The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday and features an interview WrestleCircus owner Al Lenhart!
You can find some of Eric’s comments regarding Pro Wrestling Tees signing a deal with Hot Topic to distribute NJPW merchandise, starting with The Bullet Club merchandise, transcribed below.
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EB: I think it’s a great opportunity and my hat’s off to them if they can pull it off. If they can find a way and get some traction in retail and move some merchandise… God bless them. More power to them. It’s one of the reasons I am so fascinated and interested in independent wrestling right now. Look, take out wrestling and insert music. Professional wrestling now is kind of at that point where music was ten or fifteen years ago. When all of a sudden, because of the streaming and digital technology that emerged, people were allowed to record in their basements or in their garage. Really high quality stuff. Distributing their own music and not having to hope that someday they would get on a record label that could actually produce and distribute their music for them. All of a sudden the world of independent music just blew up and independent musicians were able to make phenomenal livings without having to sign with a label. I think the same thing is starting to happen in the independent wrestling scene.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling starts with Eric giving his take on a couple of stories from around the business of pro wrestling from this past week. Including:
- Billy Corgan purchasing the NWA
- Hulk Hogan saying he would like to join The Bullet Club
- Kenny Omega & Young Bucks signing a deal with Hot Topic to sell merchandise
- Sinclair Broadcasting purchasing the Bonton Media Group for $240 million
- Rand Paul endorsing Kane’s mayoral run
- The Rock working with Disney to re-design the Jungle Cruise ride at the Disney theme parks
- WWE & TV5 agree to TV deal in Philippines
- More…
Eric then welcomes his guest WrestleCircus owner Al Lenhart! Some of the topics Al discusses with Eric include:
- Why he launched WrestleCircus
- How Austin has embraced independent wrestling
- What his wife’s reaction was when he said he wanted to launch an independent pro wrestling company
- His vision for WrestleCircus
- The importance of the name you give your wrestling promotion
- Rocky Romero’s support
- Who designed their logo
- More…
Today’s show then wraps up with the latest #BischoffOnWrestling mail bag segment featuring Eric answering a wide range of questions submitted by fans on Twitter.
