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1. Paul Heyman's X-Rated Announcing Analogy

Cast your mind back to the totally weird WrestleMania 36 and the main event of night two, as Drew McIntyre beat Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title in an empty Performance Center. 

The lack of fans in attendance wasn't the only thing that felt 'off' about the match, as some noted that Paul Heyman didn't do his usual ring introduction for the Beast Incarnate. 

Speaking with Sports Media, the advocate explained why doing so would have felt wrong with an interesting comparison: 

“Last year’s WrestleMania the main event was Brock Lesnar versus Drew McIntyre. When Brock and I came out to the ring I said to Brock ‘I can’t announce you’. That was our schtick. I couldn’t do it, because my dance partner wasn’t there. And my dance partner was the audience. 

I didn’t realize it 'til we were halfway down the aisle to the ring. This is going to get me in trouble with WWE, but so be it. It’s the difference between sex and masturbation. Sex is with someone and it’s wonderful, it’s intimate and it’s give and take. And masturbation is by yourself.

I just couldn’t bring myself to pick up the mic and do that schtick without the audience there with me. Because that introduction was every bit as much about the audience doing it as it was about me doing it. And without them I’m just by myself. I didn’t feel it, I didn’t like it, I didn’t want it. And I couldn’t do it”.

So there you go, folks, the final mental image from this week's piece is Paul Heyman having a J. Arthur Rank. 

Talk about a WrestleMania come-down...