Thread 18119721

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>>18119721 (OP)
He shouldn't have ruined TNA. He probably realized later it was his last chance. If he didn't do TNA, he would've still had clout.

>>18119721 (OP)
Who cares? The third man money mark is funding it no loss for Hulk and Eric

>>18119721 (OP)
KWABOTY

>>18119721 (OP)
>380
IS THAT A WORK OR A SHOOT?! THAT'S LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF GEEKS LURKING PEE DUB DURING INDIA HOURS!

>>18119721 (OP)
wasn't he supposed to be like the GM of MLW or something? did he fuck that up too?

>>18119721 (OP)
>Starting up a wrestling company
>In current year + 10
>WIth Hulk Hogan
What the fuck was he thinking?

It really doesn't pay to shill for a huge corporate juggernaut that is obviously desperately trying to kill it's competition.
Fags like Eric and Konam make it blatantly obvious they are bitter a non entertainment monopoly are making a name for themselves.
Eric is also one of those said guys. Allegedly

>>18119721 (OP)
>Arena capacity: 13,610

>>18119721 (OP)
no one and I mean NO ONE wants to voluntarily go to ohio of all fucking places to see niggas roll around in a crusty ahh mat, it is fucking crazy how people give this old ass fart the time and day because he got lucky 30 years ago

>>18119721 (OP)
KWAB

>>18119721 (OP)
whats left to see? wrestlers have been over-exposed for the last 5 years. there is literally nothing interesting wrestling-wise they could have on their card. there are no legends that could show up to spark any interest.

>>18119721 (OP)
I'm starting to think he just got lucky with the whole NWO thing

>>18119721 (OP)
Remember, folks. That's DISTRIBUTED. Not sold.

>>18120448
that wasn't even his idea, he stole that shit from japan

>>18119765
I like how he tries to claim he was just there to handle Hogan's creative and distance himself from things when that was blatantly not true

>>18120448
He knew exactly what he was doing with Nitro and its presentation. He tried to give it a sports feel and like anything can happen, and he did that from 96-98. He also made it a point to shoot in unique locations like Panama or wherever the fuck it was with the swimming pool. His run in TNA was abysmal, and he has proven himself to be clueless in a lot of ways, but Nitro's presentation was a very deliberate thing by him and he deserves credit for that at least. Nitro had such a cool feel for a couple of years before the logo and stage change

>>18120854
As much as I wish Eric gave it up after failing in the AWA, I’ll give him credit for the feel of Nitro. Problem is he started huffing his own farts when the NWO was hot and didn’t have any sort of plan after they had run their course. Keeping the NWO in 1998 served no other purpose than keeping them up the card when they should’ve been moved down and it ended up killing the company. But Eric blames Russo and everyone but himself because god forbid he take accountability for his lack of spine.

>>18120854
>He also made it a point to shoot in unique locations like Panama or wherever the fuck it was with the swimming pool.
That was Panama City Beach, IIRC. Also, I'm not a big Bischoff fan and haven't been since his helping damn near kill TNA but I will credit him for that and say I vastly prefer that concept way more than WWE making every place look identical to every other place. Most companies lean into the different and unique cities, crowds, venues. WWE has always wanted to take the McDonalds approach so you get the same experience no matter where they're filming.

>>18120887
Yeah he has a very strange personal vendetta against Russo but neglects to acknowledge the fact that WCW was boring as shit and a directionless disaster in mid-late 99 and that was the entire reason Russo was brought in in the first place. He did not follow up on the Goldberg finger poke angle and WCW sank hard in 99 while WWF was becoming red red hot. He also didn't do anything with Warrior. Warrior actually popped ratings when he appeared but apparently he showed up to Nitro after Halloween Havoc ready to work and Eric had nothing booked for him so he just had to go home. He couldn't even be bothered booking something as basic as Warrior vs Goldberg. I love WCW in 98, I think it was still very good, but Eric definitely became very neglectful during that period and lost his head up his ass

>>18119941
he did one MLW show dunno if he actually booked it or it was just kayfabe

>>18119721 (OP)
Let me check if Eric Bischoff is still more successful than Tony R. Khanetty will ever be... Yup, still more successful

>>18120944
Damn.
Who has a harder time staying employed in the wrestling industry? Bischoff or Cornette?

