WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff recently spoke on his podcast, “Strictly Business,” about a variety of professional wrestling topics including his thoughts on Ric Flair signing with AEW:
“I’m happy for Ric,” Bischoff said. “Professional wrestling is Ric Flair’s life. Ric Flair left Richard Fliehr behind a long time ago. I’m happy for Rick because Rick loves the business. He loves being around the business. It’s good for Ric. It’s really good for Ric. The Wooooo! Energy thing, that’s obviously a great opportunity for the people who are behind Energy to get it some national promotion and exposure. That’s a good thing. It makes it easier for the distributors who are trying to sell that drink and getting it into the retail outlets around the country. I had a little bit of experience with that with the Hulk Hogan energy drink way back. We got it into 3500 Walmart stores nationwide. It’s hard. It’s hard to penetrate the retail market and this is a leverage point that I’m sure the sales team behind Wooooo! Energy is going to be able to leverage and take advantage of, so it’s a win for Ric personally, it’s a win for the people behind Energy, and let’s see what it means to AEW. Time will tell.”
You can check out the complete podcast below:
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
