{"id":123116,"date":"2024-03-04T18:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T23:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123116"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:34:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T23:34:06","slug":"paul-heyman-heading-to-wwe-hall-of-fame-first-inductee-in-2024-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/04\/paul-heyman-heading-to-wwe-hall-of-fame-first-inductee-in-2024-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Heyman Heading to WWE Hall of Fame, First Inductee in 2024 Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Paul Heyman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be inducted into the <strong>WWE<\/strong> Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A city known for cheesesteaks, football and loyalty also has a more extreme side. The city of brotherly love is also known for the rise of <strong>Extreme Championship Wrestling<\/strong>. This April, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/06\/27\/paul-heyman-eric-bischoff-take-control-of-wwe-brands\/\" target=\"_self\"><b>Paul Heyman<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, former owner of <\/span><b>ECW<\/b>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: As first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeymanHustle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HeymanHustle<\/a> will be inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEHOF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEHOF<\/a> Class of 2024!<\/p>\n<p>FULL DETAILS \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LTesvSvjEB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LTesvSvjEB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1G2VDod2j5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1G2VDod2j5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1764699964809027585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladies and Gentlemen, His Name is Paul Heyman\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally reported by the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wrestlemania-wwe-heyman-928dbe4bdd774a0423522857244d4a63\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>WWE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> executive Paul Heyman will headline the Hall of Fame class of 2024. With the host city being the former home of ECW, Heyman\u2019s name in the lights comes as no surprise. Heyman would tell the AP, <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think everyone knew back then I was going to find my place in this industry.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a teenager with a camera and a media pass to the largest wrestling company, Heyman has secured his spot on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling managers. Paul Heyman started in the wrestling business as a photographer. He would continue to grow learning under the tutelage of <\/span><b>Dusty Rhodes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s the story of 17-year-old Paul Heyman sneaking into a production meeting and meeting Dusty Rhodes for the first time.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PD0P8oTpta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PD0P8oTpta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestlingNewsCo\/status\/1623893978134216709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heyman would have run as a manager, producer, and commentator for multiple promotions in the 1980s and 90s. This would include runs with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wrestlepedia.fandom.com\/wiki\/The_Dangerous_Alliance\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dangerous Alliance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Originally formed in the <\/span><b>AWA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Heyman would lead this stable through Crockett country and eventually <\/span><b>WCW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extreme Championship Wrestling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the early 1990s, Paul was working in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/03\/02\/kevin-byard-released-eagles-next-teams\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia<\/a> alongside <\/span><b>Tod Gordon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the remnants of the <\/span><b>NWA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> territories. In 1995, that would change as ECW, Heyman, and the entire locker room denounced the NWA and proclaimed themselves Extreme Championship Wrestling. Blending a more &#8220;real&#8221; approach to pro-wrestling through hardcore styles and rock music, ECW would be different from the rest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the run from the mid-to-late 90s, ECW solidified itself as an alternative to the more traditional WCW or WWE products. The more hardcore nature of the ECW product led to a cult-like following in Philly. The 2300 Arena is still heralded as the mecca for hardcore wrestling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his time with ECW, Heyman secured working relationships with WWE. ECW talent would even appear on WWE television in an invasion angle. WWE would, in return, send superstars to Philadelphia and Heyman to make appearances on their way out of the company. This was comparable to <strong>Smoky Mountain Wrestling<\/strong> and WWE in the early 90s. In some minds, these relationships would spell the end for the independent promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Wiseman<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI consistently feel like I\u2019m just getting started, and I\u2019m just figuring this out&#8230; To me, what is an incomplete body of work, because there\u2019s still things I want to accomplish, I never felt comfortable accepting that is a reflection upon an entire career.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-Paul Heyman, AP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today in wrestling Heyman has secured his spot amongst the greats. Paul Heyman is currently serving as an Executive Vice President for WWE as well as an on screen talent. His role in the current <strong>The<\/strong> <\/span><b>Bloodline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Story has been one of the anchor points throughout the entire saga. A city drenched in ECW history, makes sense to be the landing spot for Heyman in the hall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on WWE Elimination Chamber and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Heyman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. A city known for cheesesteaks, football and loyalty also has a more extreme side. The city of brotherly love is also known for the rise of Extreme Championship Wrestling. This April, Paul Heyman, former owner of ECW, will be inducted into the WWE Hall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4168,"featured_media":123129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,2192,4,3],"tags":[251,8806,256,573],"class_list":["post-123116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-ecw","tag-extreme-championship-wrestling","tag-paul-heyman","tag-wwe-hall-of-fame"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}