On a recent edition of his “Strictly Business” podcast, Eric Bischoff addressed Scott D’Amore’s removal from TNA Wrestling and believes AEW is partly to blame. He said,
“Right now, AEW is proving to be bad for the industry, in particular being bad for [TNA Wrestling] and people like Scott D’Amore.”
Bischoff clarified his point, stating that AEW makes it hard to sell wrestling to networks, which he feels may have played a role in Anthem removing D’Amore as TNA President.
Later in the show, Bischoff argued that advertisers will lump wrestling promotions together and believes AEW’s reputation hurts the industry as a whole. He said,
“It’s a little bit like too much blood and pushing the envelope in terms of content. If you’re going over the top in content wrestling, everyone will tune in and see it and they may even enjoy it but advertisers may not, and if you rely on that strategy too heavily, you begin to turn advertisers away from the product.”
