5 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon gave up on during Paul Heyman's time as RAW Executive Director

#3 Humberto Carrillo

Speaking on his Something to Wrestle With podcast, Bruce Prichard often gives a fascinating insight into what it is really like to work with Vince McMahon behind the scenes in WWE.

The new head of RAW and SmackDown’s creative process once said that Vince McMahon’s biggest flaw is his inability to “allow things to truly fail”. In other words, as we’re finding out with some of the names in this list, Prichard believes Vince McMahon can sometimes be too quick to make changes to a Superstar’s character or the direction of a storyline.

One example of this came in November 2019 when Humberto Carrillo – a Superstar who debuted on RAW under the Paul Heyman regime – stopped receiving a push after initially working with big names including Seth Rollins and AJ Styles.

Bryan Alvarez reported on Wrestling Observer Live that Vince McMahon did not think Carrillo was connecting with WWE fans, which is why he dropped further down the card.

“Vince is done with Humberto Carrillo for the time being. He’s given him the Cedric Alexander, where you’re still going to see him on TV, I’m sure he’s going to win here and there but like it’s exactly like Cedric Alexander. He got a few weeks, Vince thought he wasn’t getting over and so, he’s done with that big push.”