The War Begins

 

Dear Lord; Our Almighty Heavenly Father And Savior; Jesus Christ,

First off, we of the Rasslin Streams Pro Wrestling Metaverse Prayer Circle pray that tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown will hopefully be a very SMACKED DAB of a show. Second, we pray that Paul ``Triple H” Levesque and his creative team over at WWE in the Main Roster WILL CONTINUE to book quality weekly shows for SmackDown so that they can send us and the rest of the WWE Universe home HAPPY as we head towards the road to CROWN JEWEL in SAUDI ARABIA AND by putting on an UNPREDICTABLE FALLOUT show! Third, we pray for NO REWRITES and absolutely NO LAST MINUTE CHANGES to the original scripts and the show itself for the blue brand IF Mr. Vince McMahon is NOT “in the weeds” of things. Fourth, we pray that WWE WILL continue to properly utilize ALL of their featured male AND female Superstars + the underutilized Superstars that the Blue Brand has to offer! Fifth, we pray that Nick Aldis continues to enjoy his role as authority figure in being THE General Manager of the Blue Brand that is SmackDown! Sixth, after earning a title shot at the WWE Women’s Championship against Nia Jax, we pray that we find who comes as WWE Women’s Champion whether it be Nia Jax RETAINING or Bayley REGAINING the WWE Women’s Champion. Additionally after being threatened by CURRENT WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax, we that we find out if CURRENT Ms. Money in the Bank Tiffany Stratton CASH-IN on Nia Jax as we find out if she will FINALLY take a STAND and win her first major CHAMPIONSHIP on the main roster. Seventh, after finding out the OUTCOME of the Tag Team Match between The Bloodline’s Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa against the team of WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns, we pray that we find out what’s next between the four SUPERSTARS whether it be LAYING THE SECOND STONE of THE BLOODLINE CIVIL WAR or continuing the feud with WWE Champion Cody Rhodes! Additionally, after making his TRIUMPHANT return at the Bad Blood Premium Live Event helping Roman Reigns and WWE Champion Cody Rhodes against The Bloodline, we pray that we find out what’s next for Jimmy Uso as we see if the numbers game will come into play for The New Bloodline! Eighth, after making his TRIUMPHANT return last week, we pray that we find out what’s next for AJ Styles as he was CONFRONTED by Carmelo Hayes and SEEMINGLY injuring himself during a match against him! Additionally, after giving a BLOOD FORCE TRAUMA to Carmelo Hayes, we pray that we find out if Carmelo Hayes will FINALLY get a shot for the United States Championship against LA Knight as we FINALLY we receive a RESPONSE from SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis from The PHENOMENAL AJ Styles! Ninth, after successfully retaining the WWE Tag Team Championship in a Triple Threat Ladder Match last week, we pray that we find out what’s next for Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa of The Bloodline as we see who steps up to CHALLENGE for WWE Tag Team Championships! Additionally, after both teams were unable to claim the WWE Tag Team Championship from Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa of The Bloodline, we pray that we find out what’s next for both DIY and The Street Profits as we see if they’ll still continue to pursue The WWE Tag Team Championship and aid The Bloodline Originals Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso in their fight against The New Bloodline.


And FINALLY, we pray for some ALL-OUT BRAWLS to break out sometime during the show, and we hope AND pray for ALSO an OUT-OF-CONTROL CHAOTIC Main Event on the show in the process as well overall!

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. As we pray… AMEN!

Personal Prayer:

After sending NUMEROUS POSTS on social media, mostly on X (FKA Twitter), to the WWE and towards the CURRENT WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, I personally pray that my posts on social media are READ and are TAKEN to CAREFUL CONSIDERATION as a fan of Professional Wrestling! AMEN!

HELL IN A CELL

Todays Lesson is interesting because it brings together a few of the most popular superstars in WWE History. At In Your House: Badd Blood in 1997  Shawn Michaels faced The Undertaker in the very first Hell In A Cell match.

Michaels won the bout and became the number-one contender for the WWF World Championship due to Kane ripping the door from the cell and Tombstoning his ‘brother’ allowing Shawn Michaels  to get the win.

This was Kanes Debut and he walked in with Paul Bearer who in himself is a legend in wrestling history. Kane is one of the legends in wrestling history. He is the long lost brother of Undertaker as well in storyline so he made sense to interfere in this match. He in rl is a former mayor and very involved with things.

A month later Shawn Michaels  would go on to face Bret the Hitman Hart in Montreal at Survivor Series.

