On WCW’s plans to get in to the Monster Truck business following the Sumo Monster Truck battle between Hulk Hogan and The Giant at Halloween Havoc 1995:
EB: The Monster Trucks were a way for us to build our licensing business. The intent originally was working with Bigfoot in the Monster Truck organization so that we could create these Monster Trucks and integrate them in to our show. As a result of that build a licensing model so we could get in to that business. That was the logic. You weren’t necessarily going to get Monster Truck battles but there was a Giant Monster Truck, a Hulk Hogan Monster Truck, there were plans for a Randy Savage Monster Truck. There were plans in the works based on that one event to get in to the character Monster Truck business using our characters.
On what his strategy would have been in a fight with Vince McMahon if Vince had taken him up on his challenge in the mid-90s:
EB: I didn’t have a fight plan. I wasn’t working out anticipating it. I almost hate to get in to this conversation but it is what it is. This was twenty years ago when I was 40. While I certainly wasn’t in the best of shape and I couldn’t have stepped in to an MMA ring I was still in decent shape. I could still kick. My hands were still pretty good. My left hand in particular. To this day I’ve got a very good left hand. My approach probably would have been, and I did think about it a little, that Vince is not a trained fighter. He’s a big, strong, powerful, aggressive guy that I would have bet anything would have probably just come straight at me ala Mike Tyson. Wanting to get his hands on me so that his weight and strength would have been to his advantage. I would have done everything I could to avoid that. Especially when I was 40 and much faster. I spent as much time on my feet between wrestling and kickboxing. I was used to moving around the ring and being able to control the ring and the distance between me and my opponent pretty well and effectively. I don’t think Vince would have had that skill set. I would have relied heavily on my hands and my ability to move and stay away from Vince until I could have landed the shot of shots that I felt I needed to. My kicking skills had deteriorated. I was still able to do a lot of strong kicks to the mid section. I wouldn’t have been able to use the kind kicking techniques that I used when I was much younger. I wouldn’t have attempted it. I would have tried to survive.
Transcribed quotes from Eric’s interview continue on the next page with his thoughts on Roman Reigns’ character and Triple H as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion
