The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released, for free, this past Wednesday night!
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments regarding Enzo’s move to 205 Live transcribed below.
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On whether WWE Superstars who weigh 205 pounds or less but don’t work the traditional “crusierweight” style, like Enzo, belong in the cruiserweight division:
EB: No. They missed the mark on the cruiserweight division twenty minutes after they launched it because they haven’t really defined what it is. Defining a division based on a weight class is not going to resonate with the audience. It has to be a style differentiation. The matches have to look like and feel different than the rest of their content. Otherwise it’s just a match with lighter guys. It doesn’t mean anything. I think they have been missing the mark with 205 Live since they launched it. I think they’ll continue to miss the mark and I don’t think Enzo, or anyone else, will have any impact on the success or failure of that division.
On this week’s Bischoff on Wrestling Eric and Nick start off by discussing some of the past week’s top pro wrestling news stories. Including:
- Sexy Star “shooting” on Rosemary at TripleMania
- Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor’s super fight
- How he would be a rematch between the two
- Jon Jones testing positive for the steroid turinabol coming out of UFC 214
- WWE’s decision to have Asuka vacate the NXT Women’s Championship
- John Cena’s Hollywood career now affecting his WWE career
- Enzo’s move to 205 Live
- Shelton Benjamin’s return to WWE
This episode also features the debut of a new weekly segment on Bischoff on Wrestling “This Week In Bischoff History.” In it Eric takes a trip back to SummerSlam 2003 and discusses his NO DQ match against Shane McMahon.
Nick wraps up the show by asking Eric a variety of questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag. Some of the topics discussed include:
- If Eric is religious and believes in God
- The lack of valets and managers in pro wrestling today
- His advice for entrepreneurs
- Vignettes
- The “Kanyon-Saved By The Bell-esque” TV show that almost was
Related: Eric Bischoff On Why Brock Lesnar Pinning Roman Reigns At SummerSlam ‘Doesn’t Matter’
Eric has officially launched his IRW Network premium channel for only $2.99/month!
This week’s BoW Overrun features Eric finishing up an in-depth discussion about the first chapter of his book Controversy Creates Cash. Including how he met his wife Loree, their time modeling in Chicago, his and Sonny Onoo’s children’s game Ninja Star Wars, how that led to his first pro wrestling job with the AWA, more…
Eric and Nick will begin discussing Chapter 2 next week on the BoW Overrun for subscribers.
Over the next few weeks more premium channels will be rolled out on IRW. If you’d like subscribe to Eric’s IRW channel and get access to the BoW Overrun as well as more exclusive Bischoff content click HERE.
