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Current WWE champion Jade Cargill expressed interest in having Paul Heyman as her manager after WrestleMania 42. Heyman is renowned as one of the greatest managers in professional wrestling history.
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A current WWE champion would love to have Paul Heyman as her advocate in the future.
Heyman will go down as the greatest manager in professional wrestling. Which is saying something considering the legends that have accompanied stars to the ring during the industry’s history. However, even before he came to WWE his made a name for himself in WCW as Paul E. Dangerously when he formed the Dangerous Alliance.
As the leader of ECW, he took a roster of misfit toys and motivated many of them into being characters wrestling fans still remember. However, his time in WWE as an on-air personality took his status as a manager to iconic levels.
Either as the advocate for “The Beast” Brock Lesnar. Then the wise man for Roman Reigns and the Bloodline’s legendary run. And now as the oracle of The Vision. Furthermore, it can’t be forgotten that he also managed CM Punk during his longest run as WWE champion.
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So it’s no surprise that current stars would love to be the next “Paul Heyman guy.” Or in this case, the next “Paul Heyman gal.”
“I would love Paul Heyman to be my manager if I’m going that route,” current WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill told 8 News Now in Las Vegas about following her idol Chyna and eventually winning the Women’s Intercontinental title.
Cargill has already shown she is skilled on the mic and doesn’t really need help with that aspect of her game. However, having Heyman serving as her manager would add a certain gravitas and take her status to a place that only he can bring talent to because of his incomparable resume.
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