Paul Heyman says Triple H runs WWE creative much differently than Vince McMahon did.
On In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Heyman described McMahon as a dictator.
“Well, Paul runs the creative. And it’s a much different environment with Paul running the creative than Vince, because they are distinctly different personalities. Vince was a dictator. It was his money, and therefore it’s his show. And you’re going to be the executive director, or you’re going to be the lead writer, or you’re going to be my top idea man,” Heyman said.
“So, you better be good at pitching. And it’s the constant chase for Vince to buy into your ideas over his own. That’s the dynamic of pitching Vince McMahon. He’s right, he has the right to be wrong. It’s his show, give me your best shot. Because if you can sell Vince, you can sell the talent, you can sell the lieutenants, and you can sell the audience. So if you’re that good of a salesman, he’s going to buy it. And then it’s his idea because he gets the credit, because he’s the owner.”
Heyman said Triple H works differently.
“That’s not the way it works today. Paul Levesque is not a dictator; he’s a collaborator. See, Vince loves a blank piece of paper. Paul Levesque doesn’t like the blank piece of paper. He accepts the fact that the paper has writing on it already. He’s the best editor I’ve ever worked with in my entire life, ever. Because he’s an open collaborator that walks in the room with no expectations of his own vision. His vision is to listen to very smart people that have different ideas than he does. So, he’s a collaborator the likes of which I’ve never had the pleasure of working with. It’s just a completely different experience.”
