Jim Ross Calls Paul Heyman One Of MVPs Of WWE, Credits Him For Roman Reigns' Rise


Who does Jim Ross consider to be one of the MVPs of WWE's talent roster?

During the latest edition of his "Grilling JR" podcast, the legendary commentator and one of the voices of AEW spoke about the significance of Paul Heyman to WWE, as well as how he is partly responsible for the rise of Roman Reigns.

Featured below are some of the highlights from the episode where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.

On Paul Heyman being one of WWE’s most valuable talents: "He’s been a key player in that company as — Paul Heyman is as much the MVP of WWE as anybody on the roster, because he makes stars and he’s done that with Roman Reigns obviously and done it very well, but Paul was the perfect guy to manage Brock [Lesnar] or to be his agent, same deal. So, I like Heyman’s promos. I’ve always liked ‘em. When the booking committee in Atlanta didn’t wanna do business with Paul because he was arrogant and argumentative and smarter than most of them on the booking committee, I said I’ll work with him, because I saw a great partner for me as a broadcast partner. So I wanted to take care of me and my team… so, it was fun. Paul’s good, he’s really good and he’s going strong man. He’s still doing great work."

On how Heyman is partly responsible for Roman Reigns’ rise in the company: "As you should, as you should [J.R. agreed with the statement that Heyman is a big part of Roman Reigns’ success over the past several years]. Paul’s very much responsible for much of the success of Roman Reigns more than any other individual other than Roman. Heyman’s the guy."

Check out the complete episode of the podcast at Apple.com. H/T to POST Wrestling for transcribing the above quotes.