The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast, Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now and features former WWE performer/producer and the host of Something To Wrestle With’s Bruce Prichard as Eric’s guest.
You can find some of Bruce’s comments transcribed below.
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On Steve Austin meeting Eric Bischoff for the first time in WWE in Bandera, TX following Eric firing Steve Austin from WCW:
BP: The wrestling rumor mill and what have you had run rampant. It’s you fired Steve Austin. Steve Austin hated you. You hated Steve and blah, blah, blah, blah. Well, do you remember when you can to work at WWE? Steve was on sabbatical at the time and you were in as the General Manager and we were going to go to Bandera, TX to find “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Internally it was funny to me that people who didn’t know, didn’t know Steve or didn’t know you. You were relatively new in the company. I probably knew you better than anybody and still we didn’t know each other that well at that point. I had been around you long enough to know, “Well, ok, Eric is just a guy doing his job. Trying the best he can.” And I knew Steve but there was so much apprehension with people going, “Oh my God! Well how’s Steve going to react to Eric?” “How’s Eric going to react to Steve?” “Eric fired him.” So on and so forth and I had to go down there to Bandera. I don’t know if you remember but before I got you two together it was so funny because everyone else was so worried about you two coming together for the first time. I remember calling Steve ahead of time and Steve being tickled to death to do the deal in Bandera, TX with you. I said, “Hey man, I’m just going to get to it… is there any heat there.” He says, “Aw HELL NO! Best damned thing that ever happened to me!” I remember asking you, “Is there any heat?” You were like, “No. There’s no heat. It was a business decision. We had to do what we had to do. No, I don’t have any heat with Steve at all.” You guys got together, talked for about an hour, had a beer and everyone was great.
EB: We had three beers just so you know.
Eric and Nick start the show off by talking about a few of the top pro wrestling stories this week including:
- Linda McMahon being rumored for WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump’s cabinet once he assumes the Presidency
- Conor McGregor’s UFC 205 win and WWE’s interest in him
- Vader’s recent news that he says he has less than two years to live
Eric then welcomes former WWE performer/producer and the host of Something To Wrestle With’s Bruce Prichard on to discuss:
- Eric & Bruce’s strong friendship in the wake of their intense competition during the Monday Night War
- Their memories of Brian Pillman and the controversial story he was telling that weaved WCW, WWE and ECW together
- Steve Austin’s first meeting with Eric in WWE following Eric firing Steve in WCW
- Goldberg’s return to WWE
- What kind of a guy Brock Lesnar is like
- Their respective adventures and experiences in the world of podcasting
- More…
Eric then wraps the show up by answering fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag including:
- Who’s idea was to have bikers going down the ring with the NWO?
- If we can look forward to interviews with the likes of Sting or Ric Flair anytime soon?
- 60 men. 3 rings. In hindsight was World War III a good idea or bad idea? Whose idea was this? Could it work a lot better today?
- What the production process for WCW Nitro was like?
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