WWE Manager Paul Heyman Shoves Young Boy While Leaving WarGames with Logan Paul

Paul Heyman shoved a young fan at a recent WWE event, drawing both backlash and support online.

The WWE manager, 60, and wrestler Logan Paul were leaving San Diego’s Petco Park on Saturday, Nov. 29, after securing a victory at WWE’s Survivor Series: WarGames when Heyman aggressively shoved a young boy away from him. A bystander captured the incident in a video.

The clip, shared on TikTok, shows Heyman walking out of the team-based cage match with Paul —who recently aligned with him and The Vision, per ESPN — trailing close behind when the fan passed through the security surrounding the WWE stars and approached Heyman.

The boy appeared to touch, or get close to touching, Heyman briefly before the WWE manager grabbed him with both hands and shoved him back into the surrounding crowd.

A spokesperson for WWE did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The TikTok garnered more than 400,000 views, and the footage circulated on other platforms including X, where one repost received more than 1 million views.

Reactions across platforms were mixed, with some criticizing Heyman for his reaction and others either praising it or arguing that he had to stay in-character during the interaction. Still others focused instead on the security detail with the pair for failing to come between the young fan and the WWE manager.

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“Looks like a child wanted to greet him, even if he wanted to stay in character,” one person wrote on X. “All he could do was give him a few seconds instead of that rude shove.”

On TikTok, one user argued that people only got “upset” because the fan was a child, writing, “respect personal space.” 

“That was a kid man [that’s] not cool,” a different TikTok user wrote, while another said, “That was a bit much Paul.”

Paul, 30, was on Heyman’s winning WarGames team along with Bronson Reed, Bron Breakker, Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar. The team won after a mystery intruder — whose identity has yet to be revealed — interfered, allowing Breakker to secure the win, according to ESPN.

Heyman and Paul also shared a moment during the Nov. 29 event when the manager passed the internet personality his brass knuckles to use in the cage match, per ESPN.