Paul Heyman Pushing WWE RAW Creative Changes?

WWE Hall of Famers Jerry Lawler and Steve Austin recently discussed a number of topics on “The Steve Austin Show” podcast, which you can find at this link.

Lawler talked about RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman being in charge of the show and how that means that many of the red brand talents are getting the chance to be themselves.

“Now that Paul Heyman is sort of in charge of RAW, it’s so much not the characters that are being predetermined by the writers or creative,” Lawler said (H/T to Wrestling Inc). “They’re giving the guys a chance to be themselves just like [Austin was] back when [Austin] became ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin. Nobody was telling you, ‘oh, this is how it [has] got to be.’ [Austin was himself] and [he] was given that opportunity and [Austin] took it.”

Lawler later shared a story of seeing a 20 year old WWE creative writer hand a scripted promo to WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair.

“I remember when I was not doing [RAW] on a regular basis, but I would come back and do WrestleMania, or Royal Rumble, or something like that. And I’ll never forget. I was in the back. And [Austin has] come back and been in the back. And all-of-a-sudden, you’ll get something from the writers, an interview they want you to cut, right? And I’m standing there in the back, and I looked over, and I see Ric Flair reading a promo that some 20 year old kid has written for him. And I thought, ‘oh my God, what on Earth has happened to the business [of professional wrestling]?’” Lawler laughed, “that’s the part that I don’t get.”

“But do you know what? I really do think a little bit of that is changing now with Heyman in charge of RAW. Yeah, he’s letting guys – like [Austin] said, giving them some bullet points and letting them go on their own.”

(H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the quotes)