Eric Bischoff knows a thing or two about the professional wrestling business as he’s been part of some big moments in WCW, WWE and TNA.
Recently on his 83 Weeks podcast Eric Bischoff and co-host Conrad Thompson discussed the 2011 TNA Against All Odds pay-per-view, and the fact that it only got 15,000 buys even though TNA Impact was getting over 1 million viewers at the time.
Eric Bischoff also responded to some comments Chris Jericho made in 2011 where he said TNA looked “bush league” and that the company should “do better.”
“I think it’s going to come back to bite him in the ass is what I think. AEW last week they did about 800,000 viewers, they opened the door with 1.5 million viewers and haven’t been able to crack 1 million since or if they have it’s been only on 1 or 2 occasions. They’ve essentially flatlined at 7 or 800,000 viewers on average for the last year and a half.
“That’s an observation that could, unless something turns around in the next 18 months, come back to haunt someone like Chris. Quite frankly, AEW has flatlined and it’s been that way essentially for a year. It’s easy to talk about a business you’re not really in. Chris has never run a wrestling business and when he made that statement, he was making it from a position of a talent not an executive.”
Bischoff did praise AEW and said that the company has done a good job promoting themselves outside of their television show.
“Look at some of the stuff AEW has done in the last year and half to promote themselves outside of the people that are watching the show every week. They’ve spent lots of money, TNA wasn’t willing too.”
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