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Eric Bischoff Discusses The Importance Of Pyro At Pro Wrestling Shows In Light Of WWE’s Cost Cutting

The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling had a special release this past Friday! A brand new episode will be released this Wednesday.

You can find a portion of Eric’s comments transcribed below.

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On whether pyro is important to a wrestling show:

EB:  Yes, it is. Sometimes you have to make decisions to make money but by not having pyro in every show it also gives you the opportunity for your PPVs, or a special match that you are going to have on television, to then use pyro and make it feel like an even bigger deal. If you are constantly using pyro you get so used to seeing it that it doesn’t really matter much anymore. I am sure they have to find all kinds of different ways to continue to save money. It’s just the nature of business. As far as having to get rid of pyro goes I don’t think it’s the end of the world at all and I think it provides them the opportunity to make something even more special when they do use it.

Eric has officially launched his IRW Network premium channel for only $3.99/month!

Over the next few weeks more premium channels will be rolled out on IRW. If you’d like subscribe to Eric’s IRW channel and get access to the BoW Overrun as well as more exclusive Bischoff content click HERE.

This week’s BoW Overrun features Eric answering more the twenty questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling Mailbag.

Eric Bischoff On Latest Brock To UFC Report, Brock’s Drawing Power, UFC’s Issue Creating New Stars, More

On this week’s Bischoff on Wrestling Eric and Nick discuss a few of the pro wrestling news headlines from the past week.

Including:

  • The release of Eric and Jason Hervey’s mini-documentary Dope Man on A&E
  • Jon Jones calling out Brock Lesnar at UFC 214
  • When a fight between Jones and Lesnar could happen
  • The relationship between WME-IMG and WWE
  • WWE giving away Nakamura vs Cena and the big triple threat match on free WWE TV this week
  • What WWE’s mentality may be in regards to television vs digital distribution
  • Another Superstar Shake-Up reportedly being rumored for after SummerSlam including NXT and 205 Live
  • WWE re-applying for the Taboo Tuesday trademark and how it could be executed today
  • ROH COO Joe Koff offering an open invitation to CM Punk to return to the company
  • WWE’s 2nd Quarter 2017 financial results
  • WWE reportedly looking to cut costs
  • The effect pyro has on a pro wrestling product
  • How WWE has dealt with their dual brand PPVs
  • More…

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