Paul Heyman Explains Why He Nearly Never Returned With Roman Reigns

Paul Heyman has explained why he nearly never returned to manage anyone after Brock Lesnar, and how Roman Reigns convinced him to do it.

Heyman said that he’d been with Brock Lesnar for so long that he was reluctant about ever doing anything else on-screen, but Reigns’ pursuit of greatness is what lured him in.

Speaking with Sports Illustrated, Paul Heyman said:

“I cannot begin to convey how reluctant I was to ever do anything in this industry after the eight years, let alone the 18 years, that I put together with Brock Lesnar. Look at our accomplishments: a 500-day run as champion, multiple world championships, the single biggest, most historic victory in sports entertainment history in the conquering of ‘The Streak’. There was very little chance of me ever returning on-screen.

“For me to pursue, in front of the camera, life after Brock Lesnar, the only lure that could seduce me to even attempting such an impossible goal was to do it with someone that would live their life in the pursuit of achieving that impossibility, and that’s Roman Reigns. And that’s why someone, that’s why anyone and that’s why everyone should watch Roman Reigns. Every micromoment he’s in the frame, you are witnessing the pursuit of the all-time greatest career in the annals of sport, in the annals of entertainment and in the annals of sports entertainment.”

We’ll likely see the pair on tonight’s Throwback edition of SmackDown after Roman Reigns beat Daniel Bryan in last week’s massive main event.

The show will also see Seth Rollins vs Cesaro in a WrestleMania rematch, and we’ll have live coverage here at WrestleTalk.com.

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• Brock Lesnar
• paul heyman
• Roman Reigns
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