The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday and featured soon to be WWE Hall of Famer and fellow former WWE GM, Teddy Long!
A brand new episode will be released this Wednesday and, as announced at the end of last week’s show, his guest will be WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels!
You can find some of Eric and Teddy’s comments transcribed below.
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EB: At this point in your career, looking back, what would you say is the one most important thing you learned during your time at WWE?
TL: I learned a lot about the wrestling business as far as it being about money. When I worked in WCW I’d hear different things about the business side but I really didn’t understand what my role was as far as how to draw money. A lot of people don’t understand and they come in and they think it’s just, “walk out on TV and do something”. That’s not what it is. If you’re not walking out on TV proving yourself or walking out on TV and making people believe what you’re doing and helping the company make money then you ain’t doin’ nothing. I’ll say this much Eric… Vince McMahon certainly made a man out of me. A lot of times in WCW I had a problem with slacking or I didn’t care. I’d be all, “Ahhh I don’t know if I want to do this. I don’t know what I want to do tonight.” I couldn’t do that there because Vince McMahon is strictly business. He made a man out of me. He let me know, “When you come here you come here to work. This is what you’re going to do. I don’t care what you do in your off time but when you are here you are going to work and you are going to be a professional and learn that this is a business.” So I learned a lot about wrestling and I learned it’s a business and what it’s really all about. That’s what I really learned from WWE.
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This past week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling started 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 welcomed 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…
Last week’s show then wrapped up with the latest #BischoffOnWrestling mail bag segment
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