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Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

Backstage Details and Roster Reaction To Paul Heyman's Exit From WWE Raw Creative | News Brief

Going In Raw: A Pro Wrestling Podcast

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Sports News, Wrestling, News, Sports

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Support Going In Raw on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/steveandlarson SOURCES: https://wrestlingnews.co/wwe-news/more-details-on-why-vince-mcmahon-pulled-paul-heyman-from-wwe-raw-creative/ https://www.pwinsider.com/article/137108/paul-heyman-out-as-head-of-monday-night-raw-creative-teams-merged.html https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/rumor-wwe-rumors-more-details-paul-heyman-leaving-executive-director-position-exclusive https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1271244961875472384?s=20 Going In Raw Merchandise http://www.prowrestlingtees.com/goinginraw http://www.friendomarket.com Contribute to the Going In Raw Set! PO Box 1814 Orangevale, CA 95662 Subscribe and leave us a rating, review or comment! Going in Raw on ITunes http://apple.co/1LpIsZa Larson on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/joyofbearding Steve on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mfstevehere Going In Raw on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgoinginraw Steve and Larson on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/SteveAndLarson/ Steve and Larson on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steveandlarson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Hey friend, those Steve here.

0:36.0

Hello and welcome back to going in raw news.

0:39.0

We're going to try to keep this one brief today but we've got a lot.

0:42.0

We've got a lot to unpack here with the creative changes there in WWE, Paul Heyman, out, Bruce Pritchard, more power, more but we'll see.

0:52.0

If it's better, let's try to get this one up to 600 likes. Larsen, kick this thing off. What's going on here?

0:58.0

Sure, so following news late yesterday that Paul Heyman was out as executive director of raw.

1:04.0

We're getting a bunch of new details. Wrestlingnews.co is reporting that move was Vince's call and that Heyman did not quit.

1:14.0

And the reason that Vince made the move was his concern over raw declining ratings.

1:21.0

Not really surprised kind of what we expect.

1:23.0

PWInsider is reporting that Vince had become quote very upset and quote openly frustrated with the state of raw with wrestle votes saying that a source told them that the show had been quote a mess lately.

1:36.0

And that the show apparently couldn't continue in the state it was in noting that quote at times recently the show has changed up to the point of air which I assume means they are rewriting up to the point the show is supposed to go live and though the whether taping things lately, I guess that would mean well I guess it could mean that even as far as reediting reshoots who knows based on what was on paper on script.

2:04.0

A source within WB's front office told wrestling observer quote I am shocked it took this long everyone do it was coming Vince did not like Paul sort of a repeat of what 2003 or so.

2:19.0

So yeah of course a lot of the wrestling journalists are chiming in with their own sources their own takes Tom Colley who also noted quote that one of the reasons behind this change was apparently due to Vince McMahon no longer having the XFL to focus on wrestling news.co also reported that McMahon is more involved with raw than Smackdown.

2:45.0

And that made Heyman's job much harder as he had to try to push his ideas while trying to keep McMahon happy wrestling observer states that Vince had seemingly had a change of philosophy given the current pandemic stating previously the mentality was all about the future the XFL was a long term play raw under Heyman was a long term play now the mentality is to worry about what you have and think about now even though the company is going to be more profitable this year.

3:13.0

And next then probably any time in his in its existence and honestly man you can see how both shows are playing out in that manner we've got two veterans for the I see title AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan that's playing out tonight you've got one of their other big feuds that they're focusing on Jeff Hardy versus Shamus obviously they they're big time veterans.

3:37.0

You've got two veterans who are bolstering the relatively young to the company Braun Strowman the universal champion he's taken on Miz and Morrison so you're adding veterans to that makes as well.

3:49.0

White look over on raw for the US title match at backlash on draw day versus Apollo you know both up and coming talents and then you have Drew McIntyre as your top champ who you know he's been the wrestling business for a very long time but just finally getting his long deserved push the main event.

4:12.0

So you know based on how raw has been approaching things focusing on younger talent is obvious when Hayman's ideas was pushing for and developing new talent rather than rely on veterans and part timers and that seemingly may have been a point of attention between himself events the newsletter notes that quote Heyman had pushed the idea of 18 months for longer with the idea the company wasn't making stars need to create new stars particularly that appealed to younger fans which is true yeah.

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