Hell in a Cell features a large cell structure, a four-sided cuboid made from open-weave steel mesh chain-link fencing which encloses the ring and ringside area. Unlike the steel cage match, the only way to get out of the Hell in a Cell without damaging the Cell's structure is through its door—but this door is locked by thick chains and a padlock. Only an in-ring pinfall or submission will ordinarily result in a win and there are no disqualifications. Hell in a Cell is a Vince Russo creation.

There has been 53 Hell in A Cell Matches and Undertaker has the most appearances with 14. Sasha Banks has the most for women at 3. 

Who Let The Dogs Out

Dear Lord; Our Almighty Heavenly Father And Savior; Jesus Christ,

First off, we of the Rasslin Streams Pro Wrestling Metaverse Prayer Circle pray that tonight’s edition of Monday Night Raw will hopefully be a very RAW-TASTIC of a show. Second, we pray that Paul “Triple H” Levesque and his creative team over at WWE in the Main Roster WILL CONTINUE to book quality weekly shows for Raw so that they can send us and the rest of the WWE Universe home HAPPY as we head towards the road to Crown Jewel in in SAUDI ARABIA AND by putting on a STUPENDOUS FALLOUT SHOW. Third, we pray for NO REWRITES and absolutely NO LAST MINUTE CHANGES to the original scripts and the show itself for the red brand IF Mr. Vince McMahon is NOT “in the weeds” of things. Fourth, we pray that WWE WILL continue to properly utilize ALL of their featured male AND female Superstars + the underutilized Superstars that the Red Brand has to offer! Fifth, we pray that Adam Pearce continues to enjoy his role as authority figure in being THE General Manager of the Red Brand that is Raw! Sixth, we pray that we see more of the national treasure himself R-Truth in his Godly element from all these featured entertaining segments… backstage or inside the squared circle over on Raw! Seventh, we continue to pray that Joe Tessitore adjusts himself nicely as RAW’s lead play-by-play commentator as he will call the action throughout the course on the RED BRAND! Eighth, after cheating to beat Rey Mysterio and SECURING an INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP Match, we pray that we find out if CHALLENGER Xavier Woods can win his first singles CHAMPIONSHIP against CHAMPION Jey Uso as we see if he can go about about it the HONORABLE way! Additionally, after costing Kofi Kingston his match against Chad Gable last week, we pray that we find if The New Day will IMPLODE as we see which New Day member will turn to the dark side after weeks of TENSION! Ninth, after coming to the rescue of Lyra Valkyria last week, we pray that we find out if this six women tag team match between the team of Lyra Valkyria, Kayden Carter and Katana Chance against the team of The Pure Fusion Collective will turn into a FEISTY FELINE CATFIGHT as we if these six women will ATTEMPT to RIP each other’s eyes out! Tenth, after weeks of AMBUSHING each other, we pray that we find out if this DONNYBROOK MATCH between Sheamus and Pete Dunne will DEVOLVE into a FRACAS as we see which BRUTE will end up KNOCKED OUT at the end! Eleventh, after FINALLY accepting a WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, we pray that we find out if this CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH between CHAMPION GUNTHER against CHALLENGER Sami Zayn will become a HARD HITTING AFFAIR as we shall see if Sami Zayn can FINALLY will the prestigious CHAMPIONSHIP on RAW. Additionally, after CONFRONTING Bron Breakker backstage, we pray that we find out if the second generational SUPERSTAR will make an APPEARANCE as we shall see if Ludwig Kasier we will get involved in some CAPACITY! Twelveth after making a TRIUMPHANT return last week, we pray that we find out what next for Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed as we shall see if they will take their feud to the NEXT LEVEL! Thirteenth, after the HELLACIOUS HELL IN A CELL Match last night, we pray that we find out what’s next for both CM Punk and Drew McInytre as we shall see if they will still feud with each other or move on to different storylines! Fourteenth, after The Women’s World Heavyweight Championship match between CHAMPION Liv Morgan and CHALLENGER Rhea Ripley, we pray that we find out what next for both women as we see if they will continue their WAR with one another! Additionally, after finding out the OUTCOME between the GRUDGE match between Damian Priest and Finn Balor, we pray that we find out what next between the FORMER Tag Team Partners as we shall see if Damian Priest get some ASSISTANCE at some CAPACITY with the rest of Judgment Day LURKING!

And FINALLY, we pray for some ALL-OUT BRAWLS to break out sometime during the show, and we hope AND pray for ALSO an OUT-OF-CONTROL CHAOTIC Main Event on the show in the process as well overall!

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. As we pray… AMEN!

Personal Prayer:

After sending NUMEROUS POSTS on social media, mostly on X (FKA Twitter), to the WWE and towards the CURRENT WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, I personally pray that my posts on social media are READ and are TAKEN to CAREFUL CONSIDERATION as a fan of Professional Wrestling! AMEN!

