The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun podcast was released just now! It features Eric answering a variety of questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag.
A brand new episode of Bischoff on Wrestling will be released tomorrow night.
You can find a portion of Eric’s answer to the following fan submitted question transcribed below:
Any stories of you and/or Hulk Hogan clashing with Vince Russo over creative direction of your characters in TNA? #BischoffOnWrestling
— Michael Patzer (@MrMykal87) June 12, 2017
Eric’s full, in-depth comments can be heard in the embedded audio player at the top of the post.
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EB: No. I was hired by TNA not because they necessarily wanted Eric Bischoff on the staff. That’s one thing I have heard Russo say. Out of the hundred things I have heard Russo say there’s about three or four that are actually true. I knew that they were only bringing me in because they didn’t have a choice. Hulk wouldn’t have come to TNA unless I was on the team to oversee all of the creative that was relevant to him. That was the only reason I came in. That only happened because Hulk knew that there was nobody on that team, especially Vince Russo because of past history, that he trusted. He didn’t trust their creative capacity. He didn’t trust their judgement. He didn’t trust their politics. He didn’t trust anything about Vince Russo or anyone else on the creative team. So, that was part of Hulk’s negotiation. He said, “I’ll come in but I have to have complete control over my creative and Eric Bischoff is the voice. If it gets by Eric I’ll do it. If it doesn’t then I won’t.” That’s the only reason I got hired. Believe me, I know that.
If you would like to ask Eric a question to be answered on this week’s Bischoff on Wrestling use the hashtag #BischoffOnWrestling on Twitter.
Some of the other topics covered in the Overrun include:
- What key performance indicator pro wrestling should be measured by now
- If Eric thinks finishers have been overly devalued
- Eric’s thoughts on the times he had to be a referee
- Why Kanyon was repacked after Mortis but Glacier was not
- How Eric would have booked a feud between Sting and The Rock back in 2001
- Who Eric would most like to interview
- Why Bret Hart was underutilized in WCW
- Whether Eric and Hulk clashed with Vince Russo in TNA
- If Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar is the best pure matchup since the Attitude Era
- Key Lime Pie vs Carrot Cake?
- Whether Eric will do an all AWA episode
- Why Bobby The Brain was fired from WCW
- If there is anyone Eric is intimidated by
- Where Eric was on 9/11
- Whether religion is too taboo of a subject to be used in pro wrestling
- Who Eric would have put in the Hulk Hogan role in the NWO if Hulk hadn’t taken it
- David Milch
- Eric’s favorite pro wrestling championship design
- What new music Eric is listening to
- What Eric and Vince Russo were implying when they came up with the line about “the good old boys network”
- Whether Jakks has ever contact Eric about being included in the Jakks classic Superstar line
- More…
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric chatting with Ring of Honor’s COO Joe Koff. Some of the topics that Eric and Joe discuss include:
- How Joe got involved in the pro wrestling business
- Eric and Joe’s experience’s crossing paths in the past
- New technology Ring of Honor is using to reach fans
- New Japan Pro Wrestling’s attempt to break into the United States and what it means to their relationship with Ring of Honor
- ROH’s Best in The World 2017
- More…
Eric and Nick also take time at the top of the show to talk about a wide variety of sports entertainment news headlines from the past week. Including:
- The much anticipated Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor fight
- WWE’s controversial ending to the women’s Money In The Bank match and decision to re-do it
- Mike & Maria Kanellis’ debut in WWE
- Hurricane Helms, Al Snow and Simon Diamond’s exits from Impact Wrestling
- Triple H surprising one of the heroes from the London Bridge attack
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring Eric answering 20 fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag.
