Last night's RAW ended with WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman addressing the fact that he'll be in CM Punk's corner at WrestleMania. That was the favour the Best in the World asked for on SmackDown last week, but Seth Rollins interrupted before Heyman could say anything of substance.
Rollins argued that neither Punk nor Roman Reigns truly cares about Heyman, bringing up the fact that the latter abandoned Heyman to the mercy of Solo Sikoa's new Bloodline last year. As for Punk, he walked out on Heyman more than a decade ago when he left WWE.
The Visionary also reminded the Wiseman that he was his first choice to join the OTC's team at Survivor Series for WarGames, not Punk. He then wondered if it might be easier to completely remove Heyman from the equation heading into the Show of Shows.
Rollins manhandled Heyman, prompting the ECW founder to lash out, giving the former World Heavyweight Champion the opportunity he'd been waiting for.
With that, Punk hit the ring, and a brawl followed. However, Rollins was the one left standing tall at the end of the night after hitting his foe with a Curb Stomp. He stopped short of delivering the same move to Heyman, and told him, "Now you own me a favour."
We're not sure that's how favours work, though many fans are convinced that Heyman will turn on both Reigns and Punk at WrestleMania to form a new alliance with Rollins.
Punk has thrived in Triple H's WWE and, during his previous run, never shied away from letting people know he was a "Paul Heyman Guy." Vince McMahon's relationship with Heyman has always been complicated, and the WWE Hall of Famer has previously shared his belief that was a detriment to the Best in the World.
"CM Punk battled against the perception that he was only a 'Paul Heyman guy.' He got unfortunately dragged down by that tag," Heyman said. "He became collateral damage to my fallout with management. Because of my fallout with management, he was tagged - that's literally what they called him - 'Oh yeah, the Paul Heyman guy.'
"This guy was a magnificent performer, an all-time performer, a WrestleMania main eventer, a top-of-the-card-worthy performer from the moment he walked through the door. But he fought against that perception and proved himself through his hard work, connection with his audience, and the fact that no matter how stupid of a concept they threw at him, he made it work."
He continued, "He was undeniable. You could not stop the progress no matter how they self-sabotaged their product."
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