WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW President Eric Bischoff took on an episode of his 83 Weeks podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including Ken Shamrock having the potential to be a top star in WWE.
Bischoff said, “God, I agree so much… [He was] very crisp, very aggressive, fast on his feet, and an amazing athlete. And as far as his look goes, he looks like he came right out of Central Casting for an MMA movie. And he’s got a great look, great physique, incredibly powerful athlete, fast on his feet. He had everything. Now, I can’t honestly say I’m that familiar with his mic work. I don’t know if maybe that’s what held him back, sometimes it is. But if it was, that was the only weak link in his game for sure, because he had everything else.”
On Jim Ross’ belief that Shamrock wasn’t reliant enough to be a top star:
“That was a big thing in WWE. Once Vince soured on you because he didn’t think that you were committed, it’s hard. It was hard, I’m sure, for Ken to come back from that. Once Vince made up his mind about something like that, good luck changing it. You got to work your ass off to get him to change his mind about you.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
