WWE: Top 3 Oscar-worthy performances

#2: Paul Heyman goes off on Vince McMahon, Smackdown 2001

Paul Heyman and Vince McMahon?

As you know from watching WWE, Paul Heyman is a national treasure, his disembodied voice destined to be stored in a government bunker for future civilizations to hear in case of an apocalyptic event.

He’s been in the wrestling business since he was a teenager. He created a rebellious promotion that pushed WWE & WCW to darker and more lucrative places. He’s been a writer, manager, producer, check bouncer and an advocate to Brock Lesnar.

Have you seen him hit someone with a cell phone? Well, here’s Heyman doing just that to Jason Harvey, who played Wayne from the Wonder Years. That’ll teach Wayne for being a supervillain.

He’s been hitting a home run in every plate appearance for nearly 3 decades but this promo, a few days before the poorly written Invasion angle was finished, is Heyman at his best. Fiery, righteous, and spewing the truth in the grill of Vince McMahon. Dropping pipebombs before Phil Brooks was better known as CM Punk.