Paul Heyman spoke with Scott Fishman and spoke about many topics, including his relationship with Brock Lesnar. You can view the entire interview here and below are some highlights:
Heyman’s relationship with Brock Lesnar:
“Brock Lesnar and I, for how different we are, we have the same core values both personally and professionally,” Heyman said.
“We became friends instantaneously because when we met we were both about to become fathers for the very first time. Our daughters were born just a few months apart. We both had kept it private. We weren’t telling everybody, ‘Hey, I’m going to be a father!’ We just kept it a secret. It just came out in a conversation when we first started working together. Instantly we hit it off on that because the only people we would talk to about our daughters were each other. We both put our family first.”
Will he see Brock vs. Undertaker again:
“I think it’s very safe to say Brock Lesnar versus The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell is the final time these two will step in the ring against each other. This interest was there for their rivalry at SummerSlam and when we made our case after SummerSlam the next night on Raw. This is the time to exploit that public interest. Holding this match off until WrestleMania would have been a mistake.
“The people want it now. The audience wants it now. There is a long time between now and WrestleMania. Someone could get hurt. The audience could lose interest. Something else may garner more attention. This is the time to exploit that opportunity. No, I’m not surprised it is happening this fast. I’m very happy that we are doing this particular match on this particular pay-per-view.”
