Eric Bischoff expressed his belief that fellow Hall of Famer Sean Waltman would be an excellent addition to the WWE Performance Center as a full-time coach for NXT talent.
Speaking on his podcast, 83 Weeks, Bischoff reflected on working with Waltman on the upcoming A&E reality series WWE Legends & Future Greats. During the collaboration, Bischoff witnessed Waltman’s ability to coach young talent and described him as passionate and highly skilled.
“He’s so good at it, he’s passionate about it, he really, really is good. I can’t imagine that there’s no role for him down in Florida.”
Despite his praise, Bischoff acknowledged that Waltman might not be interested in a full-time coaching role due to his current lifestyle. Waltman, better known to fans as X-Pac seems content with his life outside of wrestling.
“Sean’s married, he’s got a wife who’s got a great job in Hollywood, and they’ve got a home and he’s got a great life. Just two, three weeks ago when we were together, he was living a great life.”
Instead of committing to a full-time coaching position, Waltman might prefer making occasional appearances for WWE. Bischoff speculated that Waltman’s passion for wrestling is still strong but balanced by his current reality.
“He may just be ready to make appearances every now and then, I know how that feels, you still love the business, and you still have a passion for it, but it’s tempered by reality.”
Which WCW Show Does Eric Bischoff Believe Changed WWE Programming Forever?
Eric Bischoff spoke about how he believes that WCW Monday Nitro changed the way WWE and the wider wrestling world run wrestling TV shows. Bischoff said that when he wanted to start Monday Nitro in 1995, he wanted to do things differently from Raw, which relied on showcasing top-tier talent against jobbers in squash matches. Instead, Bischoff wanted to have pay-per-view quality matches on Nitro, this meant that there would be longer matches featuring high-level talents facing off against each other. Bischoff believes that this decision was then copied by WWE and later emulated by AEW with their weekly programming.
In other news, Roman Reigns took full responsibility for a major creative change.
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