Eric Bischoff FIRES BACK on Ole Anderson

[@JonasDygd]

I always love how Ole describes Frank Andersson, a former world Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic bronze and world champion, as a guy that "could wrestle a little bit" :)

[@Millwall77]

Frank was a great athlete and could do great wrestling moves but as a worker....he didnt get it. No charisma, he often did weird pauses in the matches where it looked that he didnt know what to do and many times he just looked like he was trying to things he had seen on tv but in reality he couldnt pull it off. In some sense like Steve Mcmichaels (but not as botchy and clumpsy) And about Ole: He has also called Lou Thesz 'quite good' Lou Thesz....'QUITE GOOD'

[@JonasDygd]

@@Millwall77 he definitely had charisma (I'm Swedish so I know of him from plenty of other contexts), but I would say that it didn't come across that well in his wrestling career in WCW. He didn't have charisma in the way a Ric Flair or Roddy Piper had, but he was a guy who would generate a lot of legendary stories because of crazy, funny things he said and did, and that definitely made him an entertaining character.

[@Millwall77]

@@JonasDygd If you put it that way I will rephrase: Frank had charisma, but not in a wrestling ring. But maybe he could have adapt and bloomed later on, sadly we will never know. RIP Frank Andersson

[@JonasDygd]

@@Millwall77 yes, I think a big problem was he didn't really have the passion for it, at least not at this point. He was in it for the money. I remember in an interview back then that he said he would give wrestling three years. Bischoff said he left because of family reasons, but who knows if that was the real reason or just an excuse. He did return to pro wrestling in Stockholm later in his life, but that was with a lot less pressure and way more immediate success and celebration. Don't get me wrong, I like Frank.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Here is what gets me. I have devoted myself to studying the various trends of Territorial Pro Wrestling and Sports Entertainment respectively since 1970. Until Today I had sincerely never ever heard of Frank Andersson! New one on me who is obviously nowhere near any sort of expert after only 52 lousy years.😂🤷‍♂️ And for what it's worth (beside being a great song by Buffalo Springfield😏) not long ago there existed a Sports AND Entertainment Center in Anderson, South Carolina.🤔😂🎤🐴💎🤼‍♂️B.W.

[@fiftytwo_KG]

Erics been having a hell of a heel turn lately lmao

[@CharleyTurner]

I was thinking that myself lol

[@crystalwater505]

Was Eric ever a face in the past 25 years?

[@benjidkds]

He's always been a heel he's just a cool heel that people can get behind.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

Burying Ole Anderson’s NOT a heel move. Never has been.

[@calebjanus2000]

@@trevorhembrough1290 Right. Ole was a heel.

[@crimsonite2044]

Of a lot of shoot interviews and clap-backs I’ve heard, Eric presents the strongest arguments to back up his take on certain contested situations

[@allaroundarbiter4809]

I Concur

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

yes he is clever at bullshitting.

[@hunterwade9030]

@@Canadian_Skeptical So you think Anderson is right?

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

@@hunterwade9030 yes. Eric argues over unimportant details. He is cunning and full of s###/

[@fishhookism]

You could do "Eric Fires Back" episodes for the next ten years.

[@markdejonge937]

but eric wont recall it for the next 10 years lol

[@ICHIBAN-cz8ih]

@@markdejonge937 or he'll change the stories multiple times.

[@rustykuntz94]

I heard Paul Heyman has Something to say to him

[@MrLnikolloj]

I'm sorry but if your incharge of a company and the people under you are always going against the grain and sabotaging you and what you trying to do they have to go. That works for every kind of business

[@Jim-Tuner]

But the other thing is that if you have an employee punch out another employee on the job, you don't ever fire the guy who got punched out. In any normal business you either fire the guy who punched him or you fire both of them.

[@brianlogan4243]

@@Jim-Tuner normally yes! But Blackjack and Ole are from an era where that was how you did business. Remember, Blackjack had just been released from federal prison, so no one was going to hire him anyway. Eric did him a favor giving hima job.

[@Jim-Tuner]

@@brianlogan4243 I agree to an extent. But I was pointing out the contradiction in what Bischoff was saying. He is saying in one breath that Ole has to go because they can't do things like the old days because they to be corporate and they have to be careful of HR problems. But the he does the absolute opposite and fires Ole after Blackjack punches him out which is not corporate behavior and could have led to a large lawsuit against the company. Bischoff in his comments is trying to have it both ways.

