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Paul Heyman knows exactly how he’ll spend his days when he takes a step back from WWE.
The 60-year-old pro wrestling innovator, who is all over this year’s WWE 2K26 video game both on screen and behind the scenes, has been a constant in the industry for decades, but he is putting everything in place for when he decides to ‘semi-retire’.
Speaking at WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, for WWE 2K26 Creatorfest last week, he exclusively told Metro that The Vision, including Bron Breakker, 28, Bronson Reed, 37, Austin Theory, 28, and 30-year-old Logan Paul, will be ‘the dominant main eventers of WrestleMania for the next 20 years’.
He said: ‘Probably long after I’m – well, I don’t think I’ll ever retire, but I’ll be semi-retired by then, and be jetting in from Costa Rica, or some villa off the coast of Italy.
‘And as I’m jetting in for these major events, the main event of WrestleMania will be prepped for, that main eventer will have been taught how to be a WrestleMania main eventer, will have been enticed to continue on his path of being a Paul Heyman guy to the main event of WrestleMania.
‘So I take great satisfaction in the fact that the people that I am surrounded by now will be the dominant main eventers of WrestleMania for at least the next generation and into the next generation after that.’
Heyman has problems sitting still (Picture: Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images)
Heyman isn’t someone you’d expect to be able to sit still (‘I thrive in chaos’, he told us), so hearing him talk about the idea of even partially retiring is a surprising one, but it’s not as relaxing as it sounds.
‘Semi retirement for me would probably mean writing, producing, directing a couple of movies a year, creating a streaming show or two, maybe get into – finally, after all these years – the podcast business,’ he teased.
‘Semi retirement just means semi retirement from WWE, but I mean, we’re talking at least 15 years from now.’
He added with bravado: ‘I’m just getting started at this, b****es, I’m just understanding the magnitude of the greatness that I put forward.
He says slowing down is ‘unfathomable’ (Picture: Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images)
‘So for me to even contemplate slowing down is unfathomable at the moment, but at some time, I may just want to enjoy one day off per year.’
It’s no surprise that The Oracle, Wiseman, Special Counsel and Advocate (he’s a man of many names and talents) might want a little bit of downtime in the future, given his work goes way beyond talking on Netflix’s Raw every week.
He’s a force behind the scenes creatively, and helps on that side of WWE 2K26, both with story modes, and as a driving force on-screen in this years MyRise, which sees him backing Bron Breakker and Jordynne Grace, 29, in the respective men’s and women’s campaigns.
So, why is a video game such a significant outlet for him?
He’s got involved with video games( to reach a younger generation (Picture: 2K)
‘The platform with which to connect with a younger generation exists within video games. I mean, you can’t force the younger generation to come to you. You have to go to the younger generation,’ he explained.
‘So, the platform of choice is to speak to them through video games. And if that’s where I get to express my creativity, and I get to connect with a young audience, then I’m going to come to them and blow them away with my wisdom as the GOAT, Paul Heyman.’
The WWE Hall of Famer was speaking to us just days before Vision member Bronson Reed got injured in a match on Monday Night Raw, just weeks after Bron was forced onto the sidelines with hernia surgery, while the group’s original leader, Seth Rollins, 39, is also on the shelf, leaving just Austin and Logan as the current active members.
Could Logan Paul face Bad Bunny? (Picture: Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images)
There have been rumblings about YouTuber-turned-wrestling star Logan facing Bad Bunny in a dream match at WrestleMania, but Heyman wasn’t interested in discussing the rumours.
‘To ask me about Logan Paul versus Bad Bunny is to dismiss all other potential matchups for Logan Paul as being not as interesting,’ he insisted.
‘And I find any match that Logan Paul is in to be – all puns intended – extremely interesting, very intriguing and worthy of the main event of WrestleMania.’
Like Logan, it feels like Heyman is just getting started.
WWE 2K26 drops on March 13 with CM Punk on the cover. The Attitude Era, Monday Night War and King of Kings editions all release a week early on March 6.
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