5 Major consequences of WWE removing Paul Heyman as RAW Executive Director

#2. The 'list' of Superstars to push narrows down

Apollo Crews has Paul Heyman to thank for his push

One of the best things that Paul Heyman did as the Executive Director of RAW was coming up with a "list" of Superstars he wanted to push. This included younger and fresher Superstars whom he wanted to eventually build the brand around, but it looks like that vision may not come to pass.

Some of the names included on the list were Aleister Black, [Buddy] Murphy, Apollo Crews, Drew McIntyre, and to an extent, Ricochet as well. These were only the names that we knew because a clear effort was made into pushing them.

He handpicked these stars and began to put a lot of emphasis on TV time for them - which is the first step to building a Superstar. Over the last two months, Apollo Crews has been the biggest Heyman success story (if you forget Drew McIntyre) as he went from being underutilized for five straight years and got a push and became the United States Champion.

We can only hope that Superstars like Crews can still thrive, but we fear that the list of stars benefiting from Heyman's presence will go down.