The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday and features an interview WrestleCircus owner Al Lenhart!
You can find some of Eric’s comments regarding Sinclair Broadcasting purchasing the Bonten Media Group for $240 million transcribed below.
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EB: I don’t know what the business logic is with Sinclair Broadcasting and why they value Ring of Honor. Clearly they are very smart, successful people so we can assume they figured it out. I just don’t know what that is. I don’t know their business model. I don’t see Ring of Honor expanding into a big live event model. I don’t see them expanding much in the way of PPV. I don’t see them ever becoming any kind of real competition to WWE. I don’t mean that derisively. I mean that from a business perspective. I can’t imagine that WWE is even paying attention. WWE is not in the syndication business. They aren’t out there buying up syndication networks. I doubt that it’s really on their radar.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling starts with Eric giving his take on a couple of stories from around the business of pro wrestling from this past week. Including:
- Billy Corgan purchasing the NWA
- Hulk Hogan saying he would like to join The Bullet Club
- Kenny Omega & Young Bucks signing a deal with Hot Topic to sell merchandise
- Sinclair Broadcasting purchasing the Bonton Media Group for $240 million
- Rand Paul endorsing Kane’s mayoral run
- The Rock working with Disney to re-design the Jungle Cruise ride at the Disney theme parks
- WWE & TV5 agree to TV deal in Philippines
- More…
Eric then welcomes his guest WrestleCircus owner Al Lenhart! Some of the topics Al discusses with Eric include:
- Why he launched WrestleCircus
- How Austin has embraced independent wrestling
- What his wife’s reaction was when he said he wanted to launch an independent pro wrestling company
- His vision for WrestleCircus
- The importance of the name you give your wrestling promotion
- Rocky Romero’s support
- Who designed their logo
- More…
Today’s show then wraps up with the latest #BischoffOnWrestling mail bag segment featuring Eric answering a wide range of questions submitted by fans on Twitter.
