WWE News: Seth Rollins, EC3 & more react to WWE's major creative shake-up

What's the story?

WWE has named Paul Heyman as the new Executive Director of Monday Night Raw and Eric Bischoff as the new Executive Director of SmackDown Live.

Within hours of the surprising news being announced, plenty of big names in the wrestling business gave their reaction on social media.

In case you didn't know…

In one of the biggest behind-the-scenes WWE developments of the last decade, the company announced on Thursday that former ECW owner Paul Heyman and former WCW Executive Vice President Eric Bischoff will now oversee the development of WWE’s flagship programming.

With Heyman running Raw and Bischoff running SmackDown Live, the two brands will have “two distinct creative processes”, according to a statement on WWE.com, and both men will report directly to WWE chairman Vince McMahon.

The heart of the matter

Universal champion Seth Rollins, who has been fiercely defensive of WWE’s creative approach recently, was among the first Superstars to react to the announcement.

The Bisch is back!! #teamwwe

— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 27, 2019

Needless to say, several WWE Superstars will benefit from having a new person in charge of the creative processes on Raw and SmackDown Live, which is likely what came into EC3’s mind when he tweeted this to Paul Heyman,

Check your DMs @HeymanHustle https://t.co/ZB7z2jPoko

— ecIII (@therealec3) June 27, 2019

Rusev, who is reportedly on a leave of absence from WWE at the moment, made this joke about Hulk Hogan,

Wild card rules we get Hulk Hogan on Monday and Hollywood Hogan on Tuesday ...... i love it!

— Here comes THE PUSH (@RusevBUL) June 27, 2019

Raw Superstar Zack Ryder reacted by posting a throwback video of Eric Bischoff’s WWE theme song.

https://t.co/PfQ9Bc84oC

— Matt Cardona (@ZackRyder) June 27, 2019

Matt Hardy chimed in with the following tweet,

Anything creative going on today, Wrestling Twitter?

— The VESSEL of Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) June 27, 2019

Eric Bischoff’s podcast co-host, Conrad Thompson, also hosts a podcast with Bruce Prichard, who returned to WWE as a creative team member earlier this year.

The link with Thompson prompted this comment from Corey Graves.

The real news here is the confirmation that @HeyHeyItsConrad is the wrestling Illuminati.

— Sterling (@WWEGraves) June 27, 2019

Like EC3, No Way Jose will no doubt be among the list of Superstars hoping to receive more opportunities under the new creative regime.

🤯This’ll be interesting🤔 https://t.co/coxsDOndZw

— No Way Jose (@WWENoWayJose) June 27, 2019

What's next?

WWE’s creative process has been questioned by fans over the last few months, especially in the build-up to the recent WWE Stomping Grounds pay-per-view, so the appointment of Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff in their new roles will certainly lead to more interest in the upcoming episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live.

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