Original subtitles

[Heyman] Ladies and gentlemen…

Ladies and gentlemen…

Ladies and gentlemen…

Ladies and gentlemen…

[Heyman] My name…

- My name… - My name…

My name…

[hip-hop music playing]

- Is… - Is…

- Is… - Is…

[narrator] He's been called every name in the book.

Good, bad, but never indifferent.

[announcer] Without a doubt, this person is one of the most ingenious…

- Respected. - A visionary.

Strategic.

- Opinionated. - [announcer] Creative.

Friend.

Family.

Energetic.

- Crazy. - Icon.

[announcer] A manipulative mind in the history of this business.

- Paul… - Paul…

Paul…

Paul Heyman!

[narrator] Hustling since day one.

[Heyman] At 15 years old, with a great line of BS,

I got in backstage at Madison Square Garden.

[narrator] Heyman not only showed an eye for talent

as an ambitious photographer,

but also developed as a managerial mastermind.

'Cause if excitement had a name, it must be Paul E. Dangerously.

[announcer] The most powerful manager in this sport.

[narrator] Patented cell phone in hand,

Heyman was in everyone's ear and under everyone's skin.

I'm a no-good, dirty rotten lousy son of a you-know-what.

[narrator] Becoming the mouthpiece of future Hall of Famers.

[Heyman] Got a line-up, it's not an army, it's not a stable, and it's not a family.

It's an alliance!

Paul E. was paramount as far as my success in this business.

Paul Heyman saw something in me that nobody else wanted to admit.

[narrator] Bestowing upon them a title more elusive than most championships.

A Paul Heyman guy!

He can spot a star from a mile away.

He's truly gifted that way.

Paul had his finger on the pulse right on that audience.

[narrator] And that understanding influenced an army

and resulted in a revolution.

This ain't no freaking circus! This is ECW!

[narrator] Heyman transformed a collective of misfits in Philly

into household names that helped pave the way for the Attitude Era.

He was the leader of a revolution for my age group, my people.

I'm gonna break every rule that you put in front of me.

We were different. We were the alternative.

We were the extreme.

They were the cool thing. Who doesn't want to meet the cool thing?

[crowd chanting] ECW! ECW!

[narrator] But despite kicking down the door,

ECW was eventually forced to close theirs.

[inspiring music playing]

But where there's chaos, there is opportunity.

[narrator] Finally arriving in WWE,

the mad genius made the most of every moment.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Paul Heyman's SmackDown.

The crown jewel of World Wrestling Entertainment.

The only reason you are WWE champion for a year

is because Triple H didn't want to work Tuesday!

[crowd cheering]

I'm Paul Heyman! Screw you!

I quit!

- [announcer] The streak… - [Heyman] I'm the one behind the one…

- [announcer] It's over! - [Heyman] In 21 and 1.

[Corbin] To be this absolute slimeball in a leather coat that drove you nuts…

Are you getting mad?

…to commanding arenas around the world.

[clamoring]

Everything he does has purpose.

[inspiring music playing]

[vocalizing]

[narrator] However, Heyman's true hallmark came in his words of wisdom.

[Jey] He's trying to help everybody.

If I don't see you talking to Paul, then you missing out.

He really forces you to think in a very different way.

His brain should be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

[narrator] Words that counseled one superstar to the head of the table.

Acknowledge me!

♪ All eyes on me ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm always gonna win, 'Cause I don't know how to lose ♪

[Heyman] The ultimate needle mover, the tribal chief!

In God mode himself!

He really is the Wise Man.

[narrator] Paul Heyman continues to be the voice among the reigning,

defending and undisputed.

And he wouldn't have it any other way.

Showtime!

He's already left the legacy, and he's just getting started.

[narrator] Photographer to promoter.

Manager to mastermind.

Advocate to Wise Man.

How do you view yourself?

I'm the greatest of all time.

[narrator] The loudest and perhaps most influential voice in WWE.

[Heyman] Ladies and gentlemen, my name is…

[crowd chanting]

Made it, ma! Top of the world!

And that's not a prediction.

♪ I don't know how to lose ♪

That's a spoiler.