We occasionally see wrestling managers and valets getting involved in various feuds physically, Paul Heyman is one of them. This does not happen all the time, but in so many cases it occurs.
The most notable incident of such a storyline must be the Undertaker burying Paul Bearer alive in 2004 when he had a feud with the Dudley Boyz. The incident took after the main event of the WWE Great American Bash PPV event of 2004.
Paul Heyman Comments On Getting Physically Involved In Storylines
There were so many other examples of many wrestling managers get physically involved in various storylines. Most of the time they get beaten by wrestlers, and fans love such rare incidents to be very frank.
Paul Heyman has been involved in storylines physically so many times. The most notable of him getting involved physically has to be from 2002-2003 when Paul Heyman betrayed Brock Lesnar and teamed up with the Big Show. Brock Lesnar beat down Heyman a couple of times back then. He was beaten by CM Punk too, which was also loved by fans a lot.
Heyman recently spoke on the Sports Media Podcast where he talked about some incidents where he got physically involved in feuds. He said;
My preparation for physicality is the emotional understanding that this is going to hurt. The beating I took on top of Hell in a Cell from CM Punk was as real as any beating that he took inside the octagon at UFC.
Samoa Joe locking me in the Coquina Clutch on Monday Night Raw was as real as anything that anyone else is going to feel in mixed martial arts because I don’t trust my timing and I have no athletic ability. So I prefer, if I’m going to be subject to physicality, bring it. I also have been of the mindset that if you put Paul Heyman in a physical situation, the lure is that the audience is going to say, ‘Okay, this is going to be visceral.
This is going to be a fight. This is going to be interesting.’ Because, I’ve watched other people in this role or similar roles in the past, who didn’t want to take the hit. I think the lure, the seduction of Paul Heyman finally getting his ass kicked is that Paul Heyman gets his ass kicked. You sit there and say, as an audience member, ‘Hey, I want to see this.’ It’s why the ratings for Paul Heyman vs. Adam Pearce match on SmackDown did so well.
Non wrestlers getting beat up by wrestlers are always enjoyed by the fans. These incidents took place in the past so many times, they keep happening till now, and they will not stop in the future either.
Credit: Sports Media Podcast. H/T 411Mania.