Paul Wight encourages wrestlers to embrace creative directions

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Last updated Aug 29, 2026

Paul Wight encourages wrestlers to embrace creative directions
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Paul Wight, a veteran in the wrestling industry, spoke with TMZ Sports about the need for wrestlers to stop resisting creative directions from promoters. Wight emphasized that wrestlers should not take their roles too seriously and suggested they focus on delivering their job regardless of personal feelings. He highlighted the importance of being dependable and open to ideas, urging talent to consider how their performance fits into the bigger picture of storytelling in wrestling. Wight also compared wrestlers to actors, underlining the collaborative nature of the job.

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  • Wight has been in wrestling since the mid-90s.
  • He advises against taking every creative decision personally.
  • Wrestlers should focus on being dependable and on time.
  • Wight sees wrestlers as akin to actors in roles.
  • He encourages talent to propose alternatives to creative ideas.
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Paul Wight has been in the wrestling business since the 1990s and has been a wrestler and a commentator. He weighs in on wrestlers who push back on creative.

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