The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now!
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments transcribed below.
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On WWE’s decision to give away John Cena vs Shinsuke Nakamura on a free WWE TV:
EB: Hard to judge if it’s right or if it’s wrong but I was faced with the same thing in Hogan vs Goldberg. “How could you possibly give that away?” Well because we had to stimulate television ratings. Our backs were against the wall. More so now than where WWE is right now. Sometimes you have to do it. There are reasons to do it.
On if this could be the WWE’s way of dispelling rumors they are more focused on digital content than television content:
EB: No. In my experience WWE doesn’t react. They are not a reactive company in that sense. This was probably a situation where they made the call for other strategic reasons. I doubt that it has anything to do with conversations on or off-line about the future of the shows on the USA Network.
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This week’s BoW Overrun features Eric answering more the twenty questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling Mailbag.
On this week’s Bischoff on Wrestling Eric and Nick discuss a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week.
Including:
- The release of Eric and Jason Hervey’s mini-documentary Dope Man on A&E
- Jon Jones calling out Brock Lesnar at UFC 214
- When a fight between Jones and Lesnar could happen
- The relationship between WME-IMG and WWE
- WWE giving away Nakamura vs Cena and the big triple threat match on free WWE TV this week
- What WWE’s mentality may be in regards to television vs digital distribution
- Another Superstar Shake-Up reportedly being rumored for after SummerSlam including NXT and 205 Live
- WWE re-applying for the Taboo Tuesday trademark and how it could be executed today
- ROH COO Joe Koff offering an open invitation to CM Punk to return to the company
- WWE’s 2nd Quarter 2017 financial results
- WWE reportedly looking to cut costs
- The effect pyro has on a pro wrestling product
- How WWE has dealt with their dual brand PPVs
- More…