The Captain and The Chief: Heroes United

 

Dear Lord; Our Almighty Heavenly Father And Savior; Jesus Christ,

First off, we of the Rasslin Streams Pro Wrestling Metaverse Prayer Circle pray that tonight’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown will hopefully be a very SMACKED DAB of a show. Second, we pray that Paul ``Triple H” Levesque and his creative team over at WWE in the Main Roster WILL CONTINUE to book quality weekly shows for SmackDown so that they can send us and the rest of the WWE Universe home HAPPY as we head towards the road to BAD BLOOD in ATLANTA AND by putting on an EXPLOSIVE GO-HOME show! Third, we pray for NO REWRITES and absolutely NO LAST MINUTE CHANGES to the original scripts and the show itself for the blue brand IF Mr. Vince McMahon is NOT “in the weeds” of things. Fourth, we pray that WWE WILL continue to properly utilize ALL of their featured male AND female Superstars + the underutilized Superstars that the Blue Brand has to offer! Fifth, we pray that Nick Aldis continues to enjoy his role as authority figure in being THE General Manager of the Blue Brand that is SmackDown! Sixth, after defeating Naomi to earn a shot a WWE Women’s Champion last week, we pray that we find out what’s next for CHAMPION Nia Jax and CHALLENGER Bayley as we see if they’ll get into a PHYSICAL CATFIGHT in some CAPACITY! Additionally, after THREATENING Ms. Money in the bank Tiffany Stratton last week, we pray that we find out if Tiffany Stratton will CASH-IN on WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax whether it be on this week’s edition or at the Premium Live Event ITSELF! Seventh, after costing Andrade’s match last week, we pray that we find out what will happen between United States Champion LA Knight and Andrade as we see if the Luchador will RECIPROCATE! Additionally after tying up their BEST OF SEVEN series last week, we pray that we find out what’s next for Carmelo Hayes as we see if he will be next in line for a shot at The United States Championship! Eighth, after announcing the RETURN of The Phenomenal AJ Styles, we pray that we find out Paul “Triple H” Leveque has in store for the RETURNING WWE Superstar! Additionally, after defeating Piper Niven last week, we pray that we find out who will end up getting placed in the DUMPSTER as Mia “Michin” Yim goes one on one with Chelsea Green in a DUMPSTER MATCH! Ninth, after getting announced on social media, we pray that we find out who walks away WWE Tag Team Champions as CHAMPIONS Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa defend the Championships in a ladder match against The Street Profits and DIY as we see which other superstars not COMPETING in the LADDER will play a factor in the OUTCOME! Tenth, after explaining his reasoning for teaming with Roman Reigns, we pray that we find out what next for WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, and Jacob Fatu as we see if their last encounter before Bad Blood will devolve into ANARCHY! Additionally, after getting upset at WWE Cody Rhodes for getting involved in their tag team match last week, we pray that we find out if Kevin Owens will FINALLY snap as we will if Randy Orton will try to play PEACEMAKER once again between his two friends. Eleventh, after getting INTERRUPTED numerous times of trying to speak his mind about the tag team match between WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns, we pray that we FINALLY find out what he thinks about the whole situation as we see if Solo Sikoa will interrupt him once again!

And FINALLY, we pray for some ALL-OUT BRAWLS to break out sometime during the show, and we hope AND pray for ALSO an OUT-OF-CONTROL CHAOTIC Main Event on the show in the process as well overall!

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. As we pray… AMEN!

Personal Prayer:

After sending NUMEROUS POSTS on social media, mostly on X (FKA Twitter), to the WWE and towards the CURRENT WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, I personally pray that my posts on social media are READ and are TAKEN to CAREFUL CONSIDERATION as a fan of Professional Wrestling! AMEN!

Guyver Season Three: Episode 16

16. Prelude To The Storm
As Zektor’s infusion with Elegan begins to deteriorate Sean and the rest of the Zeus Crew ponder their future as Mel returns to the team as she threatens Sean and the rest of the team not to stop her. However, after a minor scuffle with her past self she is placed in confinement so she doesn’t do anymore harm to the future. During her time in her cell, Melanie convinces her not to take vengeance on Sean Balcus as it would not have been what Merrick would’ve wanted. Meanwhile, still mourning after Merrick’s death, the team is forced to deal with a new Mech-Zoanoid El Toppo. During the encounter, Vash and Sean ready themselves Zektor, but El Toppo and a Chronos Agent attack from behind. A brawl ignites as the Detroit Police Department arrives attempting to quell the situation, but to no avail the fight continues. Two more Chronos Agents get involved, but are easily dispatched by Sean who attempts to go after El Toppo, but is held at bay by the authorities. Vash decides to take matters into his own hands and take out everyone including the DPD fleet! In doing so he manages to De-Armor El Toppo back to human form. Following the Zoanoids arrest Vash decks the Chronos fiend after making a Crude remark about Merrick. As the episode ends, Guyver Zoanoid orders a manhunt for Zektor as the team prepares a funeral for Merrick.