[@brianlogan4243]

@@Jim-Tuner I agree with both ways comment. Mulligan was gone soon after.

[@torchkit]

Yeah. You hire a felon who right away assaults a current employee, the felon has to go. I wonder if Ole got a huge payoff not to sue.

[@mayavenuemisfit814]

I hated Bischoff in the 1990s, but he's kind of grown on me since then. Looking back, he's far from the only person to blame for WCW going down the toilet.

[@shahrosebhatti9122]

I agree bro

[@etherealfoxproductions]

Vince Russo was the catalyst to WCW’s demise. WCW wasn’t succeeding because of established talent hoarding the spotlight and they weren’t creating and promoting any new talent with exception to Bill Goldberg and DDP. To give Russo credit, he began Booker T’s push which was long overdue. When you look at the totality of WCW’s failure, there was no organization, too many wrestlers given “creative control,” and not enough new talent being promoted. Greed killed WCW along with the established talent being apathetic to the success of the company. The established talent only cared so long as their bottom line was satisfied.

[@jillliachris]

Ollie passed on Hulk Hogan. 😂nuff said

[@michaeljohnson5237]

And mean mark/taker.

[@edwardclement102]

Ole told Hulk to go to NY.

[@CapnAkira]

But he was right at the time. Hulk's style wouldn't have worked in JCP/GCW/etc. The fans would have booed him out of the building. He could have been huge in Mid-South though.

[@stealthbomber2127]

That's not what he said. He said hulk was to green and not good for his territory, which had a small experienced crew. New guys either worked as jobbers until they learned enough to draw for themselves.

[@JayWhiteMadden]

"The little guy from Tennessee" 😆😆😆

[@JayReaction530]

And Rob says" Lawler "lol

[@drexlspivey5828]

"Ole is such a.... he's so funny to listen to" I liked the way he stopped short of saying "asshole"

[@bigglilwayne7050]

It's only fitting that Jim Herd was the person responsible for hiring Eazy E

[@Zebojr2kool]

Even a broken clock is right at least once a day.

[@drexlspivey5828]

I've just watched 'Barry Windham Shoot Interview With Hannibal Part 2' and Hannibal is talking about legit fights, and he asks Windham "You're Dad was known as one of the toughest guys of all time, did you ever see him get into any action?" and Windham responds "I seen him beat the stink out of Ole at least twice in the ring" So it looks like Blackjack never liked Ole back in the day either

[@fjccommish]

You are dad was known...

[@bigdaddycool28716]

You don't pi*s off Grandpa Wyatt unless you want to be KO

[@josereyes1148]

I thought this would be Bishoffs usual back tracking and weaseling out of things but I actually believe his side.

[@thebristolbruiser]

Then you’re a fool.

[@josereyes1148]

@@thebristolbruiser Ok. Go enjoy your Anime now. lmao.

[@cybernightzero5891]

hopefully, you realize, that Ole was senile and admittedly forgetful but this point in the interview they played. Eric B is a straight-up liar. A good liar, but liar nonetheless.

[@avalond1193]

@@cybernightzero5891 what is Eric lying about be specific

[@cybernightzero5891]

The story he told here.

[@johns1187]

Those guys booking/producing WCW before Bischoff were sending guys like Nash out in capes and calling them OZ. Enough said.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

That was not Ole. Stay on topic.

[@Ghost-Face420]

That was Dusty’s idea bro..

[@maxxdahl6062]

Dusty was booking well into Bischoffs regime.

[@OmegaRedFan]

Average virginal comment

[@ahmadwhitaker5113]

Nash was garbage no matter what costume he wore. Overrated

[@Mewse1203]

"What was Jim Barnett doing?" "Nothing." "What was he doing for the company?" "Nothing!" I would have fired him too...

[@hunterwade9030]

Yeah it's a good reason

[@brimstonefanclub9591]

True story: Brimstone was in talks to work in developmental (he rode to the Power Plant with Chuck Palumbo) and Bischoff told Brimstone that he (Brimstone) would also have to sign a "side deal" for "creative development" to own the Brimstone concept and character (!!) with Bischoff's side production company with Jason Hervey. Brimstone balked at this and left the deal. Why don't people ever talk about the shady side deals in pro wrestling??

