Eric Bischoff recently spoke with Sportskeeda and answered several fans’ questions. Two highlights include Bischoff’s thoughts on how WWE booked Sting and why it’s exciting that AEW is growing its audience:
On the way WWE booked Sting:
Bischoff: “I’m of two minds on that question. On the one hand, I think they did everything, they meaning the WWE, did everything they could to create a moment, a very memorable moment for Sting and for fans of Sting and WCW in general, an amazing spectacle. I think, creatively, was it the best way to possibly finish Sting’s career in the ring? I guess it’s objective, I didn’t think so. I think a lot of fans that were big fans of Sting’s might not have thought so, and that doesn’t mean that Sting would have had to get a win over Triple H or anything like that, but I just mean the general feeling people had when they walked away. If you’re a Sting fan and a WCW fan, how did you feel when that was over? Probably a little like me, happy for Steve [Borden] and Sting the character, to get that moment, to get that’s recognition, I know for a fact it was overwhelming to him in a really spiritual way almost for Steve. But I’m sure it could have ended differently, I don’t know. “
On TV ratings during the “pandemic era”:
Bischoff: “It’s pretty exciting….in the context of the period that we are in, we’re in the context era or the COVID era, and nothing really is growing an audience in terms of sports entertainment. Nobody except for AEW is starting to show real signs of life . They’re knocking on a million viewers again, which is not far off from where they were when they’d debuted, so that’s a really good sign. I think the fact that SmackDown hasn’t fallen farther than it has, I know it’s not gonna sound like anything to cheer about, but I think that’s a good sign. I think that they’ve stabilized, they’re still delivering over two million, they’re still right up there in the key demos, they’re more than treading water in that regard. The only one that seems to be suffering now badly is RAW, but to see AEW actually not holding steady like SmackDown and not dropping like a rock like RAW has gotta be interpreted as a good thing.”
The full video is available below:
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