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[quote][i]Originally posted by cloak and dagger[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by Flash[/i] While creatively I can see a lot of benefits to Paul Heyman being given creative control of the business, I also can't help but wonder if perhaps the legend of Heyman hasn't grown a bit bigger than the man himself. ECW was revolutionary and a lot of that owes to Paul E. knowing how to work with what he had and either hide its faults or showcase its strengths (ex 911), but he also had some very good lieutenants in their own rights who have gone on to receive a good amount of praise of their own over their careers. I can't say if they helped to contribute to Heyman making a name for himself or if he gave them an opportunity and they learned at his feet, but either way I don't entirely know that he accomplished what he did in a complete vaccuum either. I think in talking about Paul Heyman you also have to take his considerable failures into account. While he may not necessarily be responsible for the financials running TNA, which has long been others biggest complaint about him, his storylines and attempts at ratings are still going to ultimately have to lead to a profit at some point. Lance Storm also recently commented about some negative rumours that made the rounds about him just before he joined WCW and that he knew that they had come directly from Heyman in an effort to sabotage his efforts to jump ship... this isn't the first time Heyman's been linked to some less than reputable stories. You could also point to his consistently placing himself in on-screen roles as something that could eventually work against him... remember, Vince being onscreen as himself the boss was pretty innovative and fresh at one point too, now we collectively grown when we hear his music strike.... not saying its the same thing, just that he always finds a way onto TV and that not having a boss so to speak might make him intollerable in his own right one day. Anyway, not saying Heyman couldn't be great running TNA as I have been impressed with a lot of what he has said in interviews (even if it is fairly common sense stuff), but at the same time I do think there's enough reasons out there to question the idea of him as a savior of TNA, as honestly the only thing I think he has a chance of being able to deliver more than the next guy could be Brock Lesnar, and even then it would be less their frienship and more Spike being in bed Dana White and UFC, and eager to tie TNA to its heavy investment in UFC programming that would really cause them to pony up the bucks for Lesnar (who could then still be on good terms w/ UFC as he'd be helping one of their parnter networks). [/quote] Heyman's booking success extends past ECW. He produced some of the stars of WWE's new era that came out of FCW when he was booking there, and shot Smackdown past Raw when he was booking there. He fantasy booked one of TNA's PPVs (can't remember which, but it was when the Motor City Machine Guns won the tag titles), and did it in such a way that I would've been infinitely more impressed even though he basically just rearranged the matches. His legend is big, but with good reason. He has the eye for the business, and all of his talent (despite what he's done to them) speak up for that fact. With the exposure they have, Paul Heyman would shut down the majority of TNA's upper roster and bring in indy folks. I think he could've done great with Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Pac, and the like. I'd certainly watch them over Sting vs the corpse of Ric Flair. EDA: spelling error, did ECW instead of FCW. [Edited on 10-14-2011 by cloak and dagger] [/quote]
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