[@Jim-Tuner]

There is some talk about this stuff over the years. But the problem is that everyone just knows a tiny piece of what was going on rather than the whole thing. There is alot of talk about corruption on the merchandise side in WCW. That they were setting up business relationships and side-deals that funneled WCW merchandise money through people without them doing anything. There was a wrestler who supposedly had a side-company that was doing posters for WCW. I can totally believe that Eric Bishoff was doing side-deals with wrestlers at the power plant too. But this is the first time I've heard of it. WCW was more corrupt than most companies in that rather than the owner taking advantage of the employees, you had employees essentially stealing from the company and being allowed to do unethical deals you could never get away with anywhere else. And that kind of behavior is one of the important reasons why WCW eventually just went out of business.

[@brimstonefanclub9591]

@@Jim-Tuner Yeah this needs to be investigated and explored more. It's especially shady in Brimstone's case because the guy is a marketing phenomenon, with everything from comic books to video games to hot sauce branded with the Brimstone character! c'mon Bischoff!!!!

[@zlinedavid]

If Ole says the answer is 1 and Bischoff says the answer is 10, the real answer isn’t 1 or 10. It could be 4, it could be -30 or it could be “tangerine Jello”, but it damn sure isn’t 1 or 10.

[@userjim83]

I wish they would just leave that damn receipt alone

[@basedelon]

Eric firing back only 15 years after this Ole interview

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Well we will see what Ole has to say about this! If he's still alive.

[@davidporter7051]

Bischoff addressed this interview years ago around 5 years ago at least.

[@JJMcHurt]

Smart move from Easy E as at least now it’s a 50/50 fight if they lay hands upon one another 😂

[@basedelon]

@@JJMcHurt Eric must be in his 60s and Ole must be near 80. Nothing would happen if they crossed paths again, both too old for that shit.

[@dr.roberts4508]

No ones cares until now to hear Bischoff side.

[@hansjuker8296]

The guy,interviewing Ole is Rob Feinstein...who wrestled as "F-un A-thletic G-uy"....and was caught,on To Catch A Predator trying to,diddle a 12 year old boy! Oops!

[@drunkensailor112]

Any sources to that?

[@hansjuker8296]

@@drunkensailor112 you can Google Rob Feinstein. It will confirm it. Its why he was kicked outta ROH. EDIT: I just did. He was caught on Dateline not TCAP.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@hansjuker8296 he wanted to hang out with a 14 year old boy it says

[@WhatAboutall]

As if people don't celebrate predators, people seem to love Pat Patterson and Netflix just fine

[@txmetalhead82xk]

He really sucked at his job, lol, in my opinion. He always would make snide remarks and act like he fit in. He clearly did not 😆

[@denniscatanese4846]

Did Eric misunderstand when Ole said that he wrote a letter to Turner? Did Ole mean the Turner company in general, as opposed to Ted Turner himself?

[@mitchpictish2250]

Nobody likes the boss. Especially when they get fired. I believe Bischoff on this 100%.

[@alberthenley2062]

Mitch Pictish, I believe Bischoff and Ole because Ole was one helluva creative booker He created the Road Warriors and Macho Man Randy Savage.

[@binaryian3673]

Well Eric has been fired by Vince so karma

[@VAHOSS]

@@binaryian3673 that's right, and instead of crying like a bitch about like Ole did, Eric has always been fairly respectful to Vince

[@teamdream9748]

@@VAHOSS agreed brother!

[@nostalgiaman6816]

“Eric Bischoff! Eric Bischoff is here! You damn right he is! Go get’em baby!.... Yeah but whose side is he on?

[@FloydCamel1990]

Heenan almost ruined the surprise of Hogan joining the NWO

[@nostalgiaman6816]

@@FloydCamel1990 People always defend Bobby because he was always supposed to hate Hogan. If that’s the case Bobby would have said: “O no! Not Hulk!” But by him saying that.. It basically gave it away. He did make references jokingly throughout the PPV: “I know you’re mad at me Dusty.. but I’m not the 3rd guy.”

