Paul Heyman won’t be back on WWE’s Talking Smack.
According to a report from this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Paul Heyman is no longer part of the panel for WWE’s Talking Smack post-show. Pat McAfee and Kayla Braxton hosted this week’s show, and it was explained that Heyman being pulled was a permanent change and “not a one week thing.”
It was also stated that there’s no real reason for Heyman’s removal besides it being a company decision. Talking Smack was revived as a weekly show in August of last year, with Heyman joining the show in November 2020.
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"Make sure @WWERomanReigns knows … I'm coming for him." #TalkingSmack #MITB #UniversalTitle @FightOwensFight @HeymanHustle @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/FTXlBNaHmr
— WWE (@WWE) July 7, 2021
While Paul Heyman might be out on Talking Smack, he is still a major part of WWE TV. Heyman is still the advocate for Universal Champion Roman Reigns, and recently confirmed he’s currently shooting a WWE Network documentary for Peacock about WrestleMania 37, which happened to see Reigns score the “most declaratively dominant pinfall” in the history of WrestleMania.
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