The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now! It features a very candid interview between Eric and Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff.
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments regarding the blowback Al Snow got recently for tweeting wrestling fans to ‘stop being pseudo experts’ 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: I saw the traction that it got and the responses that it got and I understand it because wrestling fans are passionate. They really are. That’s the great thing about the wrestling industry is that the people that love it really love it. Now with the internet and the way people communicate and the communities that exist digitally people share ideas and conversations easily. I get it and I support it and I am playing into it while we do this show right now. I am not going to bad mouth it but knowing Al as well as I do, and I do know Al pretty well, what he is saying is something that I agree with. Can you imagine if you and your girlfriend decided you are going to buy a couple of plane tickets and fly to Las Vegas for the weekend and you can’t wait to see David Copperfield? You spend a couple hundred dollars for David Copperfield tickets, you get a nice dinner, you have a couple cocktails and you have all this anticipation and excitement for David Copperfield, one of the greatest magicians in the world! You get to the show, get a great seat in the front row and twenty minutes before the show starts somebody comes out and goes, “David is going to be out in twenty minutes and you are going to be amazed with David’s magic but before he comes out let me show you how the tricks are done. Let me show you!” How would you feel?
NH: I’d be so pissed off. I love magic so much and I hate when people tell me how the magic tricks are done.
EB: Take out magic and insert professional wrestling. When you dig into it so much that you don’t allow yourself permission to just enjoy it and get lost in the moment, call it suspension of disbelief or whatever you want, that’s a problem.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric chatting with Ring of Honor’s COO Joe Koff. Some of the topics that Eric and Joe discuss include:
- How Joe got involved in the pro wrestling business
- Eric and Joe’s experience’s crossing paths in the past
- New technology Ring of Honor is using to reach fans
- New Japan Pro Wrestling’s attempt to break into the United States and what it means to their relationship with Ring of Honor
- ROH’s Best in The World 2017
- More…
Eric and Nick also take time at the top of the show to talk about a wide variety of sports entertainment news headlines from the past week. Including:
- The much anticipated Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor fight
- WWE’s controversial ending to the women’s Money In The Bank match and decision to re-do it
- Mike & Maria Kanellis’ debut in WWE
- Hurricane Helms, Al Snow and Simon Diamond’s exits from Impact Wrestling
- Triple H surprising one of the heroes from the London Bridge attack
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring Eric answering 20 fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag.
