I've been watching this man - or the content he produces - for 30 years. What an honor to speak with the one and only EZE!

@jeffery44

10 ай бұрын

YOU bash TK and give Bischoff softballs. SHOCKER

@DimJongUn

10 ай бұрын

​@@jeffery44can't we all just get along? What is with the comment section these days.

@pissedoffcanuck6557

10 ай бұрын

​@@jeffery44 TK deserves to be bashed.

@andraw2020100

10 ай бұрын

Where is the muhammad ali story? I have watched the entire interview and you didn’t talk about him at all

@semyaza555

10 ай бұрын

Bring Jim Cornette on lmfao.

Please get Jim Cornette on, Ariel!

@coded3604

10 ай бұрын

Yes!!!!

@milkmanspiffy85

10 ай бұрын

This please!!!

@Liamc405

10 ай бұрын

Yes!

@debking3064

10 ай бұрын

Cornette is too big for this show

@killvash

10 ай бұрын

Yes

Bischoff is 68?! The man looks incredible

@SS-tg8lf

10 ай бұрын

Him and Russo aged gracefully thanks to their active lifestyles and good diet choices

@jeffery44

10 ай бұрын

It's called plastic surgery

@JMFSpike

10 ай бұрын

@@jeffery44 No, it's what SS3422 said. If you eat right and exercise regularly, you can slow down the aging process quite a bit and potentially live an extra 20 years or more.

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

@@SS-tg8lftell us more, mark 🎯🤤

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

@@JMFSpikeno, no, and no

What a great episode. What I love that Ariel does is, he listens. He doesn't interject and and interrupt. He knows how to dictate the pace of the interview, and always asks great questions. Keep up the great work Ariel.

Ariel,,,, what a great interview and what a great guest Eric was. Such a compliment that Eric genuinely enjoyed being on your show

Eric's the third person I've heard say Vince will never die lmao

"When the meteor hits, there will be cockroaches and Vince McMahon... and he'll be booking matches with the cockroaches." Great quote

@_justinblizzle

10 ай бұрын

Vince booking matches w the cockroaches took me out! 😂

@dickfitzwell1557

10 ай бұрын

Vince is a cockroach.

@zlinedavid

10 ай бұрын

He left out Keith Richards. He can be the guest referee.

@dickfitzwell1557

10 ай бұрын

​@@zlinedavid Charlie Sheen can be the ring announcer.

@crazypato3752

10 ай бұрын

Coackraches screwed coackraches

“I don’t think about the past too much.” - The guy who makes his living off talking about 83 weeks in time that was 25 years ago.

@leonlewis9551

10 ай бұрын

They ask him about it 💯

@stewartmcrae8007

10 ай бұрын

@@leonlewis9551 And then to respond to them he needs to think about the past which he apparently doesn't do too much only once a week i guess

@GNR4Life355

10 ай бұрын

Also, this guy will trash AEW one week and praise it the next. He just praised Collision on something I saw posted. Bischoff is so wishy washy

@chrishuber8930

10 ай бұрын

​@@GNR4Life355clicks bud

@Ryanonfire03

10 ай бұрын

@@leonlewis9551 ….because he made a show about it. Lmao

Eric is the king of bullshtting with confidence.

@sextonhardcastle1940

10 ай бұрын

Like?

@Ryanonfire03

10 ай бұрын

He said “I don’t ever really think about the past” so confidently. This being the guy who hosts 83 weeks where all he does is think about the past. Lmao

@Oh-ffs

10 ай бұрын

He doesnt ponder it, he answers Tundra's questions that are asked after regurgitating Meltzers comments. Plus no need to remember when you have EZE's capacity for bullshitting

@al5306

10 ай бұрын

@@Ryanonfire03 Eh, it's not that simple. He has a podcast where he talks about the past, but he's not losing sleep over it.

@frenchyoathbreaker4095

10 ай бұрын

and yet you still watch

How does Eric Bischoff always look so damn good? He gets heel heat just for that alone.

@markwrenn5965

10 ай бұрын

It is amazing. Lucky bastard

@JMFSpike

10 ай бұрын

If Eric was here right now, he'd tell you that it's the hair.

@_justinblizzle

10 ай бұрын

I was just about to say he’s 68 and he looks almost better now than he did when he was on tv. I read somewhere that he used to be a model so maybe that’s why/how he knows how to take care of himself, I mean just look at his skin

@jeffery44

10 ай бұрын

Plastic surgery

@WrestlingGawdMedia

10 ай бұрын

He is using the same "soft focus" filter Kari Lake uses to hide wrinkles. At the same time Eric DOES look good! Just saying, the filter is obvious

His vince impression is spot on

Eric always does a good interview.

