WWE are reported to be keeping Paul Heyman off WWE television until around the time of the 2015 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, despite footage of Heyman off-air at the SmackDown tapings added on YouTube.

The idea from the WWE is that they don’t want to call attention to the fact that their WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar is missing pay-per-view events despite Paul Heyman appearing on WWE television. Lesnar is expected to return around the time of the Royal Rumble PPV.