Paul Heyman

 

Paul Heyman

Today's lesson is on one of the most brilliant managers in History Paul Heyman. He is also the driving force behind ECW before Vince McMahon bought it. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2024.

Heyman decided he wanted to work in professional wrestling when he saw Vince McMahon interviewing "Superstar" Billy Graham. He began as a photographer when he was 13 and bought his own photo lab to take photos of pro wrestlers in New York. He published his own newsletter, The Wrestling Times Magazine,and wrote for third-party wrestling publications such as Pro Wrestling Illustrated. At the age of 14, he called Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the parent company of the World Wide Wrestling Federation, and obtained a backstage pass for Madison Square Garden, his first official work in pro wrestling. Posed photographs from this period of Heyman with the WWF's three dominant heel managers of the period, Lou Albano, Fred Blassie and The Grand Wizard were later published by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as evidence that Heyman had studied heel management under the tutelage of the "Three Wise Men".Heyman met Dusty Rhodes at a Jim Crockett Promotions taping, when he entered a production meeting.In 1985, Heyman was hired by New York Studio 54 as a photographer. The same year, he became producer of Studio 54 and hosted the first Wrestle Party 85 show. He called Jim Crockett, who sent Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and Magnum T. A. The show featured Bam Bam Bigelow's debut and an award to Flair. At the urging of Bigelow, Heyman made his managerial debut on January 2, 1987, initially appearing on the Northeast independent circuit before moving to a more high-profile stint with Championship Wrestling from Florida in February 1987. There, he joined forces with Kevin Sullivan and Oliver Humperdink, and acquired the name Paul E. Dangerously because of his resemblance to Michael Keaton's character in Johnny Dangerously. After CWF was absorbed by Jim Crockett Promotions, Bigelow brought him to Memphis and the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) to manage Tommy Rich and Austin Idol in a heated feud with Jerry Lawler, a war which later carried over to the American Wrestling Association (AWA), with the Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose) taking over for Idol and the face-turned Rich.

The Paul E. Dangerously gimmick was an extension of Heyman's own personality: a brash New Yorker with a yuppie attitude, often seen holding a mobile phone, which was occasionally used as a "foreign object" (according to Heyman, he decided to use the mobile phone as a weapon when he watched Gordon Gekko in Wall Street).[After departing the AWA, Heyman went back to the CWA. Heyman joined with Eddie Gilbert and his wife and valet Missy Hyatt and together they feuded with Lawler before moving on to the Alabama-based Continental Wrestling Federation. Behind the scenes, Gilbert was the head booker of the promotion, and Heyman became his assistant. Heyman was also the head booker for Windy City Wrestling in Chicago and started developing a reputation as being an innovative television writer and producer.

In 1988, Heyman jumped to Jim Crockett Promotions, where Dangerously again managed the Original Midnight Express in a feud with the new Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and their manager, Jim Cornette, as well as managing "Mean" Mark Callous. He settled into the role of an announcer, joining Jim Ross to call the matches on WTBS' World Championship Wrestling and other programming. Heyman admitted he learned more working with Ross than from his previous mentors. While in-between stints in WCW, Heyman went to work for ICW as a writer, but was fired on his first day in the middle of his first TV taping.

In 1991, WCW needed to re-structure its "heels", so Heyman returned to the role of spokesman and ringside manager as the manager of the Dangerous Alliance, with Rick Rude as the centerpiece of the stable. According to Heyman, he and Stone Cold Steve Austin learned their craft from Rude. Heyman led Rude to the United States title and the tag team of Eaton and Arn Anderson to the Tag Team titles. The Dangerous Alliance dominated WCW through most of 1992.

Heyman was fired from WCW after clashes with booker Bill Watts.  In February 1993, Heyman filed a lawsuit against WCW alleging wrongful termination and ethnic discrimination. The lawsuit was settled privately out of court.

After departing WCW, Heyman attempted to start a new promotion in Texas with Jim Crockett Jr. Disagreement arose, however, as Crockett wanted to build a traditional wrestling brand, while Heyman believed traditional wrestling was antiquated and a new take on the genre was needed.

