The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast, Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now.
At the top of today’s episode Eric gives his take on WWE’s decision to have Goldberg squash Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. You can find some of his comments transcribed below.
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EB: It was great. It was a great reaction because I didn’t expect it. It was a surprise. You and I talked last week on 120 Sports and we talked about what our expectations for that match were going in to it. I told you on that segment that I thought I would give it, on my personal scale of 1-10, an 8. I told you why because I thought out of the five elements that are absolutely critical to any storyline being successful. That being Story, Anticipation, Reality, Surprise and Action (SARSA). They had four out of those five story elements really well nailed going in to the PPV. The fifth one was the element of surprise. While they hadn’t checked that box going in to the match they certainly double checked it in the match with the 86 second surprise ending where Goldberg gets the win. I don’t think anybody, ANYBODY, could have predicted that. I don’t think Bill would have predicted it. I don’t think Bill hoped for it in his wildest fantasy. By checking all five of those SARSA boxes I think they delivered a home run and I think it’s going to generate some big business for them.
Eric and Nick start the show off by talking about Goldberg’s old school 86 second squash match style victory over Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. As well as Goldberg’s announcement that he has entered the Royal Rumble and what his WWE future may look like
Eric then welcomes his first guest pro wrestler and regular contributor to the The Greg Gutfeld Show, Tyrus (aka Brodus Clay). During his appearance Tyrus opens up to Eric about:
- His tumultuous childhood
- Getting recruited by Tommy Dreamer after a bar fight
- Working as Snoop Dogg’s bodyguard
- His run in WWE
- How he was hired for The Greg Gutfeld Show
- More…
Eric then moves on to answer some fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag including:
- The Refer-eye Cam from early 90’s WCW. Whose idea was it and how did the refs react to having to wear a helmet?
- Why Evolution didn’t take off like the Four Horseman
- If he had any difficulty working with Tank Abbott during his WCW run in 2000
Eric then closes the show with his second guest former WCW & NJPW Superstar Scott Norton. Norton goes in to detail with Eric about:
- His desire to return to professional arm wrestling competition
- How he was brought in to the business
- Being a big man in Japan and dealing with his claustrophobia
- His and Eric’s trip to North Korea to wrestle for Enoki
- Scott and Eric’s memories of Muhammad Ali on that trip
- More…
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