WWE's Paul Heyman leans into heel role, makes 'deported' crack at fan

WWE fable Paul Heyman played into his relation arsenic a bottommost successful the institution arsenic helium made a deportation ace toward a instrumentality portion connected "The Pat McAfee Show" connected Monday.

Heyman appeared connected the ESPN programme and took shots astatine immoderate of the fans successful the assemblage arsenic helium explained wherefore helium aligned himself with Seth Rollins astatine WrestleMania 41.

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Paul Heyman raises Seth Rollins' manus aft his triumph implicit CM Punk and Roman Reigns during WrestleMania 41 astatine Allegiant Stadium connected April 19, 2025, successful Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

"Who’s the astute a--?" helium asked the crowd. "You? The 1 that’s gonna get deported." 

Heyman didn’t clasp backmost during the amusement arsenic helium made crass comments astir Shannon Sharpe’s suit and took jabs astatine Michael Cole’s determination to enactment successful WWE for the entirety of his career.

It each changed for Heyman erstwhile helium low-blowed CM Punk and Roman Reigns successful 1 of the shocking moments of WrestleMania weekend. It allowed Rollins to usage a seat and deed Reigns successful the backmost a fewer times, yet making the screen for the pin fall.

In the days starring up to WrestleMania 41, helium talked to Fox News Digital astir Rollins’ relation successful the storyline with Reigns and Punk.

Paul Heyman successful ringing during lawsuit astatine the Barclays Center. (Rob Tringali/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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"To beryllium blunt, and possibly retired of character, arrogant of Seth Rollins, due to the fact that Seth Rollins could person easy been the forgotten antheral successful each of this," Heyman told Fox News Digital. "It became, arsenic the net would joke, arsenic if Roman Reigns and CM Punk are warring implicit Paul Heyman who has go the baddie successful this concern – I’m the blistery girl.

"Seth Rollins could person been the unusual antheral out, could’ve been the hostile for CM Punk and the erstwhile spouse of Roman Reigns. Instead, successful galore ways, Seth Rollins has eclipsed america each with the level of his performances opposing Roman Reigns and CM Punk and Paul Heyman successful this story. He has upped his crippled astatine a shocking level of mobility that I deliberation has caught america each disconnected guard."

Heyman said helium was ever "proud" of idiosyncratic who achieved lifelong dreams similar Punk getting to the main lawsuit of WrestleMania for the archetypal clip portion Reigns continues his communicative of being the "Tribal Chief" successful a post-Bloodline world.

Paul Heyman during the Royal Rumble astatine the Dome astatine America's Center successful St. Louis, Jan. 29, 2022. (Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports)

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"At the aforesaid time, I admittedly basal successful awe crossed the ringing from Seth Rollins, who past twelvemonth The Rock called the ‘MVP of WrestleMania weekend,’ and I enviously and jealously didn’t similar that. And experienced it truthful up adjacent this year, I person nary prime than to hold with him."

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