>>18120954
That's right. You get them. This thread was in no way about AEW but you weren't going to let that stand. You went in there and MADE it about AEW.

>>18119721 (OP)
first event. please understand

>>18119721 (OP)
kek
love laughing at this fraud

>>18120954
Bishoff is north of 70 now and can't retire and has to work for Conrad selling predatory sub prime mortgages to low-financial literacy marks.
That is so undignified for a man of his age. He can't retire because he's broke.

Eric Bischoff has generated profits
AEW has generated amputated penises

>>18121306
This is so true

>>18121306
Bischoff owns a ranch with hundreds of acres of land in Montana. He's definitely not broke.

>>18119721 (OP)
here are the matches

Real Woods vs. Darrion Caldwelll
Austin Gomez vs. Lance Palmer
Sarah Hildebrandt vs. Zeltzin Hernandez Guerra
Kennedy Blades vs. Alejandra Rivera Arriaga

this isnt even pro wrestling. its just serious wrestling

>>18120429
Maybe Lesnar, but that's about it

>>18120854
>>18120887
>>18120915
Eric Bitchshoff lacked the Iron fist Vince McMahon had to control his peers, Nitro and all of the shitshow that happened was literally a circlejerk of he hanging around his idol buddies with zero clue of how is it to be the manager of a wrestling federation and give powers to people whom's egos are as fragile as Kevin Nash's quads + Flair and Hogan's backstage shenanigans that led the new blood to WWF and ended up being the saviors of that company.
In the end, all of Billionaire Ted's shorts were right.

>>18120915
WCW was doing interesting arena layouts way before Bischoff had any real power or was even there. Think about Halloween Havoc and stuff like that. You’re giving him credit for stuff he probably only had the barest minimum to do with. If anything his aesthetic choices were shit when he had a real interest. Road Wild was something he was behind. He loved LARPing as a biker. It was a disaster. It was a PPV while they were still hot that had 0 gate and confused most PPV buyers. The Miss NWO beauty pageant was him, he wanted a certain look of women. Instead of hot ones he wanted mid-30’s motorcycle mamas. Those were visual choices that can be confirmed he wanted.
That and putting a traditional ring in TNA.
Bischoff was a coffe gopher that failed upward and found himself in a job that since the place was so fucking huge and chaotic he could steal massive amounts of money and get away with it. As soon as record keeping switched over to digital more and more and the left hand began communicating with the right hand easier he was finished.

>>18122046
I'm sure he bought that with cash right?

>>18119721 (OP)
Crazy that 90% of the good business and creative ideas in modern wrestling come from outsiders and everyone still thinks the industry would be saved if we listened to these retards who haven't done anything good in 30 years

>>18119964
>hey Hulk, I heard this money mark was talking business with you
>"Hell yeah Eric brother let me tell you all about him I met this guy the other week at some fucking mark festival where marks spend their mark-ass money being a mark at carny wrestlers they adore like fucking marks, and he's telling me about his latest invention to lose a lot of money"
>yeah what about it
>"Pro-Am wrestling on TV"
>what
>"Amateur wrestling with promos on TV"
>does he know it's not gonna work? that amateur turned pro and became a work precisely because that drew money and amateur didn't?
>"Eric, he's a mark"
>so how much is he paying you
>"Enough to meet Elvis again"
>and he'll pay me?
>"Enough to buy a hot flexible wife"
>there's no way this will work
>"Money mark, Eric"
>alright then

>>18122527
>this cope

>>18122911
Carny and money are like pooh bear and honey.
He just can't get enough of it.

>>18121306
trvth nvke