Paul Heyman Recalls Performing On WWE Raw With Serious Illness After WrestleMania 41
At WrestleMania 41, WWE Manager Paul Heyman famously betrayed CM Punk and Roman Reigns to align himself with Seth Rollins, who would emerge victorious over both men in the main event of night one. In that moment, Heyman's newest faction, The Vision, was born with Rollins at the helm, and though "The Oracle's" actions were one of the main headlines coming out of WrestleMania, behind the scenes, he was going through a medical emergency.
Speaking on "Insight" with Chris Van Vliet, Heyman revealed that he usually suffers from an illness after WWE's biggest show of the year, but following WrestleMania 41, he dealt with one of the worst infections that he's ever endured.
"I wear myself so down going into WrestleMania. So I always get sick … At that particular moment, I got a kidney stone. There were several kidney stones. And in passing the kidney, it cut my urinary tract. And besides cutting my urinary tract, it left my urinary tract in a position to where I could catch an infection. And man, the last place you want an infection like that is in the urinary tract cause it's tough to get rid of. So now the urinary tract inflames, presses up against the prostate, irritates the prostate. The infection now starts to spread and now the infection is in the urinary tract and in the prostate and it's spreading through my system. I end up in the hospital. Shout out to White Plains hospital."
Despite the severity of his infection, Heyman was determined to be present during the "WWE Raw" following WrestleMania, explaining that he checked himself out of the hospital early in order to be on television with his new faction.
"All I'm asking is, 'You know I have to be out of here by Sunday night because I have to be on the jet on Monday to go to 'Raw.” And they're looking at me saying, you have a very serious infection. I mean, they're bringing in people from i
