Stephanie McMahon oversaw Raw's creative direction in 2004 while Paul Heyman served in the same role on SmackDown. Jim Ross, a WWE commentator at the time, recently addressed a disagreement the two had backstage.
In late 2004, Stephanie McMahon hosted a call-in with other Raw Creative Team members. It later emerged that Heyman had been contacted and heard part of the call despite not being invited. As a result, the WWE Hall of Famer lost his job as SmackDown's creative personality.
talk to Grill Junior Host Conrad Thompson, Ross explained the logic behind Heyman entering the call without permission:
“Well, from her point of view, Conrad, Paul betrayed Stephanie's trust. Today will be informed of what's going on, so maybe the logical answer is to do something else.” (29:53 – 30:36)
Heyman continued to work on WWE's revamped ECW brand in 2006 before leaving the company. After being absent for six years, he returned in 2012 as an on-screen character.
Jim Ross defends Paul Heyman after Stephanie McMahon feud
On thinking, Jim Ross She doesn't see a problem with a member of the creative team listening to plans for another WWE show.
The legendary broadcaster believes Stephanie McMahon's ego played a role Paul Heyman Being removed from his position from SmackDown:
“He should have listened anyway, but he wasn't welcome,” Ross continued. “They wanted to break up, they had competition and all this s**t*t. (30:42 – 31:07)
In the same episode, Ross gave his Honest reaction To Corey Graves' recent spree after being demoted to NXT.
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Edited by Danny Hart
