The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling is now available and features an appearance from former WCW/WWE Superstar Sean Waltman!
You can find some of Sean and Eric’s comments transcribed below.
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EB: Why did I fire you? (In late 1997 from WCW)
SW: This is the thing. I can only speculate because I wasn’t there when you, Kevin and Scott had whatever it is that happened. I was out recovering from my cervical surgery. The word is that you were mad at Kevin and Scott so you wanted to put them in their place and so you fired me. I also heard, this makes sense too, that there was a little more to it than that and it had more to do with me not signing my agreement and trying to hold out for more money. Is that part of it?
EB: The listeners are probably going, “Wow, that’s a screwy question for Eric to ask Sean.” You and I are both so much past this that it’s more of just an interesting conversation for me more than anything else. First of all, if I would have fired you to send a message to Scott and Kevin that would have been the most chicken sh*t move that I could have ever imagined doing. I just don’t think I’m quite capable of that. If I wanted to do something to them I would have done it to them.
In the full audio clip above Eric goes further in to detail about the events that led to Sean’s WCW release. That portion of the conversation begins at the one hour and four minute mark in the embedded audio player at the top of the page.
Eric and Nick start the show off by talking about some of the big news stories in and around sports entertainment including:
- Stephanie McMahon’s “loose talks” with Ronda Rousey about a WWE appearance
- Duke Roufus’ recent comments that another CM Punk-UFC fight seems likely
- The recent Reuters editorial questioning whether or not WWE’s ties to Donald Trump will affect their ability to expand in China
- John Cena as the host of SNL and Chinese ambassador for WWE
- Booker T’s announcement that he is running for Mayor of Houston in 2019
- Del Rio’s fight with Raffy the Ninja Turtle, a luchador, at a show in Mexico over the weekend
- More…
Eric then welcomes his guest for the week Sean “X-Pac/Syxx” Waltman. Sean chats with Eric about:
- How he originally broke in to the pro wrestling business
- Being a smaller wrestler in a big man’s business during the late-80’s and early-90’s
- Whether or not he ever considered changing up his style due to injuries
- The drug culture, or lack thereof, in WWE during the early-90’s
- How strictly enforced the WWE and WCW steroid policies were in the mid-90’s
- Why he thinks Eric fired him from WCW before he jumped back to WWE
- Eric’s side of the story on why he released Sean
- A funny story Nick has about Sean from the independent wrestling scene
- More…
Once Sean’s interview wraps up Eric moves on to his new segment “Playing In The Dirt” where he takes a look back at headlines from pro wrestling dirt sheets from different points in his career. This week Eric comments on headlines from August 1992 pertaining to steroid use in WCW and the odds of Ric Flair jumping to WCW from WWE
Eric then closes the show by answering some fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag including:
- (@MrMykal87) Were you, or are you still, surprised that you somehow escaped being parodied – in WWE’s Billionaire Ted skits?
- (@RussellAsks) What was the mat rats promotion you were rumored to have been bankrolling/involved with to some capacity? Very curious
- (@_killswitch879) I would love to hear how u planned to use Shawn O’Haire if WCW would of stayed open.
- (@libraryjohn85) Is there a signing you made while in charge of WCW that you would take back if you could?
- (@JeremyDavis78) Can you shed some light on the Hogan/Kidman feud? Was Hulk Hogan shooting on the mic? Real heat?
You can listen to the full archives from Bischoff on Wrestling in the embedded audio player below:
