Paul Heymnan was interviewed by Kayla Braxton earlier today during the Christmas Eve edition of WWE SmackDown.
Kayla says it’s been one week since Heyman was fired publicly by WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns She asks him what happened.
Heyman says what happened was he told the truth to Reigns, a truth Reigns didn’t want to hear, publicly. He was fired, publicly, because he told the truth. Smashed in the face, publicly. Heyman goes on and says he paid a price for telling the truth. Kayla asks if he regrets telling the truth. Heyman thinks about it and says no because his role as special counsel was to tell Reigns these uncomfortable truths, to not just protect Reigns as a personality or IP, but as champion.
Heyman says when he came back from the ring he had to explain this to Reigns, but all his suits, bags and belongings were tossed from Reigns’ locker room suite into the hallway, like he’s some rookie. Heyman says his role was to protect the title and make no mistake about it, Reigns is the greatest Universal Champion of all-time, but he needs to be protected from Brock Lesnar.
Kayla asks Heyman what’s next. He takes a sip of water and says he doesn’t know. What does he do now? Go to WWE NXT, scout a top talent and start all over again? Not at this stage. He put every bit of his heart, soul and spirit into being Reigns’ special counsel because he believes in Reigns and without that, maybe it’s time for Heyman to acknowledge that his career is most likely over.
