Paul Heyman’s Impactful Plans

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We’ve all heard rumors of Paul Heyman lending his talents to TNA Wrestling at one time or another over the past few years.  Ever since he departed the WWE, we’ve clamored over where he might resurface.  Even when there was no reason for the rumor to exist, ECW fanboys everywhere imagined that Heyman HAD TO BE close to going to TNA – he wouldn’t deprive the world of his talents altogether, after all.  Yet here we are in 2011, and Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff have creative control of Impact Wrestling.  Heyman…well he’s been busy co-authoring a book with Brock Lesnar.  It might be time to abandon hope that the “Mad Scientist” will be the man to pull TNA from the trenches.

Alas, we can still speculate as to what might have been.  In the above video, Paul E. explains how he’d reform TNA if control was placed in his hands.  I can’t really argue with most of his reasoning.  I have no interest in watching the likes of Jarrett, Flair, Sting, Hogan, or any of the other wash-ups that dominate Thursday nights.  According to Heyman, if he were the man in charge, he’d only retain one “legend” on the roster, but he remains non-committal on who he might prefer.

I’d be curious to see how true to his word Heyman would be if he suddenly came into power on Impact Wrestling.  While I agree with him that there are far too many “legends” filling the roster in TNA, I find it hard to believe that he would whittle their numbers down to just one.  I can’t really imagine TNA without Kurt Angle at this point, nor would I really want to.  And while Rob Van Dam’s character is ultra-bland these days, I’m sure if Paul Heyman was in charge, he’d be entertaining as hell and an indispensable asset to the promotion.  Contributing another name to the list of older guys I wouldn’t want to see get the axe is Bully Ray, who’s not only the most entertaining former ECW / WWE talent in the promotion, but he’s arguably the best wrestler they have at the moment.  So while I support Heyman’s movement to get rid of the geriatric crowd, I don’t like the idea of losing ALL of them.  Considering the speed at which stars were established in ECW, though, I’m sure if Heyman started from scratch today in TNA he could make us forget all about the aforementioned names in no time.

The fact that some of the older guys that have been contracted by TNA at one time or another wouldn’t be happy with any renovations shouldn’t come as a shock.  A lot of those who enjoyed their prime well over a decade ago don’t take kindly to people putting pressure up against the glass ceiling.  For example, here’s Kevin Nash delivering a spite-fueled, totally-NSFW rant about his feelings on Heyman’s proposed plan.  Yikes.

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