WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW President Eric Bischoff took to an episode of his 83 Weeks podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including how the live attendance was part of WCW’s success and how the accounting department very much appreciated the 31,000 people in attendance, but his focus was really on the television product and the show itself.
Bischoff said, “It was still exciting. You know, as I’ve mentioned here before, we didn’t high-five each other all the way home. Based on the live attendance, it was part of our success. The focus of Nitro was the television product. And, of course, we appreciated it. Those in the accounting department very much appreciated the 31,000 people in attendance. But for me, my focus was really on the show itself. Now you’ve. Talked about what was, you know, we’re live on Nitro against the tape show. That’s really going to be interesting. Yeah, but I’m curious. Do you know what the ratings ultimately were for this show?”
He also talked about his thoughts on the Buried Alive Match concept.
“It still sounds corny as hell to me. I don’t get it. I don’t get that kind of a match. It just doesn’t work for me personally. I can’t connect to it, but clearly. There’s a large segment of the audience that could and did.”
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