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#2. Hope is true: Paul Heyman's favorite five

Paul Heyman's influence on RAW has been felt and had it not been for him, we likely wouldn't have seen the Seth Rollins heel turn to begin with. There has been an attempt to take a different direction and whether we like to admit it or not, most of the episodes of RAW in the second half of the year have been much-improved from years before.

On the Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that there are five superstars who Paul Heyman has taken a particular liking to.

"I know the guys Paul Heyman likes. Now the Street Profits/Viking Raiders thing, I don't have an answer to why that happened, I was like absolutely, when that thing was over, I was just looking at the TV and ready to go like, alright, what the hell did I just watch? I didn't get that at all.

"But you know, his guys are The Viking Raiders, Aleister Black, Humberto Carrillo, Buddy Murphy. They were all getting something."

We hope this is true because all of these names are ones with a lot of talent and deserve to get pushed heavily.

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