At this time, Eddie Gilbert was a booker for a Philadelphia-based promotion, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Eastern Championship Wrestling, which he did under the ownership of a local pawn shop owner named Tod Gordon. Heyman came in to help Gilbert teach the younger wrestlers how to perform on interviews,[15] but Gilbert's erratic behavior became too much for Gordon, who had a major falling out with Gilbert right before the UltraClash event on September 18, 1993. From that point forward, Heyman was in charge of the creative direction of the company. As Paul E. Dangerously, he managed a few wrestlers, including Sabu and 911.

A year later, the company was the flagship promotion of the struggling NWA. The NWA World Title Tournament was scheduled to be held in August 1994 for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, at an ECW-hosted event mostly featuring ECW wrestlers. The proposed outcome was the current ECW champion Shane Douglas becoming champion, but Heyman conspired with Douglas and Gordon without the knowledge of NWA president Dennis Coralluzzo to have Douglas (and by extension, ECW itself) publicly denounce the NWA and its "tradition" after winning the tournament. In his post-match speech, Douglas aggressively assaulted the title's lineage, throwing the belt itself down, proclaiming the NWA a "dead organization" and declaring his ECW title a world-level championship. The plan for this shoot screwjob was known only to those three.
commentary by the returning Jerry Lawler.

Heyman was the lead writer for SmackDown! from July 2002 to February 2003. On Heyman's 2014 WWE documentary Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman, Heyman stated that the SmackDown! brand he was writing was beating Raw in ratings, merchandise and live show attendance during a time McMahon wanted real-life competition between the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

While he was in WWE, Tazz spoke to him about Brock Lesnar, a WWE developmental wrestler. Heyman began mentoring Lesnar, and McMahon decided to make Heyman Lesnar's manager. Heyman helped Lesnar capture the WWE Undisputed Championship 126 days after Lesnar's main roster debut when Lesnar beat The Rock at SummerSlam to also become the youngest WWE Undisputed Champion at the time. At the Survivor Series, Heyman turned on Lesnar and allied himself with Big Show, while helping him win the title from Lesnar in the process.

After McMahon defeated his daughter Stephanie in October 2003 at the No Mercy pay-per-view, the storyline was that she was forced to resign from her position as general manager (GM) of SmackDown!. Heyman returned to television to assume Stephanie McMahon's on-camera role as General Manager. On March 22, 2004, he appeared on Raw to take part in the annual WWE draft lottery. During the show he was drafted to the Raw brand to work for Raw general manager Eric Bischoff. Instead, he decided to "quit" rather than work for Bischoff, the man he cited for the death of ECW by raiding its talent. Heyman was replaced as SmackDown! General Manager by his former client Kurt Angle on March 25.

On July 10, 2005, it was reported that Heyman took over the positions of head booker and writer in Ohio Valley Wrestling, a developmental territory maintained by WWE. It was during this time that he forged a real-life friendship with CM Punk.

instead wanted to have CM Punk win it, a decision McMahon disliked.

This was one of multiple behind-the-scenes creative disagreements between Heyman and McMahon that led to the split, and that Heyman had been overruled on a number of decisions regarding the product over ECW's only pay-per-view under WWE, December to Dismember.McMahon and Heyman clashed in front of several members of the writing team on McMahon's corporate jet the day after the pay-per-view. The argument with McMahon was over a disagreement over the Extreme Elimination Chamber match at December to Dismember. Heyman thought that The Big Show should be eliminated in the Elimination Chamber match by CM Punk via submission, to push the rising star. The Big Show agreed with this idea, wanting to help push Punk's career, but McMahon disagreed, and Punk was ultimately eliminated first. After allegedly turning down an offer from Stephanie McMahon to return to his post writing television for WWE developmental television shows, Heyman officially parted ways quietly with WWE on December 17, 2006.

Heyman brandishing the WWE Championship on behalf of champion CM Punk in December 2012

After a five-year absence following the controversial departure after the December to Dismember PPV in 2006, Heyman returned to WWE on the May 7, 2012 episode of Raw SuperShow as Brock Lesnar's legal advisor, announcing that Lesnar, who returned a month before, had quit the company.Behind the scenes, Heyman had no interest at first in returning to WWE, as he still felt he held bad blood with a lot of the staff, but reconsidered after Lesnar requested his presence after a lackluster promo with John Laurinaitis.The following week on Raw SuperShow, Heyman confronted Triple H, handing him a lawsuit from Lesnar for breach of contract. Triple H responded by shoving Heyman into the ropes, leading Heyman to announce that he would file a lawsuit against Triple H for assault and battery. On the June 18 episode of Raw SuperShow, Heyman declined Triple H's challenge for a match against Lesnar at SummerSlam on Lesnar's behalf. Later that month, Heyman stated that Brock Lesnar would answer Triple H's challenge himself at Raw 1000. Lesnar would go on to defeat Triple H at SummerSlam.

