Former WCW President Eric Bischoff has begun presenting a “Controversial Story of the Week” segment for Sports Illustrated’s 120 Sports alongside his Bischoff on Wrestling co-host Nick Hausman.
This week’s segment features Eric Bischoff taking a look at AJ Styles teasing a match against Shawn Michaels at this year’s Royal Rumble PPV in San Antonio.
You can view the segment in the video player above and find some of Eric’s comments transcribed below.
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On if the tease of AJ Styles vs Shawn Michaels is worth it if the match isn’t going to happen:
EB: No, it’s not. Once you set the bar that high… that’s the really tricky thing. Especially about pro wrestling/sports entertainment. It’s really easy to hype something. It’s really easy to get people talking about something. It’s not something that is always easy to deliver on. This is one of those cases. Look, if the match is already made. If indeed it’s going to happen then this is a very cool, organic way to build to a crescendo for that match. On the other hand, if this is just them throwing it out there to see how the crowd reacts it could definitely backfire.
Eric went deeper in to this issue in the latest episode of his podcast Bischoff on Wrestling which was released this past Wednesday night.
You can listen to the full archives from Bischoff on Wrestling in the embedded audio player below:
