Eric Bischoff reveals some information on the media rights discussions for his Real American Freestyle promotion.
WWE Hall of Famers Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan were recent guests on The Ariel Helwani Show. When asked about a potential media rights deal for the Real American Freestyle promotion, Bischoff teased that they are in discussions with two platforms to pick up the show and is confident that it will air somewhere later this year.
“Well, there’s two answers,” Eric Bischoff began. “In the short term, as a matter of fact, as soon as we’re done with this, I have a call with a major platform that everybody would know about and recognize. We may end up there, we may not. We are going to end up on a platform on August 30. We’re in discussions. I don’t even want to call them negotiations.
“We’ll be really straightforward with you on this. We’re in discussions with two different platforms. Like I said, one in the next 45 minutes. I’m confident that we’re going to land a streaming opportunity, and it may be cable broadcast, but time will tell. Look, it’s a challenge. The exciting thing about creating something new and something that nobody’s ever done before is if you’re successful, it’s a major, major accomplishment.
“The downside is, you’ve got to convince somebody that you’ve got to convince a network or a platform that your vision is real and that we can execute on it and we can build on it. But so far, those conversations have gone great. I’m not concerned that we won’t have a platform. I’m only concerned with which one it will be and how it will work for us.”
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