Paul Heyman Says SmackDown “Has Beaten The Living F***” Out Of RAW

During a sit-down interview with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport, Paul Heyman spoke about the non-existent rivalry between Friday Night SmackDown and Monday Night RAW. The Special Council for the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns spoke about why he believes SmackDown has blown RAW out of the water. He also speaks about holding no grudges towards RAW for being let go as the Director of RAW in 2019.

“Oh, there’s no rivalry. SmackDown has beaten the living f*** out of RAW. RAW is clearly the b-show, there is no more competition, we won,” Heyman said. “It is, to me, [a feeling] because Roman Reigns is on SmackDown. I have no bitterness towards RAW, if RAW goes sour, it hurts SmackDown, it hurts WWE, it hurts the stock and if the stock goes sour, it hurts me personally. I don’t want RAW to do bad. I wish RAW would do even better and provide stiffer competition to SmackDown because then if some story emerges on RAW that Roman Reigns can draw box office with, we have another opponent.

“The problem with Roman Reigns is not the limit of his greatness, his greatness gets defined as every performance is put forth before the public. The problem with Roman Reigns is we have such a limited number of people who we can actually, viably work with that people will look at and say that’s an opponent for Roman Reigns, that’s someone I’d like to see challenge the Tribal Chief. That’s why Brock Lesnar’s return is so huge because we don’t have five other people waiting in the wings that can automatically step up and be a credible opponent for Roman Reigns.”

Heyman also spoke about WWE deciding to do separate brands with both RAW superstars and SmackDown superstars and why he thinks separating the roster is a smart idea. The former Advocate of Brock Lesnar said if you had no roster split, Roman Reigns and a select few superstars would dominate the main event scene and give no room for young talent to emerge.

“There’s not enough space for new talent to rise if you’re going…