇸🗽🖖📖🖖🗽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Kaynos]

Just watched both video of Punk beating up Heyman and Heyman beating up Punk with a kendo stick. I must say, Punk had it way worse.

[@holyjebus]

Is there a reason he sits like that?

[@dylanthebiguy]

Yes cuz he's Paul fucking Heyman

[@rickmartinez4193]

To cover that belly, haha

[@8Bitorbust]

Now I get the MJF Jew references to himself he makes.

[@tricky7363]

Punk just wanted to come out as a true Cult of Personality. last time he left loved and now hated

[@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361]

only hated by smarks who think attempting to die is good wrestling

[@realbkg]

Paul is one of the generational minds in wrestling. Yes he has had some very bad and stupid ideas as has everyone but 95% of the time he hits it the park. Of you don't like Paul and respect the he'll out of him think about pro wrestling today If we never had a Paul Heyman? It would be a suck fest kind of like AEW loll

[@shellyallen6304]

🇺🇸☮️💗 Roman 💗☮️🇺🇸🖖📖🖖🗽🇺🇸

[@drstrange4625]

it aint hard to outsmart a wwe audience lol

[@shellyallen6304]

Wwe Nxe-$$$-🥶🆘🥶🖖📖🖖🗽

[@bobdole6338]

Crowds now chant “F**k CM Punk”! Check AEW Full Gear 2022 lol 180 °s

[@troystaunton254]

Eh aew proved it’s not worth caring about it when they kept beta and the cucks but got rid of punk.

[@vaibhavsharma1737]

But he still brings the emotion in wrestling

[@holdencaulfield4808]

Hey Bob Dole, didn't you lose to Bill Clinton in the 90's? Yeah you suck. Watch Wednesday and see what happens.

[@socialistbatman1211]

That’s the niche AEW audience. They don’t care about the business, they just want to see Mr Fingerbang and the thighslappers do ballet

[@bobdole6338]

@@holdencaulfield4808 I don’t see you running the United States Senate!

[@RegimentJoker]

I hate to break it to Paul, but I was at that show and he didn't stop the Punk chants. Not even a little bit. Go rewatch the episode yourself.

[@thegod1067]

This is poetic aew is childish

[@splatterfodderinc]

punk should of ended the streak at wm 29 would of done more for him and possibly headlined 30

[@chrisxavier3147]

Punk is Junk now

[@chrisxavier3147]

@@ynobigreck Even die hards are getting sick of his nonsense

[@ynobigreck]

@@chrisxavier3147 nah keep being a sheep while we know the truth 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@chrisxavier3147]

@@ynobigreck and what's the truth?

[@SamsarasArt]

How's that Kool aid taste?

[@chrisxavier3147]

@@SamsarasArt Why can't he answer my question? You are just being contrarians. I used to respect the guy, but he is a cancer

[@secondcitysaint8558]

Who is the zeus boy from ny

[@Tommy_Irish]

It didn't work though, Paul. They changed his name for years and then he returned!

[@stream_gene]

Heyman is the smartest man in wrestling today. Fight me!

[@coyi3884]

Love what he has done for the industry, but fuck me, no teen let alone adult should sit on a chair like that.

[@CellblockWisdom]

Lol who the fuck cares

[@ynobigreck]

CM Punk & Paul Heyman 👑