Many personalities in the world of pro wrestling have podcasts and of all the ones that don’t, Paul Heyman seems to be at the top of most people’s list for ones they would love to see start one. In fact, Heyman has almost started one on a few occasions.
Heyman was a recent guest on the Sports Media with Richard Deitsch podcast where he revealed stories of how close he almost came to starting a podcast, including almost having one with noted MMA personality Ariel Helwani. Unfortunately, none of those projects saw light of day.
“A podcast has always been of interest to me since podcasts first burst upon the scene. I’d been very close to doing a podcast twice. Once was actually with Ariel Helwani, where — and this was before I returned to WWE in 2012 where we would discuss, A, mixed martial arts, B, sports-entertainment slash professional wrestling, C, all other things in sports and media and there was another discussion that I had about an ‘all items on the table’ podcast a few years ago where I was very close to taking the offer and I felt at the time I was selling my services too early in the podcast game, let the market mature and let other people continue to build the forum known as a podcast, platform known as a podcast so that it reaches a maximum value and then get into the market place. I would be happy to do a podcast, whether it’d be looking back on the disruptive force that was ECW, whether it is a contemporary podcast about modern day sports, entertainment or whatever the discussion may be.”
“But now, it’s a matter of the financial consideration bluntly, because it is such a huge market and it’s continuing to grow at a rapid pace and so my market value increases by the day. I don’t wanna sell short. Why would I want to? And also because it is not just an investment of time. Time is not my concern. It is an emotional investment, because if I do a podcast, I want to blow other podcasts off the map. I want it to be the undisputed best podcast in the world. I want the discussion to be, ‘What’s the best podcast? Well, other than Paul Heyman’s, here are the contenders to be considered number one.’”
Heyman has kept himself busy with the WWE, but it’s obvious that people would love to see him have a podcast and he wants to make sure that if the fans get what they want that it’s the absolute best it can be. Heyman has always been big on timing and maximizing the most out of his assets, so whenever he starts a podcast you can be sure it will be one worth listening to.
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