@yooanto9465

9 ай бұрын

no hearts on real comments.

Jim Cornette, Paul Heyman, Eric Bischoff are the three people i can listen to talk about pro wrestling all day everyday. Three masterminds💯💯💯☮️❤️

@louio

10 ай бұрын

2 out of the 3 also tell the truth about modern wrestling

@Rosadomofo

10 ай бұрын

@@louiohis comment up above sufficed 💯 no one needed you to chime in

@louio

10 ай бұрын

@Rene Rosado

@Kr4ShSkeL

10 ай бұрын

Very sad for you, Cornette is a garbage human being and Bischoff is bittered. Heyman is great tho

@bokymijic873

10 ай бұрын

Hm only on this still on work is Paul Heyman

One of the few 90s heels I actually hated was Bischoff. He just had such great soap opera villain energy back then!

@GNR4Life355

9 ай бұрын

You don't look like a guy who knows anything about soap

@32:10 damn!! that vince expression is spot on!!! best one i've seen anyone do. 😂

Since Eazy E likes to punch down on AEW and Punk whenever possible, I bet that Ariel didn't even push back on how Bischoff helped kill WCW (including the $62 Million LOST the year before they got bought by Vince) and with his buddy Hogan killed off whatever momentum TNA had after the late 00s. I wouldn't be surprised if Punk calls Ariel a weasel the first chance he gets in a promo.

@andu1854

10 ай бұрын

Also giving Hogan creative control was a huge mistake, because in 97 And at Starcade, Sting should have destroyed Hogan and Hogan changed the match to make himself Look like a monster heel (when he has been the biggest chicken bleep heel Ever), and made Sting look like a chump,

@jayone1371

10 ай бұрын

You want it to be better take the criticism and learn. What he is saying is true, just like we did with WWE we need to do with AEW TO better. Punk is not a draw, and the matches he had have been Mediocre. It's time to be honest. And it does feel like AEW is Tony Kohn's Hobbie

@chriskay1449

10 ай бұрын

Eric wasn't even in charge of WCW the year it lost 62 million. And it was Jamie Kellner that killed WCW by cancelling Nitro and Thunder, not Bischoff.

@KIRA-EL

9 ай бұрын

Look criticism are made for you to just retaliate they're made to make you better than you currently are and as far as TNA goes they chose to put the people in charge that they did they really didn't have to that's on Dixie Carter and them as a company

@saviorself1164

9 ай бұрын

​@@jayone1371 criticism needs to come from a valid place to be taken seriously. Bischoff caught lightning in a bottle with the NWO. He topped WWF is ratings for over a year and caused them to completely change their product. Therefore, people listen to him and ignore the fact that the NWO was just as responsible for the decline of WCW as it was for the rise of WCW. Plus, let's be honest, the NWO worked because the ultimate good guy turned heel. THAT is what made people tune in. Bischoff was just at the helm at the time so, he gets far more credit than he deserves. Now, I agree that AEW is deserving of criticism and is in desperate need of better booking (primarily with Miro. That man should be right up there with MJF as a top heel), but Bischoff is not in the position to criticize anyone else's booking mistakes.

Eric does Vince's voice damn near perfectly, lol.

@k999999

10 ай бұрын

thats how good he can act and imitate different personality in a heartbeat pal !

excellent interview here, really enjoyed it...

What a great interview!!!! 👏 🙌 👌

dusty rhodes really did impact just about everyone he interacted with in wrestling

I'd love to watch Eric do a Let's Play of TEW 2022 with modern roster mods. Be fun to see his decisions

I'm ready for this juicy content thank-you Ariel and thank you mr bischoff

Ariel and Eric?! This is way beyond awesomeness

Amazing interview with Easy-E.... Thanks Ariel

This was awesome!

Great conversation 🔥🔥🔥

Where is the muhammad ali story? I have watched the entire interview and you didn’t talk about him at all.

Love Eric Bischoff! Love @ArielHelwani!!!

Great interview, brother ! 👍

Great listening to Eric on the business and his stories on Punk, AEW is always fun.

I can listen to Eric forever. Well done Ariel.

68 years old and he looks better than I do at 50. Good for him.