On the September 3 episode of Raw, after CM Punk attacked John Cena, Heyman was seen driving the car Punk had entered. This began an alliance between CM Punk and Heyman. Heyman began accompanying Punk to the ring for his matches and promos. Because of the events of the previous weeks, on the February 11 episode of Raw, Heyman addressed the audience intending to resign from the company. CM Punk, however, convinced Heyman to not only stay with the company, but also to be in Punk's corner at the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view for his WWE Championship match. Around this time, Heyman quietly cut off his signature ponytail.
Later, CM Punk earned the right to fight The Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 after winning a Fatal Four Way match at Old School Raw. In addition, Heyman's other client Brock Lesnar was booked for a No Holds Barred match against Triple H at WrestleMania, with Triple H's career on the line. At WrestleMania, both of Heyman's clients lost their matches. On the April 15 episode of Raw, Heyman announced Lesnar had challenged Triple H to a steel cage match at Extreme Rules. The following week, Triple H accepted the match and delivered a Pedigree to Heyman. As a response, Lesnar and Heyman invaded the headquarters of WWE and trashed Triple H's office. At Extreme Rules, Lesnar defeated Triple H with the help of Heyman.

Heyman announced Michael McGillicutty as the newest "Paul Heyman guy" on the May 20 Raw and gave him the new name of Curtis Axel. On the May 27 episode of Raw, Heyman appeared on the Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho, where Jericho challenged CM Punk to a match at Payback which Heyman accepted on Punk's behalf. The next week, Heyman and Jericho signed the contract to make it official. The same week on SmackDown, Jericho faced off against Curtis Axel. As Jericho was closing in on the victory, Heyman stood on the announcers table and yelled: "It's clobbering time". Punk's music began to play, distracting Jericho long enough for Axel to pick up the victory. 

At Payback, Heyman coached Axel during his match with Wade Barrett and The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship with Axel winning the match and the title. Heyman accompanied Punk to the ring later in the show for his match with Chris Jericho. After Payback, a WWE.com exclusive video aired with Punk telling Heyman that he is his friend and not his client. On the June 17 episode of Raw, Punk challenged Alberto Del Rio, mentioning that he did not want Heyman managing him anymore. Following Punk's match, he was attacked by Lesnar. The next week on Raw, Punk demanded answers from Heyman, who swore he did not ask Lesnar to attack him. Punk forgave Heyman and then faced Darren Young and, following his win, was attacked by Titus O'Neil until Curtis Axel saved him, to Punk's chagrin. Heyman announced that he would team with Axel against The Prime Time Players the next week, again to Punk's disapproval. 

At Money in the Bank, Heyman betrayed CM Punk, costing him his chance at the Money in the Bank briefcase by hitting him three times with a ladder, knocking Punk off the ladder when he was ascending. On the August 5 episode of Raw, Punk retaliated by choking Heyman while Heyman was in Curtis Axel's corner during a match. This prompted Lesnar to enter the ring and attack Punk. Heyman later challenged Punk to a 1-on-1 match for the next week's Raw, which Punk accepted.However, this was revealed to be a trap when Lesnar appeared prior to the match. The plan was foiled, however, when Heyman dared CM Punk to come into the ring and accept the challenge as CM Punk, who had anticipated the trap and hid under the ring, emerged and attacked Lesnar. However, Punk failed to get his hands on Heyman as Curtis Axel came to Heyman's aid.This led to a match between Lesnar and Punk at SummerSlam, which Lesnar won after interference from Heyman.

Heyman and Axel delivered a brutal assault to Punk on Raw the following week, with Heyman breaking a kendo stick over Punk's back while Punk was handcuffed. Heyman was then booked to team with Axel against CM Punk in an elimination handicap match at Night of Champions. Heyman tried various times to get out of the match, which caused General Manager Brad Maddox to make the match into a no disqualification elimination handicap match. At Night of Champions, Punk eliminated Axel (who had been forced to defend his Intercontinental Championship against Kofi Kingston earlier in the night), leaving Heyman alone with Punk. After receiving a beating from Punk and being placed in handcuffs, just as Heyman did to Punk weeks before, Punk was about to attack Heyman with a kendo stick when Ryback interfered and cost Punk the match by putting Punk through a table.

