On the most recent edition of The Steve Austin Show, Jerry Lawler revealed a change Paul Heyman has made since he has been in charge as Executive Director. Lawler revealed Superstars have been given more freedom with their promos and have been able to show more of their real character.

“Now that Paul Heyman is sort of in charge of RAW, it’s so much not the characters that are being predetermined by the writers or creative. They’re giving the guys a chance to be themselves just like [Austin was] back when [Austin] became ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin. Nobody was telling you, ‘oh, this is how it [has] got to be.’ [Austin was himself] and [he] was given that opportunity and [Austin] took it.”

It should, however, be noted that the majority of the on-screen promos are scripted and Vince McMahon still and likely will always have the final say on the script for the show.