Paul Heyman to TNA?

[Izzy]

There is a feeling among friends of Paul Heyman that he would accept a position with TNA if he had power beyond just writing the shows. Heyman apparently feels TNA needs an overhaul both on the talent side and in the office but doesn’t believe Dixie Carter would give him so much power, so he isn’t taking the idea of working for TNA seriously. Likewise, Carter hasn’t reached out to Heyman regarding a creative position yet despite recommendations.

Heyman does have detractors within TNA, primarily those who fear they would lose power or even their jobs if Heyman was brought in and given the power he wants. Meanwhile, others simply don’t have confidence in his abilities anymore.

Heyman’s name has come up within TNA before, and there are many stories of people badmouthing him to Dixie Carter. While most of the locker room seems open to the idea, there’s bad blood between Heyman and Team 3D and some other former ECW stars who have shared stories about mismanagement in ECW.

On the other side of the coin, Heyman has had good relationships with Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley, Shawn Daivari, and Ken “Mr. Kennedy” Anderson who is expected to sign with TNA eventually. He’s also had a good rapport over the years with TNA head of talent relations Terry Taylor, whose stock within the company seems to be rising.

Nevertheless, it might be a difficult sell to Carter, who has been hearing bad stories about Heyman for years. Plus, there are already some within the company who feel that Heyman publicly saying he would “never” work for TNA was a snub and the primary reason why Carter shouldn’t consider bringing him in

Having never seen ECW I only know of Mr Heyman as a better than most WWE commentator

Would he bring something worth sharing to the creative team? Thoughts?

[Hammy]

I think he would, he would definately be more into creating new characters and having longer wrestling matches.

[D]

As long as Heyman isn't in charge of payroll or on air, I am all for it.

[scotta75]

Heyman in TNA, I have been hearing this rumor for about 2 weeks now and to be honest I think Heyman would be good for TNA.

But having Heyman could be a double edge sword for TNA on one hand you would have someone who thinks outside the box and would do things different from what the WWE is has ever done, and that would be good for TNA who is trying to reach the level of WWE. However, Heyman has left bad taste in a lot of people's mouth for the work he did in ECW yeah he push the standards and help do away with a lot of the old ways of thinking but Heyman's **** style has left a nasty and I do mean nasty scar on wrestling. You know have a breed of so called wrestler who know do this crap known as "****" wrestling only to put a black on wrestling.

 Am I saying that Heyman would bring that **** style of wrestling to TNA, no I do not believe that the powers to be in TNA would allow him to bring this crappy style of wrestling to the TNA promotion. However if Heyman is giving any kind of power within the TNA promotion I would have to say it would have to limited because Heyman does not have that good of track record with running a promotion. ECW would at it's highest power and it ran neck and neck with WWE and WCW until they started raiding ECW talent. However, that was not ECW downfall Heyman gambling habit and mishandling funds  and talent is what brought ECW down and lead to Vince buying them out.

Don't get me wrong I think Heyman would be an awesome fit for the TNA because he knows what it takes to bring the crowds and boost those rating. Heyman would push the younger talent while keeping proven talent happy as well; however, there is the small problem of the anti-Heyman people who are in TNA mainly Dudley's and other former ECW people who still remember how Heyman ran ECW to the ground.   So I say let Heyman come to TNA give him what he wants but make sure that he understands that he will have to answer to whoever is in charge, and put someone around like Terry Taylor who he seems to be good friends with and let them be a balance for Heyman.  Heyman is good at what he does but he has to have someone who can keep him under control and Heyman will do wonders for TNA but I doubt he will get the chance because he has stated before that he would not work for TNA, and now it seems like the WWE has wash their hands with Heyman and now it appears that TNA is the only place he could work for but I doubt it will happen because he has already burn that bridge before he even cross it.

[Rankin]

Heyman would be great if they gave him the chance, they may as well make the gamble I mean its not like he would hold the financial reigns which will make things easier.