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

@@FloydCamel1990 Yes he did, and im glad to see you say this. Ive been saying this from day 1 to blank stares.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

@@nostalgiaman6816 I dont know if there was real heat between Hogan and Heenan. I always thought the hear was kayfabe cuz Hogan was a goodie too-shoes. I was truly disappointed when Heenan didnt join the nWo as a manager or mouthpiece.

[@donjohnson1498]

Ole is, admittedly, a tad crusty, but he made a huge impact on the history of wrestling.

[@shaynewest8757]

How? He was a territory carnie.

[@jonathanfenton5496]

Oh Shane, you don't have a clue what you're talking about do you? @@shaynewest8757

[@JasonPearson]

Ole might be confusing Vince Russo and Eric on the letter thing.

[@fjccommish]

Eric succeeded because he executed genius ideas. He was very good at that time. Brilliant.

[@greggreg385]

Sooooo, Eric fired all the promoters that had gone out of business and lost out to wwe...........and the problem was........what exactly? I mean one by one each territory had gone belly up and the former booker's had banded together and were involved in the same production that has failed prior.

[@fjccommish]

WCW was the last one to fail. What's your point?

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

Good old Grandpa Fiend...Blackjack Mulligan! 💥👊💥

[@philgarza6158]

Eric you did the best you could given the circumstances at any given moment with what you had to work with. God bless you sir for everything you've done for professional wrestling. I hope you manage you get back into the business and make it awesome again.

[@mtbd215]

Bischoff is still the man!

[@ccmyharley]

PUTTS

[@roccoz2231]

Bischoff over-emphasizes Ole's problematic behavior from a corporate perspective --- yelling, cussing people out, punching walls -- but seemingly has no problem with Ole being physically assaulted by another employee.

[@wwmoggy]

pot brownies and that background what a trip

[@Eric-ew8jt]

😂

[@lawrencestimpson6669]

I would believe Ole over Eric but would not associate with either.

[@Jim-Tuner]

Eric's story isn't exactly helpful to Eric. Eric's story is that an ex-convict employee of WCW who had spent 24 months in federal prison punched out Ole Anderson in the worldplace and Eric fired Ole Anderson. That is actually worse than the story Ole tells.

[@lawrencestimpson6669]

@@Jim-Tuner well counterfeiting isn’t that big of a deal

[@mcmaniac1000]

"Ole was mad cuz they were making so much money"- That PLUS the company wasnt profitable (like GCW) and the stars werent selling. This was 92-93 when wrestling was slowing down for a sec in the transition from Hulkamania/etc. Ole came from a time whem you DIDNT PAY PPL for doing nothing. If Easy E knew this, he wouldn't have paid Lanny Poffo 300,000 to NOT appear on any events. Lmmfao He still doesn't get it.

[@TerryMcQ79]

Those who can do. Those who can not teach. And those who can't do either become referees

[@datacipher]

Lol. Ole: “What was Jim Barnett trying to do? Nothing!” Interviewer: “what did Jim Barnett do at the company?” Ole: “nothing! Nothing!!”

[@furnitureconsortium]

Ole wasn't far off the mark.....Barnett was there simply based on his name and history in the business, he had virtually no input on the WCW product at that time. Barnett was trying to fight off retirement and stay in the business. Barnett definitely had his time in the business and his importance in the business can never be overstated, he was a powerful figure. But in the early 1990's, Barnett was a holdover from previous WCW Presidents and bosses who kept him on the payroll as a reward and respect for his long history of drawing money in Atlanta and other territories including Australia.

[@datacipher]

@@furnitureconsortiumobviously - that’s what Eric says. The point is, one second Ole claims with exasperation that Eric fired Jim for no reason, and the next second freely admits Jim didn’t actually do anything! 😂

[@furnitureconsortium]

@@datacipher yeah, that IS pretty hilarious 😆 Something to think about though, that Ole interview was from the early 2000’s. By that point, Ole’s memory had started to go, the very beginnings of what he has now, dementia 😞 Another aspect of Ole’s declining health is the fact that he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in the late 1990’s. Ole’s been confined to a wheelchair for the past decade which is part of the reason that he doesn’t do conventions or interviews all that much these days. Sure, Ole was a prick and the business passed him by like a lot of other old-school promoters and bookers, but he didn’t deserve to go out like this 😐 I give him credit though, you don’t see him bemoaning about his situation, he just does what he does and lives his life. He’s a salty bastard, but his views on booking and believability in the business are sorely needed now more than ever.

