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Topic Started: Oct 21 2006, 05:33 PM (63 Views)
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Oct 21 2006, 05:33 PM
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Eric Bischoff interview recap from www.inyourheadonline.com
Eric Bischoff was this weeks guest and he was there to promote his new book “Controversy Creates Ca$h” (Available now) and to discuss his role in pro wrestling / sports entertainment history. This is one of, if not the biggest interview in IYH history, it was a very entertaining and very informative interview in which Mr. Bischoff did not pull any punches and spoke very openly about his views on Vince McMahon and his experiences in WWE, Vince Russo, Paul Heyman, nWo, DX and a lot more, so be sure to listen to the actual interview located at www.inyourheadonline.com. In Your Head can be heard every Wednesday at 6:00 PM EST and be sure to also check out past interviews in the archive section and sign up in the IYH message board were you can post questions to future guests.
Jack, Oneinchbiceps and Barbie Richards get right into the interview with Mr. Bischoff asking how it was that he was approached to write his book whether it was his idea of something WWE pitched to him. Eric’s agent asked him if he would like to write a book and he said that he would be interested in doing that. When asked if he was worried about WWE making changes to his book in anyway, he said the thought had crossed his mind but he wanted to do the book to set the record straight and that WWE obliged him with that and gave him full creative control with the book. When discussing about the book he says it’s a non traditional wrestling book in that it’s a first had account and not like other wrestling books which are influenced by the Dave Meltzer's and Wade Keller’s on the internet or second and third hand accounts and rumors.
The internet and its role in professional wrestling is brought up and whether it is a good or bad resource for fans. Mr. Bischoff tells the story of him goggling his name and finding his bio on wikipedia.com and it has the wrong birthday and wrong information about him and his life and in turn was a reason for him to write his book. “The internet isn’t really beneficial to the business” said Mr. Bischoff and that for any good wrestling promotion to be unique and different it needs 5 core things, story, anticipation, surprise, reality, and action. With the internets control over wrestling fans it ruins any chance of any kind of storyline before its even given a chance in which Mr. Bischoff thinks is terrible.
The first of many call ins would happen and the caller asks Mr. Bischoff about the Nick Patrick incident at Starrcade ‘97 in which he made a ‘fast count’ during the main event of Hulk Hogan vs. Sting. Bischoff said that he was very worried about the situation when it happened and that the creative team went into “damage control mode” to try and fix it.
The differences and similarities about the n.W.o and DX where brought up, and at what point in DX’s existence did he see them as a rip-off of the n.W.o. “Immediately” was Mr. Bischoff's response and he goes into discuss that before Monday Nitro was around, the WWF was geared more towards child and that it wasn’t till the New World Order came around did you see guys like DX, Steve Austin and the whole ‘Attitude Era’ in the WWF and that D-Generation X was a blatant rip-off of the n.W.o
Eric Bischoff was asked if a new feud between the n.W.o and DX would work nowadays and if he thought there was an legitimacy to the rumors. He said if Kevin Nash was available, Scott Hall was coherent and Hulk Hogan was involved it could work, but with the rebirth of DX this year its obvious its not the same DX and since they are older it doesn’t feel the same as it did originally. The thought of bringing back an older more water downed n.W.o would probably end up a bad decision.
When asked about the reason why there are no more good, good guys and bad guys left in wrestling and if the n.W.o is to blame for that Mr, Bischoff said “No” and that the n.W.o where really well liked by the fans but when need be the n.W.o could also be incredibly good heels and get good heat from the fans. He also goes into to say that nowadays guys don’t want to be heels because there isn’t strong merchandise sales when you’re a heel and that not everyone wants to be an old fashioned heel because they all want to be well liked and seem strong to the fans and not seem like a coward.
TNA is quickly brought up by Eric Bischoff and he says that if TNA wants to truly contend with WWE they cant try to be better then WWE but they have to be different from WWE. Mr. Bischoff goes on to explain that that is how WCW became so successful, that WWF (at the time) were the leaders in family entertainment and were targeted more to kids, that is why WCW went for the harder 18-34 year old male demographic and that is what originally made WCW different from WWF.
Two names are thrown out to Eric Bischoff by a caller, Tony Schiavone and Ed Ferrara. Eric says that although Tony gets a bad rap now, he was one of the hardest working men he ever worked with and that he had a tendency to let people walk over him but he was overall a very loyal, hardworking and talented person in this business. Although Eric didn’t work with Ferrara very long he says he had respect for him as a writer. A few words about Vince Russo were brought up be Eric and that he said he has zero respect for him and thinks he is a fraud creatively and professionally for the business. Eric thinks that Ed Ferrara gets a bad rap because he came along with Russo to WCW, but he considers him a good and knowledgeable when it came to writing.
Russo re-signing with TNA is brought up to Eric but he says that since he doesn’t really know TNA or Russo’s current situation that he really cant comment on that, but with his personal experiences with Vince Russo he finds him a “untalented, untrustworthy, unprofessional and a shallow person creatively”.
A question from the message board is brought up asking if he saw the “Monday Night Wars” DVD. Mr. Bischoff said he did and was surprised how good and how honest WWE let it be, but said that there was still a lot of big stuff WWE left out for the obvious reasons. He also goes on to say that WCW will never get the credit it truly deserves for innovating the business the way it did because of agendas that internet dirt sheets have painted WCW throughout the years.
Barbie Richards asks if Eric thinks that because of the way Paul Heyman and ECW use to cater to the internet fans if that was one of the factors to the internet savvy people to consider Eric Bischoff a bad guy. Eric thinks that a lot of people were able to get them selves over by putting the character of Eric Bischoff down and creating him as some sort of devilish character IE. Paul Heyman, Jim Ross, Steve Austin and even Brian Pillman
Jack asks about his meeting with Paul Heyman years ago to discuss the possibilities of an inter-promotional on-air feud between the two companies and what exactly did they want to do if that was a possibility. Eric said that talking to Paul Heyman and doing business with Paul Heyman are two completely different things. He went on to say that he would have loved to have done a storyline with ECW and Nitro but knew that would never happen because of the sole reason that Paul Heyman and ECW were on Vince McMahon and WWF’s payroll at the time, so an on-air feud between WCW and ECW would have never happened anyways.
The AWA is brought up by one of the callers and asks about his experiences first going there. Eric says that the AWA was his first shot in the wrestling business and when he went there says that it was in critical condition and was almost at the point of going under. He goes onto say that the eventual death of the AWA was caused when Vince McMahon decided to take his product national and take a lot of the other promotions top talent and the reason that the AWA and Verne Gagne lasted a little longer then other promotions was because Verne had extra money he could throw into his product but he couldn’t keep the AWA afloat long enough so it eventually sank like all the other territorial promotions did.
The infamous “Hug” between Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff on Eric’s debut on Monday Night RAW is the next topic of discussion. Mr. Bischoff said that even though he is very great full to WWE and Vince for having the chance to go back and have his face on TV again, but he goes onto say that if he had a choice back then, he would’ve done it differently and capitalized on the history built up for years between Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff.
WWE’s brand split is brought up and what his opinions on it were. Eric says he doesn’t really have an opinion on it, but then talks about that being a reason why people put a lot of flak on the n.W.o because he kept adding people to it, but in reality he eventually wanted to turn n.W.o into its own separate brand much like RAW and Smackdown are today but he does go onto say that the brand split was probably a form of artificial competition within the WWE and a problem with that is, the fans are smart enough to know that RAW and Smackdown aren’t two separate companies and that it isn’t believable, much like how nobody believed that Shane McMahon owned WCW throughout the ‘inVasion’ angle.
Jack asks what it was like have trashed and garbage thrown in the ring during the whole inception of the n.W.o and if he ever thought it would be that big of a deal. Eric says that it was unbelievable, exciting and that he has never seen or been apart of anything like that before or after in his professional lifetime but he would be lying if he said he anticipated the n.Wo. Where going make that big of an impact on the business.
Eric then brings up, that unless you are apart of the wrestling business or follow the wrestling business in some form or fashion you wont ever get it because pro wrestling is so complex its incredibly difficult for a non wrestling fan to understand the significance of being booed if you’re a heel and how that is actually a good thing. Most people have the perception that professional wrestling is a very easy and crude type of entertainment but Eric Bischoff goes about it as a very psychological form of entertainment and is very difficult to understand and comprehend.
A caller asks about his opinions on Ric Flair and the comments Ric said about Eric in his book. Eric said that he likes Ric on a personal level but regrets not giving him the respect he deserved back when he was running WCW and he continued to say that the lack of respect was because Eric wasn’t to familiar with Ric Flair and his work, so he believes he should’ve given Ric the respect he always deserved.
A quick caller calls in and asks about his opinions on Vince McMahon’s DVD and the quote from that “Vince only hired Eric Bischoff, to say he hired Eric Bischoff”. Eric says he doesn’t know if its true but he doesn’t think it is. Him and Vince are friendly to each other, but aren’t close friends and Eric goes onto say that he has a lot of respect for Vince McMahon .
Jack asks one final question before Eric leaves and that is whether he has read “The Death of WCW” by R.D. Reynolds & Brian Alvarez. Eric says he hasn’t read it but he has read exerts from the book and that there was an exert that Eric would classify as near slander and he called the book “Nothing but garbage and trash and not worth 5 minutes of my time”.
In Eric’s closing moments on the show he wants to tell his fans that when you read his book, to read it with an open mind because a lot of what is in the book will be different then what the Meltzer's and Keller's have written about him in the past.
...And that concludes the interview with Eric Bischoff one of, if not the most influential and controversial personalities in wrestling history. Don’t forget to buy his new book “Controversy Creates Ca$h” available in all major book retailing outlets. If you want more information on Eric Bischoff currently you can go to his website, www.ericbischoff.com.
Don’t forget to go to www.inyourheadonline.com and check out past interview in the archive section and sign up for the message board and ask all future IYH guests your personal questions or if you want you can always call into the show and ask the superstars yourself.
I deeply encourage every body to go and listen to the archive of the Eric Bischoff interview because this is definitely a cant miss interview that you have to listen for yourself.
---“IYH Rookie of the Year Candidate” Rios Granillo...Vote Rios
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Oct 21 2006, 06:20 PM
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Interesting interview. I've never read the "Death of WCW" book, but I have heard a lot of people praise it like it is the wrestling Bible. I'm glad to see someone finally say something negative about it. Although, it kind of goes without saying that Bischoff would be negative about the book.
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Oct 21 2006, 07:15 PM
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Thanks to our buddy James Walsh for sending this in:
Show: The Piledriver (Courtesy of www.WrestlingEpicenter.com) Guest(s): Eric Bischoff & Kurt Angle Date: October 20, 2006 Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley, Chad Perry, & James Walsh Produced By: Chris Furguson & James Walsh Recap By: Patrick Kelley & James Walsh
The Piledriver, formerly the Weekend Warriors of Wrestling, are back in business again! This week, you can catch the archived audio of this week's show where the Piledriver crew welcome two big names in the wrestling industry.
First, he was the Executive Vice President of World Championship Wrestling. He was the creative genius behind the creation of the original New World Order and is the only man on this or any other planet that can claim to have defeated Vince McMahon for any period of time. He is Mr. Eric Bischoff! Mr. Bischoff stops by for over a half hour to discuss a lot of the more controversial things that happened during his time in the professional wrestling business. Some of those controversial issues include Starcade 1997 with some shocking remarks about Steve 'Sting' Borden, the growth of the New World Order, the lack of a splash made by Bret 'The Hitman' Hart in WCW, and even being the punch line in many of Vince McMahon's on camera jokes over the past few years. Speaking of 'controversy', pick up Eric Bischoff's book 'Countroversy Creates Cash' right now at WWEShop.com. There is a special package deal where you receive both 'Controversy Creates Cash' and the 'Monday Night Wars' DVD for one low fee!
Also stopping by is the man who shocked the professional wrestling world over the past few months by shockingly departing from the WWE and signing with TNA. He is the 'Olympic Hero' and the man who will be appearing at Sunday's big pay-per-view spectacular as TNA presents Bound for Glory. He is Kurt Angle!
All this plus a special preview of TNA's Bound for Glory card!
To listen to this broadcast in glorious digital audio, visit www.WrestlingEpicenter.com. Be sure to also post feedback and discuss all the wrestling news and results on the Wrestling Epicenter Forums!
ERIC BISCHOFF RECAP:
- The interview opens up with 'I'm Back' followed by the hosts calling up Bischoff on his cell phone as he pulled up near a State Prison! Risky business!
- The book “Controversy Creates Cash” then comes up and Bischoff says that the story is “100% mine” He did have a co-writer, but all of the stories and content of the book is his. When asked about Vince’s input into the book he says that he was given total control and that Vince “didn't censor anything that I had to say”
- He decided to write the book after he typed his name into Google out of curiosity and found all the stories about him on the web. He also came across Wikipedia.org, and many of what was written about him was false, so he decided to disprove all of the myths about WCW and himself.
- When asked about “The Death of WCW” he said that he was told by his lawyer that he could have pursued legal action as most of what was written could be seen as slander. “That book is so far off base it’s not even funny”
- Bischoff then talks about the birth of WCW Monday Nitro, and how it was a big success. When asked how crucial it was to WCW’s survival, he says that Ted Turner loved the WCW Product and would have supported it even if Monday Nitro had failed, but Bischoff’s influence with the company would have diminished.
