Eric Bischoff recently expressed strong criticism of the angle on the April 24th AEW Dynamite, which culminated in an attack on Tony Khan by Jack Perry and The Elite to close the show.
On his podcast 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff remarked that the angle, if presented as a parody, could have been enjoyable and entertaining. However, he condemned the segment as “f**king bad” and “so f**king horrible,” emphasising that it was meant to be a serious angle but was executed poorly.
If they would have produced this whole angle as kind of like a parody, like the billionaire Ted skits in WWE. If they would have made it a parody of how the nWo started and my scene in Baltimore, where I got Jackknife powerbombed off the stage and all that. If they would have set this whole scene up as a parody last night, I probably would have been all about it. I would have enjoyed it, at least it would have been entertaining.
Bischoff likened the segment to a Saturday Night Live wrestling skit, labelling it as the worst, most poorly produced professional wrestling show for primetime on a major cable outlet in recent memory.
If they would have produced that segment like Saturday Night Live was going to produce a wrestling skit on the beginning of the nWo, this would have been what they produced. It was so f**king bad. It was a parody. It was comedy. And the really sad part is they are taking this s**t seriously, they meant that to be a serious angle. It was so f*cking horrible… This was without a doubt, the worst, most horribly produced professional wrestling show for primetime on a major cable outlet in the last maybe forever years.
What Did Eric Bischoff Praise AEW For Recently?
In contrast to his scathing criticism, Eric Bischoff praised AEW Dynamite for its new set design stating that he loved the new colour scheme and that it made it feel like it “popped” visually.
On a previous episode, Eric Bischoff stated that he wanted to see Tony Khan hire a former WWE star.
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