[@datacipher]

@@furnitureconsortium yes I would certainly agree with all of that.

[@Rob78169]

And he was fired? Strange 🤣

[@fjccommish]

Eric: There was no room for swearing. Eric: "Where am I going to put this fucker?"

[@rosspearman2808]

Ole knows wrestling, Eric knows brooms

[@fmbbeachbum8163]

Eric changed wrestling. If not for him, Hogan doesn't turn heel, the NWO doesn't exist, Vince doesn't go R - rated wrestling to survive.

[@Nostalgicguy2242]

@@fmbbeachbum8163 yeah, Eric knows wrestling so well that he just WASTED the greatest pure wrestler in the last decade of the past century, Bret Hart

[@jonathankarnes168]

Wcw was a sinking ship.. forget about Bret hart it was over by then.. Jericho Beniot Eddie 3 wwe champions. Wcw was in it for the ratings But I’m sorry nobody has ever or will ever beat Vince head to head without easy e there is no pop culture boom

[@chocolateface4885]

Hilarious

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@Nostalgicguy2242 yeah because doing something wrong means that you were wrong about everything right? Use your head

[@timmutohfan]

Ole made a ton of money in pro wrestling, Ole didn't hate that wrestlers made a lot of money, Ole hated that the wrestlers were paid more than their worth to the promotion. Tom Zenk making high 6-figures is just one example.

[@zemm9003]

How would he be able to determine that? Like Bischof correctly pointed out Ole was never a top guy? Guys like Hogan could probably judge other wrestlers pay because he knew how much he was getting paid but mid carders cannot really judge what others get paid because they lack a proper reference.

[@timmutohfan]

@@zemm9003 ole booked for crockett and georgia, for a combined 13 years or so

[@necrodiddler]

Ole was great back in the 70s no doubt. but his reputation for being the worst booker and backstage attitude and has grown to be a jealous crybaby since the 90s

[@pacojerte2085]

BINGOOOO

[@stevedevice1866]

worst booker? LOL

[@Jim-Tuner]

Ole basically retired when Georgia Wrestling was shut down. He had enough money where he didn't need to work. He kept coming back to WCW because they kept offering him ridicious amounts of money to do very little work.

[@yehudafinkelstein7504]

Ole's booking from Georgia still holds up. He's one of the GOATs while Bischoff had the fortune of getting a blank check from Turner.

[@ibzanarroyo704]

Why wasn’t Eric on KZbin live last night? I was eagerly waiting!

[@jbougger]

Shit, each and every one of us would have went down from one punch form Blackjack Mulligan too.

[@ezstreete]

To bad Blackjack didn't get to punch Bischoff too Ha!!!😂

[@perrylx]

How many times do you think Ole told people to go kcuf themselves while in corporate?

[@markwarburtontkd]

The Memphis impression 🤣

[@davidmeichner8346]

"They each had the same idea...We ought to go back, er, I remember back when we were runnin' Memphis"

[@1Leggo9my9Eggo2]

😂😂😂 it’s true though, a lot of those guys didn’t evolve with the times and never have. Problem is, neither did the guys running shit now

[@phantom8926]

@@1Leggo9my9Eggo2 probably because the fans absolutely suck the fun out of it with their indecisive attitudes.

[@HarryOsborneAS31]

@@phantom8926 Imagine, thinking millions of people who watch 1 product have the exact same opinion on everything

[@phantom8926]

@@HarryOsborneAS31 if they can all have the same opinion politically imagine thinking it can't be the same anywhere else.

[@HarryOsborneAS31]

@@phantom8926 Nah that's BS. People are complex and have varying degrees of opinions ,even on things they agree with. Just because you watch a TV show, doesn't mean you're universally going to agree on something, that's just an absurd and antiquated way of thinking. Even politically speaking, not everyone agrees to the exact same degree on every single issue, to suggest otherwise would be ignorance

[@billshamrock449]

"He fired the man for no reason"!...... "What was his job"?...... "NOTHING" 😂😂😂😂

[@victorysaber1608]

So they talked a buncha crap, hated their jobs, weren't happy. N got fired? Par for the course.

[@realnick3099]

Did u hear discord message sfx at like 6:42ish?

