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 controversial finish to the women’s Money In The Bank match 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 fans that are upset that the first ever women’s Money In The Bank match effectively saw a man win:
EB: It’s stupid. It’s a storyline for God’s sake! It’s. A. Storyline. Here we go again with the politically correct stuff and that, “professional wrestling needs to make a statement for society.” Bullshit. Called it. There you go. It’s silly and it’s a storyline. What they did is they built up a big match with a lot of anticipation. They raised the expectations and the stakes for the audience. They got the audience to invest in a moment where they hoped to see something and they screwed them. They screwed the audience intentionally. Now they are going to give it to them for free. Fine. It’s a creative choice. That’s it. It’s a creative choice. What they are doing in the process is telling their audience that in the future even if it sounds like they’re building something up to deliver something historic there’s a good chance they’re going to screw them. You don’t want to do that.
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.