- He said it was great for WCW to succeed under him because nobody, including Bischoff himself, expected it to happen.
- Bischoff is then asked about whether or not the nWo growing so large hurt the idea behind the creation, but Bischoff says that the original idea was to have WCW and nWo split into two different brands very much like Raw and Smackdown are now, which is why the nWo kept growing larger and larger, but that final step to separate the two brands never happened.
- He says that it was a compliment for his ideas and creations (nWo, Goldberg, Scott Steiner) to be incorporated into the WWE. He says it didn’t work because they operate under a different style and they used the style that works for them to creations that didn’t mesh well.
- The infamous Starrcade 1997 Hogan vs. Sting main event was brought up next. Bischoff agrees that it was disappointing much like most people do. Bischoff said that there were backstage politics involved in what happened, but he also says that he has a “tremendous amount of respect for Steve Borden” but also mentions that when he showed up to Starrcade that night, he looked out of shape and not deserving of the crowning moment that was booked for him: “I was disappointed for him because I didn’t get the impression that he was taking and seizing this moment for what it could have been, and I wasn’t the only one who felt that way” - He is then asked about Bret Hart coming to WCW and him not working well in that company. Bischoff takes some of the blame for not having a good plan for Bret. He says that Bret is one of the “classiest individuals I’ve ever dealt with”, but also feels that the incident in Montreal left a scar on Bret that hurt his passion towards to business: “I don’t think he was as committed and passionate about being in WCW as he needed to be” Combined with his lack of a plan for Bret, Bischoff felt that both of those problems hurt Bret’s success in WCW.
- Bischoff says that he is proud about his success in WCW, but that he would not want to run another Wrestling Promotion. He doesn’t feel like he could live up to what he did in WCW, and now that he works for WWE he actually likes a lot of the people he works with and it would be hard to have the “take no prisoners” mentality in making legit wrestling competition.
- Eric Bischoff says that his book is sort of a farewell from the wrestling business, and thanks Vince for giving him the chance to be a performer in his last few years with the wrestling business and for letting him end it the way it has.
- He is then asked about his other projects like “Full Throttle” and is asked whether or not he will continue with such projects. He says that he is in “no position to retire” and has many other business ventures like an entertainment company, an energy drink company, and several others.
- Bischoff decided to go to the WWE in 2002 after he had time to get over some of the negative feelings he had towards the business after what happened in WCW. He said that he missed performing, and decided to go and do that with the WWE. He also felt that it was a better way to end his career than with the downfall of WCW.
- He feels that Vince owning all of the WCW footage has already skewed what happened during the Monday Night Wars. He says that there are still a few people at WWE that would “just as soon drive a stake through my heart as look at me” He says that some of them still remember the problems that the WWE had during the time that WCW was dominating. He is also understanding of such feelings, but feels those feelings will prevent the true influence of WCW from being fully acknowledged. When talking about the influence of WCW, he says that “WWE is still benefiting from it”
- When asked about the ECW Rebirth and what was said about WCW during that time, he says that he was only playing a character and didn’t really mind. He says that when he is taking the paychecks he gives “100% of my time effort and energy and support 100% of what they want to do” When asked if WWE was surprised about him doing some of the things he did, Bischoff tells a story about how when he first signed with Vince and how Vince asked him if there was anything that he was uncomfortable about doing. He says that “I’m not comfortable moving to Connecticut, but other than that I’m wide open”
- He then talks about how the book is less cutthroat than people may expect. He feels that all the wrestling books he’s read are the same in that its basically just wrestlers taking shots at other wrestlers that they worked with. He wanted to write a book about the complexity of the wrestling business, which has never been done before.
- Bischoff then tells a story about a friend of his (who he keeps anonymous) who called him up after reading the book and was asked about something that Bischoff said a bout him: “Couldn’t you have said that a little nicer?” Bischoff feels that the book needed to be honest and that’s what he did.
Word Associations
Verne Gange: “Classy guy I have a tremendous amount of respect and affection for him” Ted Turner: “I would cut off a finger on my left hand to work for him again” Missy Hyatt: “A disgusting waste of humanity” Honky Tonk Man: “A loser” Goldberg: “Very very intense. Almost too intense for his own good” Vince Russo: “A fraud”
- The interview then ends with another plug of his book “Controversy Creates Cash” and he tells the fans to keep enjoying the WWE.
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