The news that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff will be working as executive directors in WWE continues to create ripple effects. On today’s Wrestling Observer Live episode, Dave Meltzer revealed that it wasn’t just wrestling fans that were shocked by the announcement. In fact, FOX didn’t know about it as well.
“I do know that the FOX people had no idea this was coming,” said Meltzer. He then went on to state that they would have “wanted the other guy,” meaning that they would prefer Heyman controlling SmackDown over Bischoff. Meltzer didn’t have a ton of other information on the hirings, but expects Heyman to do well since he’s worked with WWE on creative angles recently concerning Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey, and Alexa Bliss.
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