The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday.
You can find a portion of Eric and I’s comments regarding the Forbe’s report about the leak of over 3 million WWE Universe user personal information transcribed below.
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: When I first saw that story my first thought was, “How do I get my hands on that database?” Are you kidding me? That database is worth a fortune to somebody! The other thing is that… I’m not in the high tech world, I don’t live in the IT Universe and even if I did it wouldn’t matter because that world is advancing and evolving at such a breakneck speed that even if you’re in that world it’s hard keeping up with it. The first thing that would occur to me is, “Man, who do I need to hire to make sure THAT never happens again.” That stuff can come back to haunt you. That can cripple you.
NH: Will fans be less likely to sign-up for the WWE Network because they may be wary to give their information to WWE?
EB: Yes, but as a society and a culture we are used to hearing about it. It’s happened with Target stores and it’s happened so many times in a much larger scale than this that I think we are getting desensitized to it. Nobody is fearful anymore about giving their credit information anywhere.
Bischoff on Wrestling will be presenting a LIVE, CALL-IN show this Wednesday at 3 pm CST to celebrate it’s one-year anniversary. The full details about where to tune in and what number to call will be released this Monday night on WrestleZone an hour before RAW.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric and Nick talking about a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week. Including:
- Dixie Carter’s WWE debut as part of the WWE:24 special about Kurt Angle
- Whether Eric thinks Dixie Carter should be used as an on-screen WWE character
- Brock Lesnar defeating Samoa Joe and Joe’s position in WWE
- AJ Styles United States Championship win over Kevin Owens at the WWE Live event at Madison Square Garden
- Austin Aries’s WWE release
- Whether Aries was difficult to work with in TNA
- The Wall Street Journal report about WWE’s revenue and TV rights renewels
- The leak of 3 million WWE Universe users private information
- Alberto Del Rio’s GFW suspension in the wake of his domestic abuse investigations
Eric also takes some time at the end of the show to answer a slew of fan questions. Some of the topics that Eric addresses in the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag are:
- Eric’s favorite concert live
- How to get ahold of Buffalo Bill Cody beer
- Whether Nitro’s success helped The Shawshank Redemption find it’s cult fanbase
- How Bret Hart and Eric compare as podcast hosts
- His match with Larry Zbyszko at the 1997 Starrcade for control of Nitro
- What Sonny Onoo did with all those disposable camera photos
- Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels feud
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring Eric chatting with former ECW World Champion Shane Douglas embedded below:
