The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast, Bischoff on Wrestling, dropped earlier tonight and features former WWE & ECW commentator Joey Styles as Eric’s guest.
You can find some of Eric’s comments transcribed below.
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On Dixie Carter and Billy Corgan’s legal battle for control of TNA:
EB: It’s a mess. Look, I hate to see this because everybody is going to lose. Especially wrestling fans. The only ones who are not going to lose are the attorneys that are getting paid by the hour to fight this thing out. They’re going to walk away with a smile on their face. Everybody else in the equation is going to lose and the fans are probably going to lose the most. I hate to see it. It’s unfortunate.
On why Billy Corgan would want to keep control of TNA when it appears to be in such disarray:
EB: My perspective is just from afar looking at the public domain and the information therein. First of all, clearly he sees value there. He has information and his lawyers have information. His accountants have information that none of us have. He may be absolutely right or he may be obsessed. I don’t know. We are sitting here reading what we can read based on tweets coming out of a court room. It’s hard to say.
Eric and Nick start the show off by talking about a few of the major pro wrestling news stories from this past week including:
- The WWE Universe not reacting the way Vince McMahon would have liked during Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar’s segment on RAW
- AJ Styles teasing a match with Shawn Michaels for the Royal Rumble
- Dixie Carter and Billy Corgan’s battle for control on TNA
Eric then welcomes former WWE and ECW commentator Joey Styles to discuss:
- Joey nearly joining Eric and WCW in 2001
- How Joey originally broke in to the wrestling business
- Joey’s first encounter with Paul Heyman
- ECW’s exceptionally loyal fan base
- Whether ECW looked at WCW as “the devil”
- Why ECW was like Napster
- ECW & WCW’s long term influence on the business
- Where Eric first discovered a variety of the cruiserweight for WCW
- Joey’s current work with EVOLVE, CHIKARA & Beyond Wrestling
- What FloSports is attempting to do with independent wrestling
- More…
Eric then wraps the show up by answering fan questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag and giving his final thoughts for the week.
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