won’t be back on WWE’s Talking Smack.

According to a report from this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Paul Heyman is no longer part of the panel for WWE’s Talking Smack post-show. Pat McAfee and Kayla Braxton hosted this week’s show, and it was explained that Heyman being pulled was a permanent change and “not a one week thing.”

It was also stated that there’s no real reason for Heyman’s removal besides it being a company decision. Talking Smack was revived as a weekly show in August of last year, with Heyman joining the show in November 2020.

While Paul Heyman might be out on Talking Smack, he is still a major part of WWE TV. Heyman is still the advocate for Universal Champion Roman Reigns, and recently confirmed he’s currently shooting a WWE Network documentary for Peacock about WrestleMania 37, which happened to see Reigns score the “most declaratively dominant pinfall” in the history of WrestleMania.