If there is any man who is an authority on all things related to professional wrestling, it’s Paul Heyman. Since his days running ECW, to his current run in WWE where he works both behind the stage and on-screen as the manager of Roman Reigns – he’s seen the rise and fall of many names who tried to become stars. He’s still on-hand for big talent scouting, and notes a difference in motivations with some of the modern WWE recruits.
Paul Heyman Knows The Next Generation Of WWE Recruits See WWE As An Option – Not An Obsession
While speaking to Bleacher Report – Paul Heyman would have a chance to speak about the difference of how new recruits view WWE. It’s an option to them, not an obsession. Heyman would be quoted saying the following.
“There’s a difference right now in that today’s recruits are those who see this as an option, not an obsession. These aren’t people living and dying and breathing and hoping and praying that all of their dreams since they were five years old can come true or come crashing down around them by the decision that’s made.
“This guy might say, ‘Oh, if this doesn’t work out, I’ll go play Canadian football,’ or, ‘I’ll go play basketball in Europe. My thing is, I’m going to ask you a lot of questions you better not have the answer to, because if you do, you’re in the wrong class because this is for people that don’t have the prior knowledge.”
Heyman would go on to say that at the end of the day, the next generation of talent are going to look at the industry differently than him – and that could lead to people who change the game.
“There are plenty of people I saw today that are qualified. Are they going to main-event WrestleMania? There’s a few people I can see that happening with, but not everyone, and I’m very excited about working with them in the future. But not all of them. If you’re not going to main-event WrestleMania, are you a disruptor? Are you someone who’s going to change the industry? Are you someone who’s going to give us a vision that we don’t have? Someone who’s 20 better not look at this industry the same way I do.”
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