Thank you Ariel, what a legendary 30 minutes

Until the brawl… CM punk was doing very well for AEW. Lifted ratings. Lifted ppv sales. Sold merch. Good storylines and good matches. Now all of a sudden he’s useless and not an asset? It’s simply not true. Now.. he has had 2 bad injuries in that time which is a concern. But let’s not make lies up. CM punk is an asset and a draw.

@jeepernj99

10 ай бұрын

Besides his first couple appearances with AEW. How much did he increase viewership 200 thousand on a good night? I thought he would of brought in more viewers.

@bls8959

10 ай бұрын

@@jeepernj99 Exactly...i remember ppl complaining about that last storyline he was in

@scoonboon

10 ай бұрын

@@jeepernj99 Ye but the reality it he moved the needle for AEW and is a draw. The biggest star they have. It’s pathetic marks like you that expect him to pull in Stone Cold numbers. It’s 2023. Things have changed. We know he moves the needle and makes the company money by the simple fact TK has brought him back. He’d of been fired had he been a failure.

@ec5018

10 ай бұрын

good story lines with who ? his shit outside the ring was more intresting than his shit inside the ring. Plus how come collison tickets sales are low ? hes the Headliner

@scoonboon

10 ай бұрын

@@ec5018 Maybe because some little girls have bitched about him for a year? Ratings have plummeted since he left. You’ll find he turns up on Dynamite soon too…

Wrestling BTS stories are the best and Ariel is the best to bring it out of them!

Fantastic interview!

Fantastic job Ariel. Congratulations

What a nice compliment at the end from Good Old Eric Bischoff you're the best in the business Ariel

Anyone have timestamps for the video?

Wow that was a spot on Vince impersonation he did at the end there

Iˋm not even a CM Punk fan but he is pretty much the only one who makes a difference in their Business..but if you don’t like Hulk Hogan..you are not good in whatever you do..and Hulk Hogan (NEVER NEVER..)emasculated Eric Bischoff...😬

Great interview!

Where is the Muhammad Ali story?

Bischoff putting Vince over puts a smile on my face not gonna lie lol. People confuse the characters for the real people so often, that any positive of negative impressions are often because of how blurred the lines are. This was nice haha

Love your shows ariel! I agree with another comment in regards to interviewing jim Cornette. That man has a wrestling mind that is interesting and hilarious to listen to

Very wrong about CM Punk

@texasforever1894

10 ай бұрын

I love CM Punk but AEW needs to push other stars. CM Punk gets hurt too often and is a step slow in the ring. Guys like Ricky Starks, Jay White, Powerhouse Hobbs, etc. need to be pushed with MJF.

@al5306

10 ай бұрын

@@texasforever1894 AEW can't make new stars though. They haven't been able to do that in four years. Every time someone gets over on their own, the rug is pulled out from under them. MJF is their world champion and he's less over now than he was last year.

@texasforever1894

10 ай бұрын

@@al5306 yeah I feel like their show has no structure. I honestly prefer WWE because their storylines typically are slow builds and in most cases have good payoffs.

I'll hang my hat on the reason Punk went nuts at the press conference was all to do with him being able to talk to all the dirt sheets face to face. It was a dumpster fire waiting to happen that Tony did nothing about.

His Vince McMahon impression is 100 percent spot on. If you aren't actually watching the video and just listening. You would think they were playing a clip of Vince talking.

Any timestamp?

Remember that Eric Bischoff is being biased towards Hogan his best friend and meal ticket and burying punk because punk spoke out against Hogan on numerous occasions. Exhibit A. Bischoff said that because punk was off tv for seven years that generated interest. Which is bs cause the best way to make sure someone doesn't get over as punishment in the wrestling business is to not put them on tv to cool down the wrestler in tje eyes of the fans.

@TL2354

10 ай бұрын

You failed to mention Punk saying AEW bringing in Cole and Danielson was bigger than The Outsiders going to WCW. That's an important fact. Did you leave that out intentionally or just too stupid to breathe in our air?

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

Lolwut

@RG-lr4pk

10 ай бұрын

Hogan is the GOAT and Punk is trash. You're being biased because you don't understand wrestling or life in general. Go cry in your cereal.

@nbaldwin45

10 ай бұрын

Punk threw shade at WCW, not just Hogan, and Khan’s done the same thing. Both Punk and Khan have been known to massively overstate their place in wrestling history. Punk’s return on Collision isn’t going to take AEW to the next level … you watch. Dwayne Johnson or Steve Austin couldn’t help AEW overtake WWE because AEW had way too many intrinsic flaws

@ec5018

10 ай бұрын

did you forget his failed UFC stint and the timing to comeback made it seem like he cameback not for the fans but because he probably was losing money and felt he had no choice

Great episode!

This is best Eric Bischoff I've ever witness.

Wow so many interesting stories !! So much wisdom !! ❤️

I don’t agree with Bischoff take, because when Bischoff ran WCW, he cater to a lot of wrestling for example Hogan Nash and Hall. And TNA did he move the needle there cmon. Tony Khan still new, he still trying to get things together to make his company as great as a can be. Instead of tearing him down every five seconds, how about give her some invoice behind the scenes.

@Matt-cr4vv

10 ай бұрын

He has tried to give him advice and Tony has attacked him for it. People forget that for a period of time Eric and Tony were good until Tony made a comment about Ted Turner that pissed eric off and ever since then it’s been as it is now. People tend to forget that advice is only an asset to the extent it’s followed. Tony has a ton of veterans on his payroll and clearly doesn’t follow their counsel when you watch the product they put out. I don’t think Tony is a bad guy but to an extent he falls short in the sense of heeding the counsel of those with mroe experience and because of that he loses some of the sympathy of “just starting out” with me. I get that and it’s valid but if you don’t need the advice of those who have that experience then your mistakes fall on you becsuse part of wisdom is knowing what you do and do not know and taking the counsel of those around you.

@qweasdzxcname

10 ай бұрын

tony is clearly doesnt want advice from anyone. he has guys there with decades of experience, and he completely ignores them. and thats ok. Tony wants to create his own thing.

@henrylove4916

10 ай бұрын

Tony has to shoot down that company ASAP 😂😂😂😂😂

Great interview

ARIEL, please try to talk to Jim cornette!!!!

Say whatever you want about Eric, the man knows the business inside out and backwards and what he said about AEW and CM Punk is 100% right.

@sheriffdraws8789

9 ай бұрын

Totally agree 💯

Lmao all the AEW fans mad as hell in the comments.

@darensparks

10 ай бұрын

I've noticed that too. They can't admit aew isn't even nearly as successful as WCW was from 96 thru early 99 and it drives these neck beards crazy.

@JayL8899

10 ай бұрын

@@darensparksI agree about AEW being hella overrated. But let’s not forget Bischoff’s years in TNA. Funny how none of these podcast ever bring that up like his stint there with Hogan didn’t exist.

@darensparks

10 ай бұрын

@@JayL8899He has done episodes on his own podcast strictly about his TNA run. Of course he never blames Hogan for anything still always kisses Hogan's ass in regards to TNA and WCW.

@saviorself1164

9 ай бұрын

If that is what you call "mad as hell", I would hate to see how you describe ACTUAL anger

Great! Wish you had done a longer interview! But you really should’ve plugged 83 weeks and strictly business better

Exactly 💯 I agree

I am surprised Eric Bischoff made it through without making a comment about Dave Meltzer

I was always disappointed that Eric couldn't get the WCW deal to work

*Augh! LOL. I wish Ariel had asked him who was the first actual wrestler(or wrestlers) Bischoff ran into on his way to the ring on his first day in WWE, and what was their reaction. Otherwise great interview. Love hearing Bischoff talk about wrestling, old days and new. Gotta get his second book. First one is amazing.*

@ondoidlifestyle5754

10 ай бұрын

Probably like golddust or something and probably “hey Eric”

Very illuminating interview.

"I don't know what I'm talking about really" - the only Eric Bischoff quote anyone needs

Ask him: If wcw had won the war, would wcw have invited Vince to be a part of wcw?

@philliplandry4139

10 ай бұрын

Eric wouldn't mine but Turner probably would be against it. The difference between Ted Turner and Vince McMahon when it comes to the wrestling business, Vince would tried put his emotions on a side for the sake of the business. Ted wouldn't, because all he did was look at wrestling as his project, nothing more. So for Vince, that's his bread and butter. The reason why Vince hired Eric, he probably thought it be good for business. Look at all the people that burn bridges with him and he still hired them back. If Ted was in Vince's shoe, he wouldn't have done that.

Fantastic interview. Your knowledge and passion for the wrestling industry makes for some awesome interviews with these various luminaries. Say what you want about Bischoff but the man was very talented and helped revolutionize the industry in many ways and I don't think he gets enough credit for that. The one question I'd love to see him get asked is that if WCW might still be around had he pushed Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero, Rey, Booker T, etc. in '98 going forward, working with the established older guys. Who knows what would've happened on the Turner side business wise but Vince made all those guys stars and certainly could've been in WCW. That was some of the lack of foresight that killed that company, imo.

