Subhojeet Mukherjee on February 25, 2026
While Paul Heyman has been loudly pushing WWE to plan ahead for WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia, he just made something else clear — he’s not planning to walk away from wrestling anytime soon.
Heyman has spent the past week openly discussing long-term WrestleMania strategy, even revealing on Busted Open Radio that he’s been lobbying internally for months to prioritize what he calls “Saudi Mania.” But in a new interview, the conversation shifted from booking the future to his own.
Speaking to Metro UK on February 25, 2026, Heyman addressed the idea of retirement — and immediately shut down any notion that it’s around the corner. He first painted a picture of what “retirement” might even look like for him.
“Probably long after I’m – well, I don’t think I’ll ever retire, but I’ll be semi-retired by then, and be jetting in from Costa Rica, or some villa off the coast of Italy.”
Heyman didn’t stop there. He explained that even in this hypothetical semi-retired state, he would still be involved in shaping WrestleMania main eventers behind the scenes.
“And as I’m jetting in for these major events, the main event of WrestleMania will be prepped for, that main eventer will have been taught how to be a WrestleMania main eventer, will have been enticed to continue on his path of being a Paul Heyman guy to the main event of WrestleMania.”
He made it clear that mentoring and building the next generation is already part of his long-term vision.
“So I take great satisfaction in the fact that the people that I am surrounded by now will be the dominant main eventers of WrestleMania for at least the next generation and into the next generation after that.”
When asked what semi-retirement would even mean, Heyman suggested he wouldn’t exactly be slowing down — just shifting lanes. He then clarified that even that scenario is nowhere close as he won’t even talk about semi-retirement until 15 years from now.
“Semi retirement for me would probably mean writing, producing, directing a couple of movies a year, creating a streaming show or two, maybe get into – finally, after all these years – the podcast business. Semi retirement just means semi retirement from WWE, but I mean, we’re talking at least 15 years from now.”
And in true Paul Heyman fashion, he closed with a reminder that he’s nowhere near finished with the wrestling business.
“I’m just getting started at this, b**es, I’m just understanding the magnitude of the greatness that I put forward. So for me to even contemplate slowing down is unfathomable at the moment, but at some time, I may just want to enjoy one day off per year.”
For a man already mapping out WrestleMania years in advance, it sounds like Heyman sees himself shaping WWE’s biggest stages for a long time to come.
Do you think Paul Heyman will ever truly retire — or is he destined to be part of WrestleMania forever? Let us know your thoughts.
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