The Overrun bonus content from former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now via the general BoW podcast feed!
It features an additional 30+ minutes from the Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special.
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments to the following fan submitted #BischoffOnWrestling Twitter question transcribed below:
@EBischoff is it true that Rick Rude family asked you to leave during his funeral? #Whathappenedwhen
— James Ferrell (@Urkellooking) July 10, 2017
Eric’s full, in-depth comments can be heard in the embedded audio player at the top of the post. There are a LOT of details in the audio that have been omitted in this post due to the length of the story.
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On if the story was true:
EB: I don’t know, quite honestly, if I was asked to leave or not. I know that is going to be hard for people to believe but I do remember that I was at the funeral with my wife. There was a ton of tension between Rick’s family and I.
On Rick Rude’s Lloyd’s of London policy:
EB: Rick, like a lot of wrestlers at that time, Lloyd’s of London was offering to cover professional wrestlers so if they got hurt in the ring and could no longer perform there would be a pretty sizable payout. Lloyd’s of London stopped doing that many, many years ago because you can imagine the abuse and you get wrestlers in a situation where there is a huge payday at the end. You can imagine there were any number of attempts to take advantage of that situation. Now Rick had gotten hurt and Rick had a Lloyd’s of London policy and I don’t remember how much it was but there was a sizable payout made to Rick Rude by Lloyd’s of London. When you took those payouts you couldn’t ever wrestle again.
On how Rick’s Lloyd’s of London policy played into his dispute with Eric:
EB: Rick wanted WCW to pay off Lloyd’s of London so that Rick Rude could get back in the ring again. I couldn’t make that happen even if I wanted to. Which I didn’t but even if I really wanted to make that happen the people I would have to answer to at Turner Broadcasting… first of all, forget about the financial implications of it which were astronomical. There was legal exposure and there was a ton of risk. What if he got re-injured? (…) In Rick’s mind I could just wave a magic wand and write a check and make anything happen. That just wasn’t the case. Because I think he was angry or frustrated at me I am sure his family heard about it. I can only imagine the light I was put in because I wouldn’t let Rick get back in the ring.
On what he remembers from his exit of Rick’s funeral:
EB: Rick’s sister may have confronted me. I vaguely remember that but I remember kind of specifically looking at my wife and saying, “We gotta go. This is not good.” It became obvious I think to a couple people and that’s just not a situation you want to be a part of. Ever. Especially at a funeral. You just don’t want that. Honestly, I haven’t been to a wrestler’s funeral since and that’s part of that reason why.
The full Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun, which was initially released last Wednesday on IRWNetwork.com, features Eric thought’s on:
- The Hardys and GFW’s continued battle for the “Broken Universe”
- Rey Mysterio’s future in pro wrestling
- Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor using racial and homophobic taunts
- Rumors CM Punk may be headed to Bellator
- More….
Eric also answers call-in and Twitter submitted questions regarding:
- What topics are too controversial for pro wrestling
- If the NWO had too many factions
- If he was asked to leave Rick Rude’s funeral but Rude’s family
- Mainstream media thinking pro wrestling is “low brow”
- More…
This week’s Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special features Eric and Nick taking calls and talking about a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week.
Including:
- Shane McMahon’s controlled landing in a helicopter earlier in the day
- Rumors that Brock Lesnar is headed back to WWE for one more match
- Jason Jordan being revealed as Kurt Angle’s son on RAW
- The cancellation of Talking Smack
- More…
Throughout the show Eric fielded call-in questions from fans regarding:
- Whether he would have hired Rinaldo Piven during The Monday Night War
- If WWE will get more edgy to keep it’s product competitive
- A recent story that Tony Schivone mentioned on his podcast involving Eric
- Eric’s experience with the Cauliflower Alley Club
- A wild Randy Savage story
- If he would rather be on the creative or talent side of pro wrestling at the moment
- If he ever considering trying to sign Jim Johnson away from WWE
- His advice for young television producers
- What WCW angles he wanted to do but never got to
- WWE’s current talent pool
- Wrestlers who don’t “sell” moves enough
- Who in WWE has break out main stream appeal
- More…