At Battleground, Punk pinned Ryback after a low blow. At Hell in a Cell, Punk defeated both Ryback and Heyman and after the match attacked Heyman on top of the cell, putting an end to their feud. On the November 11, 2013 episode of Raw, Heyman stated that he was no longer with Ryback as Ryback never officially accepted his proposal to become a "Paul Heyman Guy". After that, CM Punk came out to once again beat Heyman with a kendo stick. The following night on SmackDown, Heyman formally announced to Curtis Axel and Ryback that they were no longer Paul Heyman guys, therefore marking the end of Axel's association with Heyman as he continued to team with Ryback. Heyman returned on the December 30 episode of Raw alongside Brock Lesnar, who attacked Mark Henry. He stood by Lesnar as he feuded with Big Show and The Undertaker in the first four months of 2014. Lesnar ended The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania XXX; this was The Undertaker's first loss at a WrestleMania, as he previously had a record of 21 wins.On the Raw following WrestleMania, Cesaro revealed himself to be a "Paul Heyman Guy". Cesaro eventually declared himself no longer a "Paul Heyman Guy" on the July 21 episode of Raw.

After Triple H announced that Randy Orton would challenge John Cena at SummerSlam, Roman Reigns came out and fought with Orton backstage. Heyman then came out and told Triple H to implement "Plan C" which was the return of Lesnar, who would have a match against Cena at SummerSlam. Lesnar defeated Cena at SummerSlam to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

At the Royal Rumble, Heyman was at ringside when Lesnar retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Cena and Seth Rollins. At WrestleMania 31, Heyman was at ringside when Lesnar defended his title belt against the 2015 Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns, but Lesnar was unsuccessful as Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and made the match a Triple Threat match. Rollins pinned Reigns for the win. The next night on Raw, Lesnar was suspended after he demanded a rematch for the title and attacked several innocent people.

In June, Heyman and Lesnar returned to the WWE after Lesnar was named the No. 1 contender to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, igniting a feud between Lesnar and Rollins. At Battleground, Lesnar defeated Rollins by disqualification (The Undertaker returned and attacked Lesnar). The Undertaker further explained his actions as revenge, not for defeating the streak but over Heyman's constant taunting. At SummerSlam, Heyman was at ringside when the match between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker ended in controversy; the bell was rung as The Undertaker tapped out, but the referee did not see it. This allowed The Undertaker to defeat Lesnar after he passed out to the Hell's Gate. At Hell in a Cell, Heyman was present when Lesnar defeated The Undertaker in the rematch, ending their feud.

was denied by Kurt Angle. However, at Hell in a Cell, Heyman appeared as Lesnar interfered with the main event match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. The next day, Heyman appeared on Raw, setting up a triple threat match at Crown Jewel between Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, and Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. However, following Reigns' leukemia announcement, Heyman would instead set up a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the now-vacant title at Crown Jewel, a match Lesnar won.

At WrestleMania 35, Heyman came out just after the opening segment, demanding that Seth Rollins fights his client to start off the main card. Lesnar and Rollins appeared thereafter. Lesnar then severely beat up Rollins before the match started. When the match finally started, Rollins ultimately won the match in under 5 minutes, carrying out a low blow when a referee was knocked down, and executing his finisher three times.
In June 2019, WWE announced that Heyman would be the executive director of Raw. Heyman also appeared on SmackDown due to Lesnar being drafted to the brand in the 2019 WWE Draft, but shortly thereafter, Lesnar returned to Raw.


Heyman continued to represent Lesnar up to WrestleMania 36, when Drew McIntyre defeated him for the WWE Championship in quick fashion, at a fan-less event, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lesnar then opted not to sign a new contract, thus leaving his professional wrestling career in uncertainty due to him becoming a "free agent".

On the August 28, 2020 episode of SmackDown, Heyman aligned with the returning Roman Reigns, portraying the character of his special counsel. Besides his work as manager, Heyman also worked as a creative, deciding the storylines which include Reigns. At the Crown Jewel event in October 2021, Reigns retained the Universal Championship after striking Lesnar with the title belt. Heyman's alliance with Reigns ended on the December 17, 2021 episode of Smackdown after Reigns fired Heyman and attacked him. As Reigns was about to hit him with a steel chair, Lesnar saved him from being attacked.

On the January 3, 2022 episode of Raw, Heyman once again aligned himself with Lesnar after he had won the WWE Championship two days earlier at Day 1.The reunion was short-lived, as three weeks later at the Royal Rumble event, Heyman betrayed Lesnar by handing Reigns the WWE Championship belt to attack Lesnar, allowing Bobby Lashley to win the title from him in the process and re-aligning him with Reigns.Lesnar went on to win the Royal Rumble match and regained the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber, setting up a Champion vs. Champion Winner Takes All Championship Unification match against Reigns at WrestleMania 38. Reigns defeated Lesnar, thus winning both the Universal and WWE Championships. It was around this time that Heyman would be announced as ‘The Wiseman’ as well as ‘Special Counsel’ to Roman Reigns and the Bloodline. Heyman was by Reigns' side as he beat Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemania 39 in the main event. Reigns' title reign as Universal Champion lasted 1,316 days when he ultimately lost to Rhodes at WrestleMania XL in April 2024. That same year, Heyman was announced as the first 2024 WWE Hall of Fame inductee & was inducted on April 5.

