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What Does Eric Bischoff Think Of WWE’s Decision To Have Asuka Vacate The NXT Women’s Championship?

The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released, for free, last night!

You can find a portion of Eric’s comments from the latest episode regarding Asuka relinquishing the NXT Women’s Championship transcribed below.

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EB: To me the way it was presented, based on what I read, I thought it made sense. It felt legitimate. Granted it happened on the heels of her getting hurt but I thought it added credibility. In terms of making the brands feel real you’ve got the RAW brand, Smackdown brand you’ve also got the NXT brand. They are trying to establish credibility with NXT as well. I don’t want to say a “minor league” category but that’s the way it’s kind of being positioned as the farm team. “If you make it in NXT you have a shot at making it to the big time.” I liked it because to me it added credibility. They didn’t strip her of the title she gave up the title. She vacated the title and she’ll have the opportunity to move on and do something bigger. To me it just felt credible.

Eric Bischoff Goes Off On Sexy Star Regarding Rosemary Incident; Labels Her A ‘Liability’ To Promoters

On this week’s Bischoff on Wrestling Eric and Nick start off by discussing some of the past week’s top pro wrestling news stories. Including:

  • Sexy Star “shooting” on Rosemary at TripleMania
  • Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor’s super fight
  • How he would be a rematch between the two
  • Jon Jones testing positive for the steroid turinabol coming out of UFC 214
  • WWE’s decision to have Asuka vacate the NXT Women’s Championship
  • John Cena’s Hollywood career now affecting his WWE career
  • Enzo’s move to 205 Live
  • Shelton Benjamin’s return to WWE

This episode also features the debut of a new weekly segment on Bischoff on Wrestling “This Week In Bischoff History.” In it Eric takes a trip back to SummerSlam 2003 and discusses his NO DQ match against Shane McMahon.

Nick wraps up the show by asking Eric a variety of questions from the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag. Some of the topics discussed include:

  • If Eric is religious and believes in God
  • The lack of valets and managers in pro wrestling today
  • His advice for entrepreneurs
  • Vignettes
  • The “Kanyon-Saved By The Bell-esque” TV show that almost was

Related: Eric Bischoff On Why Brock Lesnar Pinning Roman Reigns At SummerSlam ‘Doesn’t Matter’

Eric has officially launched his IRW Network premium channel for only $2.99/month!

This week’s BoW Overrun features Eric finishing up an in-depth discussion about the first chapter of his book Controversy Creates Cash. Including how he met his wife Loree, their time modeling in Chicago, his and Sonny Onoo’s children’s game Ninja Star Wars, how that led to his first pro wrestling job with the AWA, more…

Eric and Nick will begin discussing Chapter 2 next week on the BoW Overrun for subscribers.

Over the next few weeks more premium channels will be rolled out on IRW. If you’d like subscribe to Eric’s IRW channel and get access to the BoW Overrun as well as more exclusive Bischoff content click HERE.

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