Braun Strowman on his online exchange with Paul Heyman: “I guess I struck a nerve or something”

During the October 6th 2025 edition of WWE RAW, Paul Heyman stated that Bronson Reed was the only person that put Roman Reigns on a stretcher. Former WWE star Braun Strowman, who feuded with Reigns in 2017, addressed Heyman’s claim on Twitter/X by writing “😂😂😂😂😂 yea ok Oswald Cobblepot [The Penguin]!”. Heyman responded by saying he was relieved to learn that Braun Strowman “is still alive.”

While speaking to TMZ.com, Strowman addressed Heyman…

“I keep getting this tweeting with Paul Heyman. I never even talked about Paul or acknowledged Paul. I don’t know why he got so upset and came at me… Especially because he gets to see my face every commercial break on SmackDown, and let’s be for real, if anybody knows about me having a show about ordering everything on the menu, you think Paul would know.

I have no idea (why Heyman wrote what he did about me). I guess I struck a nerve or something. I don’t know. I didn’t deliberately, intentionally mean to talk to him or any of that stuff. I don’t know what’s going on, and maybe he’s just sensitive or something or maybe he misses me. That’s probably what it is. I think the ratings are struggling a little bit and they realize that when The Monster’s on TV, he draws ratings so who knows?” (quote courtesy of Andrew Thompson)