[@freedom2084]

Demote a guy for punching a wall. Punching a fellow employee knocking them out. Ok

[@toddporter9211]

Suckered punch to boot, let's see if Eric can take a punch from black jack with out going down

[@JayCity10]

A reckless move, more often than not, is justified by another.

[@Murphdogg4]

Ole was a great wrestler

[@al5306]

lol

[@ferox965]

In his time, absolutely.

[@adamturner749]

Well Eric I can assure you weren't notified by a text message as Jim Herd left WCW in 1992 😂

[@robertsole9970]

Pager, remember those things?

[@adamturner749]

@@robertsole9970 I do I had 1 I should have remembered that lol

[@PaulDoe79]

Im team Ole. I always respect old school territory owners and showrunners who actually wrestled over the corporate guys who never did

[@louio]

Some basic old school methods will always work but you can't think it's 1979 in Memphis or 80s NWA

[@PaulDoe79]

@louio I loved how in his book where he explained how he got Tommy Rich over. He was a hit with the fans so they built a story around him as the underdog who never gave up. Went up against Abdullah the Butcher (I think) and was beaten in a squash match. Came back and fought him again and put up a good fight but still lost. Finally came back for the third fight and defeated him. Ole was big on telling stories. They didn't have to take years (see WWE and Bloodline) because fans would become exasperated. It took maybe a month and was successful.

[@louio]

@@PaulDoe79 Bloodline segments drew ratings.....

[@midnyte_tv]

I think we all wish we had a friend like Blackjack Mulligan.

[@adamparsons9302]

"Ole is mad he didn't make the money guys were making now" Eric Bischoff overpaying talent is one of the biggest reasons they went out of business. You had curtain jerkers making 6 figures when Vince was doing better ratings and not paying anywhere near that for the same talent. When AOL saw the payroll versus what money was actually made, it didn't make any sense to keep it open. As for BJ knocking out Ole, this is the only person I have ever heard claim he knocked Ole out. Ole's claim in BJ hit him to try and get Ole to swing on him so Bischoff could fire him, which sounds way more reasonable. All in all do I think Bischoff had a good mind for wrestling? Decent, one great idea. Do I think he had a great mind for how to run a business, absolutely. Business savvy, not so much wrestling savvy. However, that's why he had more success at WCW than anyone else. Ole, Watts, Dusty were wrestling people, not business people, and there's a big difference between the wrestling business and actual business

[@sabot4ge]

Ole was mad at the wrestlers in the 1980s too for making more money than he did. Specifically Jim Cornette's salary as a manger, which was 6 figures back then. He figured that he put blood sweat and tears into the business, and only managed to make $50k per year at the most. Then when he became middle-aged in the 80s, guys like Cornette came in making $100k after only a few years in the business. He had that attitude before guaranteed contracts and Eric Bischoff. Plus, Bischoff didn't have any control over what the talent was payed. He could make recommendations, but he had to work within his budget. Turner had a huge finance department that watched his every move; He never went over-budget, and payed talent from the budget that he had for that year. Macho Man wasn't payed a dime for example by Bischoff..Slim Jim payed him off for years due to the sponsorship. The problem was the main event guys who came from WWF like Nash, Hall, and Hogan..they had non-compete clauses which meant if a new talent came in making more than them, they had to get the same too. Those guys milked WCW, that small group. Guys like Jericho getting $175k per year didn't hurt; guys like Hogan getting percentages of payperviews and millions and millions did. They could have used a portion of Hogan's pay for new talent.

[@cybernightzero5891]

Everyone knows that Eric (Even though Jim Herd started it) was paying people all kinds of money for doing little to nothing. Guys were getting paid guaranteed contracts and not wrestling dates. WCW failed because of him, and I dare say the wrestling business in general went downhill because of him. IN retrospect, It took a while, but Ole was right.

[@gigglemaniarunninwild2207]

Jim barnett coulda wrote some storylines, something wcw desperately needed

[@thommytsunami]

No he couldn't. Barnett wasn't a booker, he was an old school promoter. And once that time had passed all he could do is cash in on his rep to be a yes man for guys like Herd.

[@Forgemno]

Eric sounds believable.

[@jeffreylasky2737]

Eric Bischoff is a corporate business guy, not a bad thing, but that’s who he is. That by itself was the issue between him & guys like Ole, Gagne, and others that were the old schools wrestling business.

[@lustthomas6033]

I thought he was more of a TV guy like the buck tooth guy in the WWE.... My bad.

[@chadfoster6787]

Life has given me the same attitude as Ole. Everyone is the drizzling shits! To hell with everybody!

[@dcrawford9258]

When it comes to tough questions he “can’t recall” anything lol but when it comes to these tweets he can remember minute by minute and provide receipts of everything !

[@jb0609]

That is because , Bischoff is a con artist.

[@martifrey3357]

lol exactly

[@Shaggzila]

I call bullshit on Bischoffs recount of ole! Jim Cornette has talked about the situation between Eric and Ole and how Eric fired Oles son Bryant and Cornette gave Oles son a job. Jim mentioned that he was with Ole and his son Bryant filming a promo outside the power plant when Eric showed up 30 minutes after Ole told Jim that the stooges at the power plant were probably calling Eric. When Eric showed up he pulled Ole aside and told him he wasn’t using his best judgement and Ole said he was only helping his son who you(Eric) fired. Eric left and the next day Eric fired Ole. Not only that but Bischoff says Ole was probably bitter towards the young talent who were making far more money that he ever did yet Jim Cornette said Ole was making half a million in the late 70s And Ole was making even more when he teamed up with the other guys to form Championship Wrestling from Georgia to go against Vince. Cornette mentioned Ole was done with wrestling and only came back for bigger money that he wasn’t getting as much as Sting, Luger or the Road Warriors but he was making far more than the rest in the late 80s and by the 90s as booker a lot more. Jim mentioned by the time Ole took on the job as head booker that Wcw was so far in the shits from guys like Herd that Ole felt if they were going to pay someone big ass money to do the show why not him. He knew the show no matter what, wasn’t going to go anywhere no matter who ran it so why not take the money.

[@foleynj86]

Those stories from Cornette brought me here.

[@chrisbills7076]

Oh no!!! Eric turned heel again...

[@brandonvandine1695]

The guy sounds like he can't remember names or details big red flag. I believe Eric here.

[@davidescanio2929]

As much as I hate Eric I love the way he puts Olie in his place😁

[@BGstPete]

Best wrestling podcast and its not even close.

[@deadpilled2942]

Anybody would've fired these goobers. I'd have fired Ole before I got to my office

[@WaitingtoHit]

Eric made the wrong move in firing Ole. He should have kept him around and forced him to adopt a bullfighter gimmick, the crown jewel of which would have been everyone calling him Olé instead of Ole.

[@pheo1418]

This deserves all the likes 😂

[@zlinedavid]

This comment is more creative than a years worth of WWE storylines

[@gregorykrug8034]

How old is that Ole interview?

[@Millwall77]

All I know is that Ole was born grumpy and middle aged.

[@GutsofEclipse]

I think that something that needs to be analyzed in modern society is what it really means to be "professional". What does that word mean? It's somebody who does his best to maximize his effectiveness in his profession, thus the term. Is being feminized (no cussing, no direct hostile confrontation; every inevitable conflict has to be passive-aggressive) really what it means to be a professional? In almost all cases, I'd say "no". In executive positions, I'd say "definitely not". We're falling apart in large part because """"professionals"""" aren't very honest and objective-oriented at all. They're concerned with political correctness, and they won't speak respectfully with subordinates, bosses, peers, and partners.

[@brianr797]

Black Jack Saggymaster was a legend

[@tonyk501]

BlackJack Mulligan probably had a fist that would have probably felt more like a sledgehammer if hit by it. Anderson probably didn't feel normal again for a long while after that reported incident at the Power Plant.

[@lukasskywalker6514]

I need to know the name of the person that Eric wouldn’t name I don’t know why he couldn’t say it, that’s why I’m intrigued.

[@jackmcgregor4025]

Double A

[@lukasskywalker6514]

@@jackmcgregor4025 is that really it? I wonder why it had to be so hush hush?

[@michaelistheman1533]

I can believe ole freaking out at the CNN center and punching a hole in wall.. . Priceless LMAO!!

[@al5306]

Yeah it's cool to act like an angry child.

[@Bill-tz3wg]

Eric, you're a consummate professional and class act who once was immersed in a sea of backstabbing carney loons. If I were to have a Mt. Rushmore of class acts in professional wrestling it would be Eric, Gordon Solie, Sting and Bruno Sammartino.

[@guywilliams6569]

If you "aren't doing nothing" on the roster, then you SHOULD be fired!

[@gigglemaniarunninwild2207]

Ole is so entertaining

[@msm1876]

Unintentionally entertaining, but nonetheless!

[@lustthomas6033]

Conrad you are the man,you have the best wrestling podcast on KZbin, you're the most famous son in law in wrestling even more so than HHH because you actually like you father in law and you are just a super cool guy let's have a beer....on you of course because you are really rich from what I hear😄

[@paulberry5750]

I enjoyed Ole's work one Hell of a lot more than Eric's... Eric just didn't think long term...

[@roy12525]

Like how to fix the wall after you've punched a hole through it

[@paulberry5750]

@@roy12525 Ole will be remembered as great performer & booker during wrestling's golden age. Eric? A faster talker who had one enormous idea & could never follow up.

[@dil09ful]

And also a racist as well

[@xxxjoker607]

Black jack was a stooge

[@TakeAShotforGod]

Wasn't olie the one that told undertaker that no one would pay money to see him wrestle

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Wtf is Eric talking about? Ole is considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers ever.

[@shiekbloco]

"I went to the restaurant and waited on a call or a text..." Wasn't this in the early 90's?

[@takerdust]

probably meant his pager.

[@lockardthegoat5157]

So cursing is prohibited it it's OK to assault somebody and knock them unconscious. OK, Bischoff

[@adriancano5403]

I love Bischoff

[@cjjonez]

Sounds like two different situations

[@Ratmann8436]

I get the impression that Ole was very unlikable.

[@victorysaber1608]

I've spent maybe 3 or 400 hours listening to stevie ray, Russo, bischoff, jr, brother love, and I dont believe biachoff would make any move unless he was sure. Because Ted Turner was walking on eggshells, and so was Eric. They weren't wanted. Wcw. And listening to him, they didnt have job titles, and if u hear bischoff, soon as he was hired to run it. He cut all house shows. And imagine that much staff was involved in that.

[@marcleon1513]

OLE Anderson is his worst enemy. I normally don’t say this but I believe Eric on this one. He has a bad reputation and sooner or later someone will do something about it. You can’t continue to be the same especially when wrestling goes corporate.

[@bossmann6358]

Ole has forgotten more about pro wrestling than Bischoff ever knew

[@HarleyQuinnSoldier]

Bischoff has admittedly always known more about the tv aspect of the business

[@dudewhydidyousaythat2072]

Rob Feinstein is either completely scared of Ole or one of the worst interviewers of all time.

[@jonjones6764]

Yes

[@JayCity10]

He probably was turned on by his son, and wished he was younger.

[@phillipconner1213]

Frank Andersson was the real deal like Aleksander Karelin

[@BlueyedBadguy]

"... Back in memphis" 😂

[@melbias5046]

hes only on tv because a announcer for awa was busted for dwi and they needed someone and he was standing around and they put him in to do the interviews.

[@StarlightEater]

Wonder if old easy e realizes how rich ole is 😂

[@Wildfan-sg3fh]

How rich is he?

[@StarlightEater]

At least 40 million

[@jeremyjohnson8243]

Sounded like Barnett needed to be fired according to Ole lol and Ole is and was a price Ida fired him too.

[@OmegaRedFan]

Eric is very smart

[@phillipstankey8881]

Jim Barnett was doing nothing...why did he fire him?

[@VegetabIeMan]

Because he was doing nothing. Or according to Cornette, a yes man even though Barnett was a trailblazer in terms of his influence in booking.

[@josephmiller9424]

Vince kept paying Jerry Jarret after he was gone why for what he did before in the business for vince.

[@danielwebster5748]

That must be a lot of former wrestlers on this site what they don't understand is even Roman Reigns would be nobody without the fans the only true experts

[@ccmyharley]

Ole Anderson was a multimillionaire Eric, the b.s you're saying makes only you believe it . Blackjack, them who knows him knows he'll kiss the ass of anyone who shits in his plate! Eric explain why the company bellied up ? Explain why the lockerroom was sooooo hostile?????