The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released just now and features soon to be WWE Hall of Famer and fellow former WWE GM, Teddy Long!
A brand new episode will be released next Wednesday and as announced at the end of this week’s show his guest will be WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels!
You can find some of Eric’s comments from the latest episode transcribed below.
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On the negative reaction from some internet wrestling fans to Goldberg’s quick victory over Kevin Owens at Fastlane:
EB: You know, I get it. To be honest. I understand that within the internet wrestling community there is this perceived knowledge of what happens when you put people over in a certain way. Or you “bury” people in a certain way. They think they have a basic understanding or a complex understanding in many cases of what really works. But guess what? Kevin Owens is a great talent. End of conversation. When you take a great talent like Kevin Owens. Who has had a phenomenal story, by the way. A tremendous amount of television time. Creative resources. Other talent putting him over. The Rock put him over for crying out loud! Not in a match, but still, look at all of the resources that have gone in to building up Kevin Owens. If anybody thinks that one moment on that one PPV is the end of his career it’s just a reflection of what they don’t know about the entertainment business or the wrestling business. WWE will be able to resurrect Kevin Owens based in no small part on the reaction of the broken internet wrestling community because they WANT him! That’s the key. The audience wants him to succeed. In that regard I think the WWE’s decision was masterful. It may be a little bit aggressive but guess what? Everybody is talking about how much they DESPISE the way Kevin Owens was treated. Guess what happens the next time Kevin Owens starts to make his way up the ladder creatively speaking? He’s going to have a whole bunch of people rallying around him. Take a chill pill. Watch it. Enjoy it. Enjoy the journey and stop analyzing this stuff. It’s nuts.
This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling starts with Eric giving his take on a couple of stories from around the business of pro wrestling from this past week including:
- Rick Rude being announced as the latest member of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2017
- The full story behind Rick’s infamous jump from WWF to WCW during the Monday Night War
- Goldberg as the new WWE Universal Champion
- The reaction from hardcore wrestling fans about his win
- The Undertaker’s return and pairing with Roman Reigns for WrestleMania
- The Hardy Boys’ recent ROH Tag Team Title win
- More…
Eric then welcomes his guest for this week soon to be WWE Hall of Famer and fellow former WWE GM, Teddy Long! During his appearance the two discuss:
- Teddy starting out as a referee
- Eric’s nerve-wracking experience as a ref in WWE
- Dusty Rhodes relationship with Teddy
- How Teddy got in to being a pro wrestling manager
- Teddy sitting in on production meetings with Dusty Rhodes
- Why Dusty Rhodes trusted Teddy
- Teddy getting fired from WCW
- Working with Eric as a broadcaster for international shows in WCW
- Jim Ross hiring Teddy in 1998 as a referee
- How Vince McMahon made a man out of Teddy Long
- Who at WWE Teddy really enjoyed working with
- Teddy getting kidnapped by The Undertaker
- Their feud as rival GMs and their match together
- Teddy’s reaction to going in to the WWE Hall of Fame
- Who Teddy’s One Bad Cat is
- A funny story about Road Warrior Hawk
- Something we don’t know about Teddy
- More…
Today’s show then wraps up with the latest #BischoffOnWrestling mail bag segment
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