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

…..??

@ronniemurphy8138

10 ай бұрын

@@marcbasil dude had paragraphs to explain his excitement and your clueless . Moral of the story you might be border line mentally challenged.

@JoeyT1

10 ай бұрын

Knowledge? 😂

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

@@unlimitedayoproduction2452 that isn’t true whatsoever. There isn’t a company on the planet that would cancel a tv program if it was doing huge numbers. They cut dubya see dubya because it was a negative entity, it was hemorrhaging money

@marcbasil

10 ай бұрын

@@unlimitedayoproduction2452 …? And? What’s your point? What does that have to do with anything that was said?

Bischoff speaking nothing but facts 💯

Mr bischoff I have all kinds of WCW memorabilia thank you for drawing me into sting Goldberg nwo...I'm a wrestler collector because of WCW /nwo vs wwe attitude area

Heelwani getting the Bischoff rub

Eric speaking facts ❤❤

Holy crap that Vince McMahon impression was awesome!

15:15 Ariel laughing in the background lmfao.

Probably the most underrated wrestling promoter.

I hope when I'm 68 I look as young as EZ E

Cornette please

I wonder if Stephanie ever didn't know something and felt the goosebumps when there is a wrestling surprise revealed, the way the rest of us fans do. Or if she just knew everything in advance.

@chriskay1449

10 ай бұрын

She absolutely did know once she got into WWE management. Hell, she ran creative for a number of years back in the early 2000's.

Does WWE really give a shit about MJF? I know he says how good he is, how he's going to leave AEW and go to WWE. What is he going to do in WWE? He's a chatterbox.

I can’t believe he is almost 70 years old holy shit

The hiding thing is funny because they do it now...for returns and surprises which came from bischoff I love it hahaha

Man, Bischoff is so intelligent

Ariel Helwani covering hoops. I love it! Cheers and congrats on expanding your empire away from the interfering hands of Dana

Erics opinion about Punk and Tony is logical 100%

I agree with Bischoff

That December convo with Vince was most likely doing the draft

Gotta love it

Punk started moving the needle. It wasn't til Punk buried Hogan that Bischoff started hating Punk

Great guest Ariel !

Eric just said my point on their Wembley show! Its nostalgia people, that's why aew did 65k people! They haven't seen wrestling live there for more than 30 years.

Fabrizio Romano please 🙏🙏🙏

*Eric criticizes AEW* AEW Fan: bUt WhAt AbOuT wCw? Hurr!

eric looks great

If you can get the legend EB on here you need to get jim cornette ASAP

Wow Eric 68 looks great

We need Punk on!

One of the best people to meet - Eric is awesome

Please get Paul E Dangerously on Aka the Advocate

Hearing Bischoff talk exposes him so badly. It hurts because I was a WCW guy & still am to this day. But the older I get (43 next month) I realize he really is a fake. He knows nothing about the business at all. Cornette exposes him. A few others also expose him & then he does a great job of exposing himself. If you a prone to love him you can be blind to it like I was but now I know that he didn't get close to Hogan & Nash or become close to them by accident. They are top notch political guys. He can work it but he leaves the other stuff to smarter people. He just never admits it & when he has power he screws it up. His track record even in the past 10 years is very poor. Edit: To clarify he is correct on AEW though. I'm not saying he is ever wrong. But he is wrong about CM Punk. Right on AEW not being able to succeed because they need to turn it over to Punk. He IS a draw & if Eric understood money he would still be in business twice. He mentioned ratings but he refused to mention PPV buy rates. Wembley was going to sell because no one ever goes to the UK. Also most of the tickets are sold to scalpers we don't know how many real tickets there are. Dude is literally spitting lies.

@HaroldCollins-vw1dh

10 ай бұрын

I been a wrestling fan for over 60 years and still enjoy most of it. It doesn’t do Any good to criticize people take the good and forget the rest., I like AEW and tony but he could gain valuable advice by consulting someone like jim Cornette for things he could change. Top heavy with too many under performers. Bookings are a major area of concern, just CD a couple of ideas😎🙏🇺🇸✈️✝️🔯🛸👽🎳🎳

😆😆I got full Tito Ortiz "cheese and wine" vibe from - 04:18 to 04:30

Great interview! Eric is as brutally honest as ever.