The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now! It features the full audio from today’s Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special.
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments 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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On Shane McMahon’s near helicopter crash earlier today:
EB: I saw the news interview with Shane just about twenty minutes ago. Let’s be clear, this was not a helicopter crash it was a forced landing. There is a big difference between a crash and a forced landing. I am really grateful that Shane is fine. It had to be harrowing. In the interview that I saw Shane, in typical McMahon fashion, didn’t sell it too much. I don’t know Shane real well. I know him well enough to know he loves his wife and children and I am sure that in a situation like that that you know you will be doing a forced landing… particularly into the water in a helicopter… he had to be thinking a lot about his kids. I can only imagine what that was like. Thank God he is okay. Glad to see that. Only Shane McMahon could find a way to top Hell in a Cell.
On his own experience in a similar situation:
EB: I was a pilot. I haven’t flown in a few years but I was a pilot and had my own plane, my instrument rating and did a lot of cross country flying. I was involved in a situation not similar to Shane’s, but I had to do a forced landing, an emergency landing, in the fog in what’s called “icing conditions”. Completely by use of instruments. I couldn’t break out of the fog and didn’t see the ground due to cloud cover until I was about fifty feet over the runway. I had some equipment issues so when I finally broke the clouds and saw the runway all I saw was firetrucks lined up from one end to the other. When you have family it changes things. I can tell you that once I got on the ground, and got my family off the plane, there is a sense of calm that takes over.
This week’s Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special features Eric and Nick taking calls and talking about a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week.
Including:
- Shane McMahon’s controlled landing in a helicopter earlier in the day
- Rumors that Brock Lesnar is headed back to WWE for one more match
- Jason Jordan being revealed as Kurt Angle’s son on RAW
- The cancellation of Talking Smack
- More…
Throughout the show Eric fielded call-in questions from fans regarding:
- Whether he would have hired Rinaldo Piven during The Monday Night War
- If WWE will get more edgy to keep it’s product competitive
- A recent story that Tony Schivone mentioned on his podcast involving Eric
- Eric’s experience with the Cauliflower Alley Club
- A wild Randy Savage story
- If he would rather be on the creative or talent side of pro wrestling at the moment
- If he ever considering trying to sign Jim Johnson away from WWE
- His advice for young television producers
- What WCW angles he wanted to do but never got to
- WWE’s current talent pool
- Wrestlers who don’t “sell” moves enough
- Who in WWE has break out main stream appeal
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring even more audio from the Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special.
Including Eric thought’s on:
- The Hardys and GFW’s continued battle for the “Broken Universe”
- Rey Mysterio’s future in pro wrestling
- Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor using racial and homophobic taunts
- Rumors CM Punk may be headed to Bellator
- More….
Eric also answers call-in and Twitter submitted questions regarding:
- What topics are too controversial for pro wrestling
- If the NWO had too many factions
- If he was asked to leave Rick Rude’s funeral but Rude’s family
- Mainstream media thinking pro wrestling is “low brow”
- More…
