Speaking of Heyman:
The 10 Shocking Things You Never Knew About Paul Heyman
6. Forced Wrestlers to Lie at Airlines for Discounts
Heyman wasn’t wealthy when he was trying to build up ECW, so he had to save cash anywhere he could. Some of his savings tactics, however, are rather questionable. For example, he made sure at least one wrestler per tour arrived to the venue via bereavement – a discount some airliners offered to passengers who were flying last minute to see a dead relative or attend a funeral.
Chris Jericho expressed his frustration with this tactic in his first book. At one point, he flew with Johnny Smith and both were supposedly mourning the death of their relative Chris Benoit, but they had trouble figuring out how they were “related” causing them to blow their covers. But, this example is only the tip of the ice berg when it comes to Heyman’s financial issues during the darkest days of ECW.
5. Put all Flight Charges on a Wrestler’s Personal Credit Card
In the early days of ECW, it was common for wrestlers to wear other hats when they were not kicking butt in the ring. Tommy Dreamer, for example, sold merchandise and promoted house shows at some points in his ECW career. Chris Candido’s other job was buying plane tickets for the ECW roster. Candido would purchase the tickets with his personal credit card and Heyman would pay him back. The agreement soured toward the end of Candido’s stint with ECW, however.
Heyman stopped paying him back and eventually fired him. Candido left ECW with more than $170,000 in travel expenses that he never got reimbursed for. Heyman even got Candido to sign a contract explaining that he would not sue Heyman or ECW for the money he was owed if Heyman dissolved Candido’s contract with ECW. The move would allow him to go to WCW. At the time, that’s where Candido had his eyes set.
Nonetheless, he left ECW broke and ended up selling his house to stay afloat. He said Heyman never explained to him why he was fired.
3. Still Owes Wrestlers Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
As ECW was collapsing, the company was struggling to accommodate the people who built it and were putting there bodies on the line for it– its wrestlers. According to ECW’s bankruptcy filings, wrestlers were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay. Rob Van Dam was owed $150,000; Joey Styles and Rhino were each owed $50,000; and Tommy Dreamer was owed $100,000.
As part-owner of the company, Dreamer had invested money in ECW. Furthermore, the ring truck was in his parents’ names. Dreamer left ECW with heartache to look forward to and even suicide ran through his head a few times. Dreamer spoke about this subject in detail during his appearance on the Steve Austin Show.
Mike Awesome was over. Paul's dumb ass shoulda payed him and he wouldnt have left with the belt
this thread is making me want to watch rise and fall of ECW again. 
