Eric Bischoff has been one of the most talked about names in professional wrestling for decades now, and next month he will be honored with a WWE Hall of Fame induction.
Bischoff gave Vince McMahon a run for his money when he was the president of WCW during the Monday Night Wars, and he also had a memorable run as the General Manager of Monday Night Raw after WCW went under.
The former GM’s Hall of Fame induction was first revealed on the After The Bell podcast, and Eric Bischoff made it clear that the induction is a big deal to him.
“I’m not going to lie to you, every year around this time of course emails and social media hits and all asking [when I’m going to get inducted],” Bischoff said. “I’ve always been pretty good at just keeping it out of my mind, I don’t think about it, I never have to any real degree but you look at some of the names, all of the names, associated with the WWE Hall of Fame. The thing that occurs to me right now is when I first started working in sports entertainment for Verne Gagne back in 1987, knew nothing, I was a big wrestling fan, had no experience.
“I had put Verne up on a pedestal, and to think if someone would’ve come up to me and said ‘In 2021, you and Verne Gagne would be in the WWE Hall of Fame,’ my head would’ve exploded. It would’ve been the same thing as someone coming up to me and saying someday you’ll swim laps on mars. The names that are a part of the WWE Hall of Fame, just to be associated with those names is just overwhelming. I can’t say thank you enough cool ways for people to know how much I mean it, but I really really do mean it.”
Eric Bischoff went on to say that due to the emotion involved the Hall of Fame has always been his favorite part of WrestleMania weekend, and that it’s going to be special to be a part of it.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will include inductees from the 2020 and 2021 class, and it will air on Tuesday, April 6.
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