On a recent episode of his “83 Weeks” podcast, Eric Bischoff clarified his stance on AEW and stated that he doesn’t have a default inclination to criticize the promotion. He prefers to offer an honest assessment when asked about it, based on his observations and knowledge. He said,
“I’m not by default wanting to rip AEW. I typically don’t think much about it until somebody asks me a question, and I’ll give it an honest assessment based on what I’ve seen and what I know. But I’m certainly not gonna be critical of something I didn’t see.”
However, he did express a wish that AEW had kept the Elton John theme a secret until the show, as he believes it would have been a pleasant surprise that generated more post-show discussion and water cooler talk. He said,
“I wish they would’ve kept the Elton John theme a secret until the show. I think that would’ve been a really cool surprise. I think that would’ve been something that had it not been promoted, they would get a bigger return on it. It would’ve been that added value that I was talking about earlier. And, and it would’ve been something that people would’ve talked about much more after the show was over. Like we used to call water cooler talk than they would’ve received prior to the show. That would’ve been my only note. It wasn’t a criticism, it was a note.”
