WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff answered some fan questions about the business of professional wrestling on the latest “Strictly Business” podcast, including his thoughts on Monday night’s RAW, his involvement with WCW video games, and more.
When asked who he would like to see Sting face in his retirement match, Bischoff said:
“I was thinking about that this morning. Well, it’ll never happen, nor do I think it should happen, but it would be cool if it would or could. I’d love to see him and Ric. I mean, that’s a full circle scenario right there. Ric Flair is the guy that actually put Sting on the map. I think it would be just awesome. Again, I fully recognize that it’s, I should never say never, but highly unlikely. Wouldn’t it be awesome?
On if he sees somebody on the current roster he would be interested in seeing Sting have his retirement match against:
“No. It’s not to say Darby Allin couldn’t be a good choice. There could be other good choices, again, depending on the story, but it’s not that there isn’t anybody there that would be, you know, a great candidate. It’s just that the best candidate I think would be Ric Flair, but I’m sure there are others. Obviously there’s potential in Darby Allin. There could be a great story there. I don’t know what it is off the top of my head, but I’m sure there could be one.”
On whether it’s a good move for Tony Khan to allow his wrestlers to work indie shows:
“I wouldn’t do it. Where’s the benefit other than to the talent and to the indie promoter? Where’s the benefit? Where’s the risk? I guess you could probably if you dig deep enough and hard enough and you wanted to justify your position badly, you could come up with a benefit. Maybe because you’re supporting the indie scene and building some loyalty and following within the independent audience, and that’s not a bad argument, it’s just that the value of that argument is minimal, in my opinion. What’s the risk? Well, the risk is somebody gets hurt on the indie scene and takes them off your roster. I think that’s probably happened in the past. I just don’t see a scenario where the benefits outweigh the risks.”
On if it benefits the wrestlers to work indie shows so they can get more reps:
“As an average golfer, would you get any benefit from taking lessons from somebody who’s less proficient in golf than you? There’s your answer. What are you going to learn on the indie scene? How are you going to improve on the indie scene? All you’re going to do is learn a bad golf swing and it becomes twice as difficult to unlearn a bad golf swing, and unlearn bad habits, than it takes to learn good ones or to learn good golf swings.”
You can listen to the complete podcast below:
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
