5 legacies of Paul Heyman which are bigger than breaking the streak

Paul Heyman literally was shot into the stars recently when his client ended the two decade long legendary streak of Undertaker. And the PG Era fans might only remember him for that or managing CM Punk through his record breaking title reign, but Heyman is clearly something bigger.Over his two decade long career, Heyman has contributed more to professional wrestling than most of the wrestlers and promoters combined. Heyman was one of those wrestling geniuses who set out to change the face of the business and succeeded in doing so over the past couple of decades.While many say that managing Lesnar into breaking the streak is enough to give Heyman a Hall of Fame Spot in the future, it clearly doesnt define his stature all alone.There is more to Heyman than just the streak and here is a look at some of his innovations that sets him apart from the rest and calls out that he deserves the legend tag.

#5 Making stars from Storylines

Terry Funk was a battered old man who failed to find a job in the top promotions; Sandman was literally a bloated guy who was in no shape to wrestle. Mick Foley didn’t have the looks like the main event draws.

But they all were the biggest stars under Paul Heyman and that’s because he had the ability to bury the negatives in a heap of positives.

Heyman used the strong storylines to make the wrestlers look credible and made the fans realize that everyone could wrestle as long as they had a strong backstory to do so.

He turned a ring boy like Mikey Whipwreck into a hardcore icon with the same formula when what he only did was give Mikey the underdog status which soon got incorporated into storylines.

Another member of his roster 911, wouldn’t have made it anywhere else, but Heyman mad the fans cheer for him just for one move (Chokeslam) which later became a main stay in the big promotions.

But many of the promoters failed to replicate this which further proved that it was Heyman’s brilliance whole along.