The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released earlier tonight. It features Eric’s over hour long interview with his former RAW GM Assistant and current ESPN personality Jonathan Coachman.
We have transcribed Eric’s comments from the top of the show about Anthem Sports’s purchase of TNA below.
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EB: I think, like a lot of people who have been involved in the sports entertainment industry, we all believe that the more competition the better. In this case it’s not really about competition, it’s about opportunity. The more opportunity there is for young athletes and performers to find a place to work, find a way to make a living, I’m all for it. I think most veterans and people that have been in the business for a long time feel the same way. Personal issues aside. Business issues aside. We want the industry to grow and continue. I’m glad to hear that Anthem Sports acquired the company. I don’t know the details yet. As a matter of fact I’ll be talking to my attorney later on this week to kind of follow up on our lawsuit. The last time I heard we had filed a hearing and we’re waiting for some information. There’s some movement on our end and I’ll be able to talk about that in the weeks to come. For the time being, I’m happy to hear it. I think it’s time to have fresh management in there. To create fresh opportunities. It’s amazing sometimes what new people, new ideas and new perspectives can create. That’s a business that quite honestly needed it so I’m glad to hear about it.
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This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling starts with Eric talking to Nick about their weird arm wrestling connection before telling Nick the story of how he broke his forearm.
Eric also takes a moment at the top of the show to comment on the recent sale of TNA to Anthem. He also offers an update on his current lawsuit with TNA.
Eric then welcomes his guest for the week his former WWE RAW GM Assistant and current ESPN personality Jonathan Coachman! Coachman speaks candidly to Eric about:
- What his dream job was when he was a child
- Growing up in a diverse family
- His parents reaction to him working for WWE
- Wanting to be an actor when he was in college
- His brief job as a “Boyfriend In A Box”
- What it was like covering Owen Hart’s passing while working as a local reporter in Kansas City
- Who at WWE was the person that hired him
- What his first few years with WWE were like
- Learning to wrestle because he was getting so much heat
- Why he was nervous to do his first physical thing ever in the ring
- Tajiri’s tendency to mess with people
- The effect The Rock leaving WWE had on his Hollywood career
- Why he left WWE for ESPN and what that transition was like
- The stigma of being a “wrestling guy” on ESPN
- Ronda Rousey’s most recent loss
- Who his “One Bad Cat” is
- What’s something about him that we don’t know
- More…
Eric then closes the show by answering some fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag.
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