Paul Heyman as Smackdown! GM

[The Naitch]

Did Heyman actually have creative control during his run as GM, or was it strictly an on screen character? Or perhaps 50/50. Did Vince give him the ball?

Discuss some memorable Smackdown! moments from this time

[Juan]

Wikipedia is your friend, Naitch...

During Heyman's tenure on SmackDown!, he served as the head writer and is credited with being the creative force behind the successful so-called "SmackDown! Six": (Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Edge, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero). He placed them in a "triple threat tag team feud" (Angle and Benoit, Edge and Mysterio, Los Guerreros) over the WWE Tag Team Championship. This resulted in a string of high-caliber matches over several months, one of which was awarded 2002 Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer; Heyman was awarded Best Booker. All of the "Smackdown! Six" went on to become world champions, with Edge, Benoit, Mysterio, & Angle becoming World Heavyweight Champions, Eddie Guerrero, Angle & Edge becoming WWE Champions, & Chavo Guererro later becoming ECW World Champion on the later revived ECW.

[glanville6]

I actually preferred him as an announcer. And I think he had some creative control. Or maybe that came after he was drafted to RAW and quit. Im not sure.

[The Naitch]

Agreed, he did a great job for the Austin vs. Rock match at X7

Wikipedia is your friend, Naitch...

You are also my friend, Juan...

[Rammsteinmad]

I love how they say all the Smackdown Six went on to become World Champions... seriously, nobody fucking cares about the ECW title.

[Juan]

That's not true.

[Waylander]

Chavo won a world title? I don't even remember him holding the ECW title.

[Juan]

tbf by the time Chavo had the title, it was no longer the ECW "World Title"

[VSG]

You should be great in Bizarro TPWW, Naitch. The timeline is a better fit there.

[BizarroKing]

"Smackdown Six" is there a "Raw insert number" too?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

"Smackdown Six" is there a "Raw insert number" too?

"The Smackdown stars six months later"=Raw.

[Fignuts]

WWECW was pretty great when Heyman was running it.

[GD]

Probably one of my favorite era of Smackdown. Excluding the heel Dudley Boyz feud with Taker and Spike Dudley's reign as the Cruiserweight Champion of the World.

[Cad Bane]

I'd say that it was my favorite run on Smackdown! too.

[D Mac]

lol Smackdown!

[Juan]

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[D Mac]

It's the !

[XL]

You should be great in Bizarro TPWW, Naitch. The timeline is a better fit there.
lol. So true.