This WrestleZone Radio exclusive features Nick Hausman interviewing former WCW President Eric Bischoff.
You can find more info about the interview as well as some transcribed quotes from it below.
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On whether or not he would have pushed AJ Styles harder after the enormous reaction he got at the Royal Rumble:
EB: I’ve said this before, I’m not just responding to this particular question, in the past when I was running WCW, producing and making a lot of the decisions creatively I would often go up in to the crowd. In an area of the arena where no one could see me. I’d have my hat on down low or whatever so I wasn’t recognized when I was up there. You feel things differently in the arena when you are in the seats than you do when you are backstage in the Gorilla position. It just feels different. It speaks to you differently. It’s a different energy and a different vibe. Once you remove yourself and now you’re in the Gorilla position, which is great you’re still getting good sounds, or worse if you’re backstage OR WORSE if you’re watching at home. You really remove yourself from the opportunity to feel how fans are reacting. In a real time manner. To answer your question, yes, I would have probably found a way or I would like to think I could have found a way to capitalize on an unexpectedly positive reaction from someone like AJ Styles. Whatever plan I had I would probably want to re-evaluate because that is hard to come by.
Some of the topics of discussion include:
- Damien Sandow being released by WWE
- The similarities between Sandow leaving WWE and Chris Jericho leaving WCW
- The balance Eric found in WCW between Cruiserweights and Heavyweights
- WWE’s decision to choose the Superstars they want to get over as opposed to pushing the Superstars that the fans seem to be most vocal for
- The mixed signal it sends to the casual fan when they see the most popular WWE Superstars getting booed
- AJ Styles’ push so far in WWE and whether WWE should be doing more for him
- If the WWE Women’s Championship could be defended in a WWE PPV Main Event in the next year
- Shane & Stephanie co-running Monday Night RAW together
- The possibility of Donald Trump making an appearance on WWE TV now that he seems to have clinched the Republican nomination
- The rumors that are swirling about the current state of TNA and what he thinks of the reports
- TNA talent that has gotten a second life in NXT
- Whether AJ Styles has a shot at beating Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules
- How Hulk Hogan is doing right now while he awaits to go back to trial with Gawker
- What to expect from his upcoming WWE DVD
- More…
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