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WWE on-screen manager and founder of ECW Paul Heyman is an influential figure in WWE. He has a major influence backstage and WCW legend Sabu claimed that Heyman was responsible for his exclusion from the Invasion storyline between WWE and WCW/ECW in 2001.
Sabu reveals he was on bad terms with Paul Heyman
Sabu was one of ECW’s biggest attractions between 1993 and 2000. The popular talent worked for WWE between 2006 and 2007 as part of the revamped ECW brand. In 1999, Sabu held a secret meeting with WCW officials J.J. Dillon and Kevin Sullivan in Atlanta, Georgia. Heyman, ECW’s former owner, allegedly found out about the discussions and threatened to sue WCW if they stole his talent.
Speaking to WSI’s James Romero, Sabu said WWE Chairman Vince McMahon put Heyman in charge of acquiring ECW stars for the Invasion angle. For that reason, the two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion was not included in the storyline.
“No [nobody reached out in 2001], I was already on bad terms with Paul at the time,” Sabu said. “Vince was talking to Paul [to recruit former ECW stars], he wasn’t talking to me. He [Heyman] just blocked me. I don’t blame him. I don’t have hard feelings for him anymore. I don’t want to be mad.”
Sabu had runs with WWE and WCW in 1993 and 1995, respectively, but spent most of the decade in ECW and overseas in Japan. Contrary to what Paul Heyman might have figured out, Sabu went on to clarify that he intended to return to ECW if he joined WCW in 1999:
“I was doing it underhandedly, of course, but my intentions were to come back stronger than I was. I thought I’d come back a bigger name and I could carry the company better.”
Sabu retired from in-ring competition in 2021 due to a back injury.
