"HIs brief run with Paul Heyman was considered a flop"
No shit! You booked him like a jobber the whole time! Not to mention he was totally buried by the stupid heel turn and loss to Cena and you've done nothing to rebuild him. If THAT'S the reason you want to bury the guy, it's just stupid. "Lack of improvement in the ring" Since when did you care about that? Guess it's more important now based on all the indy guys getting pushed, but... Come on.
I guess that goes back to his table spot with Punk when he didn't throw him far enough and said that "Punk needed to take the bump better", and the whole thing with Bryan and the table spot there... If you want to bury him for stuff like that, it's okay I guess. But to blame this doomed-from-the-start Heyman thing is just stupid.
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