It was a calm Sunday morning with no real news in the pro wrestling world until Paul Heyman decided to take a break from cooking to respond to an interview he saw somewhere. What ensued was an extended takedown.
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As we sit here about 2 enjoy Korean BBQ, I decided 2 go against how I usually handle wannabes who like 2 name drop (after 16 years, no less) pic.twitter.com/filk4Ohn3w
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
I saw an interview in which #CWAnderson claims I was in LA shooting #Rollerball instead of trying to save #ECW back in 2000 ....
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
It's absurd that people have done nothing to talk about in 17 years so they are constrained to address their heartbreak about 2000/01 ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
Of course, that makes me an even bigger schmuck to feel compelled to ANSWER these moronic comments, but the food is cooking, so ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(1) Rollerball was never filmed in LA. It was filmed in Montreal and then in Yonkers, NY
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(2) My scenes in Rollerball were shot in June and July, 2001. Not when #ECW was in business. I was actually booked for the movie thru @WWE
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(3) The insinuation that I was shooting movie(s) in LA instead of trying to save what was my life (at the time) (#ECW) is just ignorant.
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(4) Not only did I desperately try every angle 2 save the company, I put in every last dime I personally had, even when the ship was sinking
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(5) I have zero regrets over any of this. I went bankruipt trying to save #ECW, and have never regretted my investment and never will.
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
(6) So when someone repeats a blatant lie about my comitment at the time to the product to which I devoted seven years of my life, it's ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
... nothing short of ignorance on full display for the entire world to see. It's a shame I waited this long to correct the record on this
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
... BS that has lingered for all these years, but I remember sitting on the @WWE plane with @VinceMcMahon and someone had said something ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
.. so outlandish about him, and everyone was trying to get Vince to reply. He turned to me and said ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
"I focus on revenue-producing public statements. Anything else is a waste of my time, and my time is limited. I have things to do." (cont)
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
I also sit there every week and see @BrockLesnar laugh at every rumor, every innuendo, every claim made about him ....
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
And when I say "so, Brock ... is there a retort?" He laughs out loud and says "not a chance!"
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
So today, I decided to lower myself and answer a claim that people w/ nothing to do seem to repeat with no regard for accuracy.
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
I accept all criticism 4 this diatribe, and confess I should have been above it all, and offer no excuses as to why I decided to address it.
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
Oh I almost forgot. To answer #CW's nagging self-question as to why he was paid $75 a night when others had more (at least on paper) ...
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
That was the going rate for a lower level stooge who reported on the locker room to Dreamer. But admittedly, he was a damn good one. PROPS!
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) February 26, 2017
For his part, Anderson has yet to respond publicly outside of retweeting some fans who said they were taking his side in the ordeal.