WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW President Eric Bischoff recently appeared on an episode of his podcast, “83 Weeks.” During this episode, he covered a variety of topics, including clarifying his previous statement about having no interest in returning to the wrestling business.
Bischoff said, “I have said I have no interest in getting back into wrestling, but in the context of those answers… I’m referring to sports entertainment. This is going to get really confusing, because WWE isn’t really professional wrestling, it’s professional sports entertainment. What we’re doing [RAF] really is professional wrestling, but we can’t call ourselves professional wrestling, because it’ll confuse us with sports entertainment. But this is a different business. This is a different goal.”
On having no desire to return to companies like WWE or AEW:
“And while I would not want to go back in work in sports entertainment for any company, for any reason, realistically for any amount of money. Because number one, I’ve been there, I’ve done that. I’m not passionate about that. I’m not passionate about doing something I’ve already done.”
On his motivation for RAF:
“I am passionate about doing something nobody else has ever done. So they’re two different things… So yes, I said I never wanted to get back into wrestling again. I was referring to the sports entertainment version of it.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
