The Overrun bonus content from former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released last night via the general BoW podcast feed!
It features an additional 30+ minutes from the Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special.
You can find a portion of Eric’s comments to the following fan submitted #BischoffOnWrestling Twitter question transcribed below:
Eric’s thoughts on wrestling still being viewed as a “low brow” genre by many in the mainstream. #BischoffOnWrestling
— Hisham Dahud (@HishamDahud) July 11, 2017
Eric’s full, in-depth comments can be heard in the embedded audio player at the top of the post. There are a LOT of details in the audio that have been omitted in this post due to the length of the story.
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EB: It’s ignorance. They don’t know what they don’t know. It’s always been the case. Less so now than in year’s past because unless you are living under a rock or a cave somewhere it’s pretty obvious just how much WWE, or back in the 90’s WCW, has moved over to the mainstream. People judge. If you don’t follow wrestling and you don’t understand it and you don’t understand it’s appeal and if you are just walking by a television set and you see it for a moment it looks pretty basic. It looks like big guys beating the hell out of each other and it looks like something that someone who doesn’t know any better could perceive to be base, low brow entertainment. What people don’t realize is the skill, athleticism and art form that goes into it.
The full Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun, which was initially released last Wednesday on IRWNetwork.com, features Eric thought’s on:
- The Hardys and GFW’s continued battle for the “Broken Universe”
- Rey Mysterio’s future in pro wrestling
- Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor using racial and homophobic taunts
- Rumors CM Punk may be headed to Bellator
- More….
Eric also answers call-in and Twitter submitted questions regarding:
- What topics are too controversial for pro wrestling
- If the NWO had too many factions
- If he was asked to leave Rick Rude’s funeral but Rude’s family
- Mainstream media thinking pro wrestling is “low brow”
- More…
This week’s Bischoff on Wrestling One Year Anniversary LIVE, call-in special features Eric and Nick taking calls and talking about a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week.
Including:
- Shane McMahon’s controlled landing in a helicopter earlier in the day
- Rumors that Brock Lesnar is headed back to WWE for one more match
- Jason Jordan being revealed as Kurt Angle’s son on RAW
- The cancellation of Talking Smack
- More…
Throughout the show Eric fielded call-in questions from fans regarding:
- Whether he would have hired Rinaldo Piven during The Monday Night War
- If WWE will get more edgy to keep it’s product competitive
- A recent story that Tony Schivone mentioned on his podcast involving Eric
- Eric’s experience with the Cauliflower Alley Club
- A wild Randy Savage story
- If he would rather be on the creative or talent side of pro wrestling at the moment
- If he ever considering trying to sign Jim Johnson away from WWE
- His advice for young television producers
- What WCW angles he wanted to do but never got to
- WWE’s current talent pool
- Wrestlers who don’t “sell” moves enough
- Who in WWE has break out main stream appeal
- More…