After Reigns' title loss, Heyman turned into a tweener, after his character became innocent after Solo Sikoa, who joined the stable in 2022, took temporary leadership of The Bloodline after exiling Jimmy Uso and inducting Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Jacob Fatu.On the June 28 episode of SmackDown, Heyman was kicked out of The Bloodline after refusing to acknowledge Sikoa as the Tribal Chief, turning Heyman face for the first time since 2006 in the process.

Locked-Up

 

Dear Lord; Our Almighty Heavenly Father And Savior; Jesus Christ,

First off, we of the Rasslin Streams Pro Wrestling Metaverse Prayer Circle pray that tonight’s edition of Monday Night Raw will hopefully be a very RAW-TASTIC of a show. Second, we pray that Paul “Triple H” Levesque and his creative team over at WWE in the Main Roster WILL CONTINUE to book quality weekly shows for Raw so that they can send us and the rest of the WWE Universe home HAPPY as we head towards the road to Bad Blood in Atlanta AND by putting on a COMBUSTIBLE GO-SHOW SHOW. Third, we pray for NO REWRITES and absolutely NO LAST MINUTE CHANGES to the original scripts and the show itself for the red brand IF Mr. Vince McMahon is NOT “in the weeds” of things. Fourth, we pray that WWE WILL continue to properly utilize ALL of their featured male AND female Superstars + the underutilized Superstars that the Red Brand has to offer! Fifth, we pray that Adam Pearce continues to enjoy his role as authority figure in being THE General Manager of the Red Brand that is Raw! Sixth, we pray that we see more of the national treasure himself R-Truth in his Godly element from all these featured entertaining segments… backstage or inside the squared circle over on Raw! Seventh, we continue to pray that Joe Tessitore adjusts himself nicely as RAW’s lead play-by-play commentator as he will call the action throughout the course on the RED BRAND! Seventh, after brawling throughout the show and announcing a LAST MONSTER STANDING MATCH, we pray that we find out who prevails as we see if Braun Strowman and Bronson Reed will ATTEMPT to FRACTURE the arena on Monday Night RAW! Additionally, after interfering in The Miz’s match last week, we pray that we find out if The Miz will get INVOLVED in some CAPACITY as he sets out to prove to everyone that he doesn’t need ASSISTANCE from ANYONE! Eighth, sending a message to CM Punk and mentioning his sister last week, we pray that we find what’s next in the feud the between himself and CM Punk as we see if CHAOS unfolds with SECURITY and OFFICIALS attempt to ISOLATE the SUPERSTARS! Ninth, after SUCCESSFULLY winning his FIRST SINGLEs Championship, we pray that we find out what’s next for NEW Intercontinental Champion Jey Uso as we find out who’s next to step up against the YEET Master himself! Additionally, after making threats to Jey Uso and others, we pray that we find out if The Judgment Day will target their enemies as we’ll see if absolute MAYHEM will break out! Tenth, after announcing Dominick Mysterio hanging from a shark cage, we pray that we find out what’s next for Women’s World Heavyweight Champion Liv Morgan and CHALLENGER Rhea Ripley as we see if their next CONFRONTATION will turn into a FEISTY FELINE CLASH! Additionally, after weeks of being ambushed by Finn Balor and The Judgment Day, we pray that we find out what Damian Priest has in store for his former in arms as we see if “The Archery of Infamy” will DISH OUT some punishment for Finn Balor and the rest of The Judgment Day! Eleventh, after lashing out at Rey Mysterio and the rest of the LWO for interfering in their title match two weeks ago, we pray that we find out if The New Day’s Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston will finally IMPLODE! Additionally, after interfering in the tag team match between, The New Day and The Creed Brothers, we pray that we find out if Kofi Kingston can gain REDEMPTION as he goes one on one with the leader of American Made Chad Gable!

And FINALLY, we pray for some ALL-OUT BRAWLS to break out sometime during the show, and we hope AND pray for ALSO an OUT-OF-CONTROL CHAOTIC Main Event on the show in the process as well overall!

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. As we pray… AMEN!

Personal Prayer:

After sending NUMEROUS POSTS on social media, mostly on X (FKA Twitter), to the WWE and towards the CURRENT WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, I personally pray that my posts on social media are READ and are TAKEN to CAREFUL CONSIDERATION as a fan of Professional Wrestling! AMEN!