Kemo
05-19-2021, 10:18 PM
While the perception of a wrestling war between WWE and AEW often keeps the fans busy, Eric Bischoff believes that there is no real war between them. The former WCW president recently talked about the competition between the two promotions on the latest episode of his 83 weeks podcast.
He first discussed how AEW will be returning to road before WWE in July. Though opposed to the perception of how it might affect Vince McMahon, Bischoff claimed that he doesn’t think the boss cares:
“I don’t think Vince cares, I know wrestling fans like to think that there’s this battle between AEW and WWE. The very fact that I made an appearance on AEW a month before they inducted me into the Hall of Fame suggests to me that they really don’t care. Are they aware? Sure. Is Vince McMahon walking around kicking people in the ass saying ‘God dammit, how did they beat us to the punch?'”
Eric Bischoff claimed that he knows people think there is a war between the two companies because deep down they want another wrestling war, but WWE is ‘on a different planet’ compared to AEW:
“WWE is on a different planet than AEW right now. That’s because AEW is about 24 months old or so, WWE has been around for decades and decades and decades. A lot of catching up to do folks, there is no war. There is no angst or anxiety from WWE in my opinion when it comes to AEW.”
Eric Bischoff also discussed how the formulas of producing content has changed since the Monday Night Wars because the companies are more reliant on the revenue from TV deals and so they are focusing on quantity over quality.
The former SmackDown general manager explained that the reason for the decline in the content quality of WWE is because they have not conditioned themselves and developed a formula for producing the same quality of content while increasing the amount of it.
He first discussed how AEW will be returning to road before WWE in July. Though opposed to the perception of how it might affect Vince McMahon, Bischoff claimed that he doesn’t think the boss cares:
“I don’t think Vince cares, I know wrestling fans like to think that there’s this battle between AEW and WWE. The very fact that I made an appearance on AEW a month before they inducted me into the Hall of Fame suggests to me that they really don’t care. Are they aware? Sure. Is Vince McMahon walking around kicking people in the ass saying ‘God dammit, how did they beat us to the punch?'”
Eric Bischoff claimed that he knows people think there is a war between the two companies because deep down they want another wrestling war, but WWE is ‘on a different planet’ compared to AEW:
“WWE is on a different planet than AEW right now. That’s because AEW is about 24 months old or so, WWE has been around for decades and decades and decades. A lot of catching up to do folks, there is no war. There is no angst or anxiety from WWE in my opinion when it comes to AEW.”
Eric Bischoff also discussed how the formulas of producing content has changed since the Monday Night Wars because the companies are more reliant on the revenue from TV deals and so they are focusing on quantity over quality.
The former SmackDown general manager explained that the reason for the decline in the content quality of WWE is because they have not conditioned themselves and developed a formula for producing the same quality of content while increasing the amount of it.