All in all hopefully someone can come in and make TNA look presentable and actually some sort of competition for WWE, WWE need it and so does wrestling!

[D]

In Heyman's defense, it must have been tough having to do 5 different jobs.

if he got to focus on just one. it could be great

[scotta75]

I let me give all you people a little history on how Paul Heyman become the owner of ECW.

Once upon a time there was this little promotion know as Eastern Championship Wrestling and it was apart of the National Wrestling Alliance, and it was own by a man know as Tom Gordon. As with all small indy promotion it was struggling because the Vince and WWE major expanding and swallowed up most if not all the major talent. So ECW was struggling when along came Paul Heyman who agree to "help" Tom Gordon with ECW through his many, many connection within the world of wrestling. So Gordon agree to let Heyman come in and run ECW talent wise and bring in some talent to help boost what was a struggle company that would have sooner or later gone under. Well Heyman "stood" by his word and brought in such talent as Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Shane Douglas and many more talent to ECW.

   All was well so though Tom Gordon and ECW started to grow and was no longer struggling and started to see more and more fans come to see their wrestling shows. Well unknown to Tom Gordon there was an evil plan hatching in the hack, as Paul Heyman was telling all the talent that he was in charge of ECW and Tom Gordon was not in charge. Tom Gordon soon caught wind of this evil plot and he told him he wanted him out of ECW;however, when Gordon tried to push Heyman out it was let known by Heyman that if he walk all the talent would walk and ECW would be done forever. So Heyman force Tom Gordon to turn over ECW to him and slowly but surely Heyman phase Gordon out of ECW forever!

 It is not a point of whether Heyman will be good for TNA I have no doubt that Paul Heyman would make TNA into a force to be reckon with it. It is if he tries to make a power grab and try to wrestle TNA away from Dixie Carter is what I am worried about.  And what I am hearing is that TNA is already in a power struggle and it can not afford to go through another one because it could sink the ship.

   Certain guidelines should be put in place should Dixie Carter and TNA management should decide they want to bring Heyman in to help with the promotion. 

Warning you may or may not agree with me, but hey this is just for fun so take it easy on the replies on me!


• Make it clear to Heyman if he  tries to make power grab he is out!
• Limit how much time he can spend with the talent.
  
• Let Heyman know who is in charge and if he step out of bounce he is going home for awhile.
  
• Everything Heyman does has to be approve by TNA management
  
• Give him one job and let him focus on just that
• Keep him away from anyone who had ties from with him back in ECW
  

I am not saying TNA management have to babysit Heyman, however they do need to have some kind of collar on him so if he gets out of control they can pull him back. Because Heyman has some good ideals that can really help out TNA but sometimes he can get out of hand and can try to control everything.

[Hammy]

Cheers for that bit of history dude, I never realised that.

I'd like to see Heyman as an on air talent as well, the guy is such a good talker.

[scotta75]

On the air off the air Paul Heyman will do good and I would happen to think that he would more likely be off air because that is where he can do the most for TNA. While Paul Heyman is a good on air personality, he is good when it comes to judging talent and putting the right wrestler in the right spot or the right feud that will help certain wrestlers. I just hope that if TNA does bring him that they will know what to do with him, and listen to what he has to say because if they listen to Heyman and give him some lead way Heyman can turn TNA into a force to be dealt with against the WWE.


But I am afraid that Heyman's recent problems with the WWE could hurt him in TNA, I am not for sure what happen with the WWE but from what I can gather Heyman butted heads not only with Vince and Sean and Stephanie too. So I hope that TNA will give him some lead way when it comes to talent and use some of his ideals because Heyman does offer a lot of good ideals that in the longer run could help TNA.

I like Heyman and he is good at what he does but sometime Heyman ego can get the best of him and that is what causes problems with him. I hope that this long time off from working with promotion will help Heyman keep his ego in check, and he can help TNA get around the corner. 

[Izzy]

i'd give him a chance to impress, see what ideas he has