The latest episode of Bischoff on Wrestling was released earlier tonight and featured exclusive interviews with MLW’s Court Bauer and the man who is 2-0 against AJ Styles in WWE… James Ellsworth!
This Wednesday’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling will feature former WWE & ECW performer Joey Styles as Eric’s guest. You can submit questions for Eric to ask Joey by using the hashtag #BischoffOnWrestling on Twtitter.
Some of Eric’s comments that he made to Court have been transcribed below.
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On the one time he really disappointed Vince McMahon:
EB: I don’t think I’ve ever told this story before. When you talk about Vince and understanding your value… just the power of his personality. He is a very unique personality. I really liked him. I wish I had gotten to work with him a little more closely and gotten to know him a little better than I did. There was a night, I don’t remember where it was or anything like that, in my role as the General Manager I was usually done before the last two segments. I very rarely ever closed out a show. I don’t remember where we were but I had like a three and a half or four hour drive to get to where I needed to be in order to catch a plane the next day. So I left. I snuck out the door. I got to my hotel, I was in bed and I got a phone call. It was Vince. I don’t remember exactly what he said but it was like, “Hey Pal, where the hell are you?” I said, “I’m in my hotel room. I’m in bed.” He said, “Well guess what Pal? We needed you. I’m very disappointed in you. See you next week.” That was the end of it. I felt so horrible. Evidently there was an injury at the end of the show and they were scrambling creatively and somebody said, “Go get Bischoff! He’s the General Manager! We can put a band-aid on this!” They needed me and like an idiot I left an hour early or forty minutes early… whatever the hell it was. He didn’t yell. He didn’t swear at me. He wasn’t outwardly angry but it was like disappointing your Dad. I just knew I had let him down. I felt so bad about that. From that point forward regardless of what the format would say, I could have not even be on the show, I would stand there in Gorilla Position during the last segment staring at the curtain just in case I was needed.
False Finishes: A Pat Patterson & Donald Trump Connection? by Eric Bischoff
This week’s show kicks off with Eric talking about Bill Goldberg’s return to WWE and the emotional reaction he received from the fans.
Nick and Eric then discuss some more top pro wrestling news stories including:
- Billy Corgan suing TNA and all of the other drama surrounding TNA at the moment
- Mick Foley teasing that Sasha Banks and Charlotte could headline Hell in a Cell
- Linda McMahon’s $6 million donation to the Donald J. Trump Foundation
Eric then welcomes his first guest for this week MLW’s Court Bauer. During Court’s appearance the two discuss:
- The rise of the pro wrestling podcast
- What pro wrestling fans want from pro wrestling podcasts
- The brief period of time that Court and Eric were working for WWE at the same time
- Eric infamously getting dropped in a garbage truck by Vince McMahon
- Court’s memories of Eric backstage and watching him chat with Paul Heyman
- The time that Eric really disappointed Vince McMahon
- More…
After Court Bauer’s interview Eric then answers some questions from fans that were submitted on Twitter using the hashtag #BischoffOnWrestling.
Following the mail bag segment Eric then welcomes his second guest to the show, James Ellsworth. James chats candidly with Eric about:
- His time on the independent pro wrestling scene
- Running his own wrestling promotion and the meaningful work he does outside of pro wrestling
- What it was like to work with AJ Styles in the main event of Smackdown in a WWE World Championship match
- Fans’ concerns that he may have hurt his neck taking the Styles Clash from AJ in their first bout
- His reaction to getting his own TitanTron video, theme music and t-shirt
- Vince McMahon’s reaction backstage after his WWE World Championship match with AJ Styles
- What Dean Ambrose was like to work with
- More…
Eric then wraps the show up with his final thoughts for the week.
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