On a recent edition of former WCW President, Eric Bischoff’s “Bischoff On Wrestling” podcast, he & his host Nick Hausman discussed John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura being shown on free TV and Bischoff compared it to him giving away Hogan vs. Goldberg on free TV.
Here is an excerpt from that particular portion of the podcast:
Bischoff: “Hard to judge if it’s right or if it’s wrong but I was faced with the same thing in Hogan vs Goldberg. “How could you possibly give that away?” Well because we had to stimulate television ratings. Our backs were against the wall. More so now than where WWE is right now. Sometimes you have to do it, there are reasons to do it.”