The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday.
The Bischoff on Wrestling One-Year Anniversary, Live, Call-In show happens tomorrow at 3 pm CST at Mixlr.com/Bischoff.
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments regarding AJ Styles United States Championship win at Madison Square Garden transcribed below.
Eric’s full, in-depth comments can be heard in the embedded audio player at the top of the post.
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On the decision to do the title change at at a WWE Live event instead of on WWE TV:
EB: Just because it happened at Madison Square Garden doesn’t mean the message doesn’t reach someone in Paducah, KY where WWE will be next week. It could subliminally send a message to those people that, “Hey, it could happen at your live event!” Who knows? I think it was a good idea. Any time you break the pattern of monotony and do something that people aren’t going to expect I think it’s a good thing, generally. Not always but generally I think it’s a smart idea.
On whether AJ Styles deserves to be the WWE Champion and not the WWE United States Champion:
EB: I don’t subscribe to that. AJ won the title at Madison Square Garden for God’s sake. The name of the title to me is irrelevant, to be honest with you. He’s getting a ton of camera time. Look at the progress he’s made in such a short period of time in WWE. How could anybody in their right freaking mind say that he is not getting what he deserves? I’m sure AJ would be the first one to disagree with anyone who says he’s not getting what he deserves or that he has earned more. He’s earned a great opportunity, he’s earned a ton of freaking money and the notoriety of people around the world who had never heard of AJ Styles before. AJ Styles is just fine.
Bischoff on Wrestling will be presenting a LIVE, CALL-IN show this Wednesday at 3 pm CST to celebrate it’s one-year anniversary. The full details about where to tune in and what number to call will be released this Monday night on WrestleZone an hour before RAW.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric and Nick talking about a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week. Including:
- Dixie Carter’s WWE debut as part of the WWE:24 special about Kurt Angle
- Whether Eric thinks Dixie Carter should be used as an on-screen WWE character
- Brock Lesnar defeating Samoa Joe and Joe’s position in WWE
- AJ Styles United States Championship win over Kevin Owens at the WWE Live event at Madison Square Garden
- Austin Aries’s WWE release
- Whether Aries was difficult to work with in TNA
- The Wall Street Journal report about WWE’s revenue and TV rights renewels
- The leak of 3 million WWE Universe users private information
- Alberto Del Rio’s GFW suspension in the wake of his domestic abuse investigations
Eric also takes some time at the end of the show to answer a slew of fan questions. Some of the topics that Eric addresses in the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag are:
- Eric’s favorite concert live
- How to get ahold of Buffalo Bill Cody beer
- Whether Nitro’s success helped The Shawshank Redemption find it’s cult fanbase
- How Bret Hart and Eric compare as podcast hosts
- His match with Larry Zbyszko at the 1997 Starrcade for control of Nitro
- What Sonny Onoo did with all those disposable camera photos
- Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels feud
- More…
You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring Eric chatting with former ECW World Champion Shane Douglas or in the embedded below:
