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WWE -legend Paul Heyman played into his role as a heel in the business when he made a deportation crack against a fan while he was at the “The Pat McAfee Show” on Monday.
Heyman showed up on the ESPN program and took shots at some of the fans in the crowd as he explained why he adapted to Seth Rollins on Wrestlemania 41.
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Paul Heyman lifts Seth Rollins’ hand after his victory over CM Punk and Roman Reigns under Wrestlemania 41 at Allegiant Stadium on April 19, 2025 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
“Who is Smart A–?” he asked the crowd. “You? Whoever is being deported.”
Heyman did not hold back during the show when he made crass comments about Shannon Sharpe’s trial and made Jabs on Michael Cole’s decision to stay in WWE throughout his career.
It all changed for Heyman as he made CM Punk and Roman Reigns in one of the shocking moments in Wrestlemania weekend. It allowed Rollins to use a chair and hit reigns in the back a few times, which eventually made the cover to the PIN fall.
In the days leading up to Wrestlemania 41, he spoke with Pakinomist Digital about Rollins’ role in history with Reigns and Punk.
Paul Heyman in Ring during event at the Barclays Center. (Rob Tringali/Sports Illustrated Via Getty Images)
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“Being blunt and perhaps by character, proud of Seth Rollins, because Seth Rollins could easily have been the forgotten man in all this,” Heyman told Pakinomist Digital. “It was when the Internet wanted to joke, as if Roman Reigns and CM Punk are fighting for Paul Heyman, who has become baddie in this situation – I’m the hot girl.
“Seth Rollins could have been the odd man out, could have been the opponent of CM PUNK and the former partner of Roman Reigns. Instead, Seth Rollins has in many ways darkened all of us with the level of his notions that oppose Roman Reigns and CM Punk and Paul Heyman in this story.
Heyman said he was always “proud” of someone who achieved lifelong dreams such as punk who came to the main event in Wrestlemania for the first time, while Reigns continues his story of being the “tribal feet” in a world after gentle.
Paul Heyman under Royal Rumble at Dome in the America’s Center in St. Louis, January 29, 2022. (Joe Camporeale-usa Today Sports)
“At the same time, I stand awe with the ring of Seth Rollins, who last year Rock called ‘MVP of Wrestlemania Weekend’, and I enviously and jealous did not like it. And experienced it so close this year, I have no choice than agree with him.”
