The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday. A new episode will be released this Wednesday and will feature former WWE Superstar Hornswoggle (aka Swoggle)!
You can find some of Eric’s comments regarding Brock Lesnar not defending the WWE Universal Championship regularly transcribed below.
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EB: Going back to my day that was one of the biggest complaints, “The title doesn’t feel as important.” Should you do a title change on television? Or should it only happen on a PPV? Then there was the Bills Watts point of view that I remember distinctly. When Bill Watts came into WCW we couldn’t draw flies at a house show if all of our talent went and rolled in cow manure right before the show. The flies would not show up. It was tough. Bill Watts’ 60s and 70s mentality was now in the 90s and he tried to revive a formula that worked back in his day before cable television and PPVs. When the audience’s expectations in the 90s were way different than they were in Bill Watts’ hay day. Bill Watts’ was like, “No! The title should only change hands on house shows!” Well, that didn’t work (laughs) because the television audience didn’t see it or care about it. It was hard to make those stakes feel important. Then flip it to the other end of the extreme that I was guilty of and probably used to often. You are using that device to create emotion, interest and discussion and you change the title too often and that diminishes it. I think the answer lies somewhere in between. WWE has done a great job (with Brock) of not over exposing the title and making it feel important and building towards it’s defenses.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric discussing a couple of stories from around the business of pro wrestling with Nick. Including:
- Randy Orton’s recent “……dive” tweet
- Smackdown deciding to air picture-in-picture commercials where the action continues
- WWE’s decision to release content on the WWE Network in “mini-binges”
- NJPW announcing the debut of a US Championship
- Sami Callahan taking over CZW creative and the validity of death match wrestling today
- WWE & Meltzer’s conflicting reports about how long Braun Strowman will be out of action
- More…
Eric then answers questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag regarding:
- What Klondike Bill stories Eric has
- If WWE has devalued their championships by having too many
- WWF & WCW’s UK footprints
- Whether he had input in his WWE theme song
- If he had any interest in becoming a pro wrestler as a child
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Political Overrun on IRWNetwork.com.
