Eric Bischoff says AEW is the place where your career goes to die
While speaking with SHAK Wrestling, Eric Bischoff was asked to name the three stars in AEW that he thinks might be in a better position by the end of the year.
Bischoff stated, “None of them. That promotion is circling the toilet bowl. And it’s because of the creative. It’s because of the lack of leadership. It’s because of the lack of structure, creative structure, and the lack of vision that. There’s not a chance any one of those talents is going to be any more valuable as an asset 12 months from now than they are today or that they were 12 months ago. It’s the place where your career goes to die. There’s no exceptions to the rule. If you have one, I’d like to hear it, but I don’t think you do.
From Mercedes to Adam Copeland to Christian, you name any big star that came over with equity and value in a fan base, and look where they are.
The supposed best in the world, Will Ospreay, is a bust. He doesn’t draw money. If you’re one of the small percentage of the audience that just loves wrestling moves for the sake of wrestling moves, because it looks kind of like the video game you play. You’re happy as hell. The problem is there’s not enough of them to build a business around. And by focusing on that aspect of the product and the talent in it, you’re turning the vast majority of the audience off. You’re killing that character by focusing on that aspect of the business. There’s just not one piece of talent there that is more valuable today than they were yesterday.
Look what’s happened to MJF, for crying out loud. That was almost too hard to screw up, flat as can be. Jon Moxley, are you kidding me? Death Riders, whatever that is, it ain’t working. The only thing that death is riding is the audience away from the product.”
this man must hate wrestlers wants them out of work
@dooman
Honestly, why *anyone* with *any* connection to wrestling still gives “Easy E” *any* attention is beyond me…
Someone needs to remind him that his time is past; the Monday Night Wars ended 25 years ago. WCW is gone. Maybe he’s simply mad that TK didn’t let him have more to do during his short stint with AEW.
@dooman
Read slower…
Eric, although most of the time talks out his ass, hit the nail on the head on this one. It’s very hard to watch the product right now. The death rider skit has gone so stale that its starting to get moldy. The creative almost reminds me of mid 1990 WWF before the attitude era began. Stone Cold can’t go into a time machine and save this train wreck. Plenty of talent but no leadership, creative or control. Things don’t change I give it less than 5 more years and that’s being generous
Its great they have more options to make money but Arena Empty Wrestling is only around anymore because the owners have unlimited money. Hell they paid botch queen what they did is a perfect example. Women’s wrestling doesn’t make money
Bischoff commenting on AEW never ceases to make me laugh. Then again, we’re talking about the guy who said Chris Jericho would never be a draw. Bischoff caught lightning in a bottle with the NWO, and proceeded to run it into the ground with some of the worse booking ideas ever. Bischoff then went to TNA and ran that company so badly into the ground, they had to stop running live TV shows because they didn’t have the money.
Now he’s reduced to trying to hook up with Major League Wrestling, which quite honestly, I forgot was even still running shows.
@Disgruntled Jobber
People like you commenting on Bischoff (and a few others) this way never cease to make me laugh.
Let’s say you’re 100% right about everything here (you’re not, but just for argument’s sake). What’s the point in discrediting the source when you have nothing to say about the output? Please point to where exactly Bischoff missed the mark and back it up with facts.