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Eric
Bischoff Defends Controversial Booking Decision In
Saudi Arabia - June 29, 2022
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creates cash, and there was plenty of both when Goldberg
defeated Bray Wyatt in Saudi Arabia. On the latest
episode of “Strictly Business,” Eric Bischoff
discussed the utilization of part-time stars in wrestling,
and his former employee, Goldberg, has become a modern-day
embodiment of the term. Goldberg ended the winning
streak of the Fiend in 2020 at WWE Super Showdown,
and while many were upset about the result, Bischoff
boiled it down to one undeniable aspect that’s
been part of the business since the beginning.
“I
can give you about 39,999,000 million reasons why
that was a decent idea,” Bischoff said. “It
was all business. $40 million, and I know what wrestling
fans are thinking, ‘Oh my God, it’s all
about the money.’ Yes. Ladies and gentlemen,
it’s all about the money.”
Bischoff
painted a picture, which may or may not be accurate,
of Vince McMahon wanting to protect the Fiend character,
but being swayed to put Goldberg over by the desires
of the Saudi Arabian government, who financed the
show. WWE’s shows in Saudi Arabia have all largely
been characterized by an emphasis on talent from previous
generations.
“You’re
gonna give the customer what the customer wants for
$40 million bucks,” Bischoff proclaimed. “You’re
the chairman of the board of a publicly held company.
Are you going to have to answer to your shareholders
cause you turned down 40 f*cking million dollars because
you didn’t want a character to lose? $40 million
dollars! That’s a class-action lawsuit, you gotta
do what you gotta do!”
Bischoff
also presented another reason as to why having a seemingly
unstoppable character like the Fiend lose should be
okay in the grand scheme of things.
“If
a character’s strong, and Bray was, that loss
isn’t going to matter,” he said. “A
strong character can take a loss. Now granted, that
character is a very unique character. Had to be handled
in a very unique way, but it could have been possible
to do it.”
All
that considered, in Bischoff’s view, no one wrestler
or character is worth forfeiting that Saudi paycheck.
“Let’s
assume that loss to Bill Goldberg for the sake of
argument, in Saudi, absolutely caused Bray Wyatt to
hit a roadblock,” he said. “Brick wall.
Boom. Crash. Does that cost you more than $40 million
dollars?”
(WrestlingInc.com)
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Roman
Reigns Asks The Rock And John Cena To Stay Away From
WWE - 17th June 2021
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Universal Champion Roman Reigns has asked both The
Rock and John Cena to focus on their Hollywood careers
and stay away from the WWE.
In
a recent interview with ESPN’s SportsNation,
Reigns was asked about his rumored match-ups against
the aforementioned megastars.
While
speaking in-character, Reigns said: “Yeah, that
[a match with The Rock] is a dream for a lot of our
fans, but it ain’t a dream of his, you know what
I mean? I get a lot of this with both Dwayne and John.
These guys are doing very well for themselves, there’s
no question about it.
“If
I were these guys, I don’t know if I’d wanna
come back and deal with me. I am a problem right now
for everybody. If I were them, I’d stay on set
and keep pumping out these streaming service movies.”
Reigns
added, “Don’t come to my ring… is what
I would do.”
Earlier
this week, Cena said in an interview that the pandemic
era has allowed Reigns to “find out who he is”
from a character standpoint.
As
noted earlier, Reigns vs. Cena is the rumored main
event for this year’s SummerSlam.
Reigns
will defend his title against Rey Mysterio this Sunday
at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.
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