On a recent edition of his “83 Weeks” podcast, Eric Bischoff discussed the lack of focus on tag team wrestling, Ric Flair staying relevant through the decades, and other topics.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On a lack of focus on tag team wrestling: “Tag team wrestling is still — it’s there, but it’s just not much of a focus in any company. And if there is a focus on tag team wrestling, it tends to be very temporary. Particularly with the tendency to just rely on or attempt to create interest with factions. You know, factions have kind of taken over the airspace, or the airtime I should say, that tag team wrestling used to take. So you know, other than FTR, is there anybody out there that’s a tag team consistently for any length of time? If there are, it’s gotten by me, but I can’t think of one to be honest.”
On Ric Flair staying relevant: “You know, the odds are pretty good that on any given Sunday, one of those NFL players going to be doing the Ric Flair strut. And to have that kind of generational impact across so many aspects of entertainment, like you said. You know, music whether it be hip hop or otherwise, sports, commercial endeavors. It’s — I mean, how old is Ric now, 75? He’s 75 years old. He’s more over now than he was when he was 45, when he was active and working probably 250, 300 days a year. And on national television in prime time in both WWE and WCW. And he’s moreo ver now, particularly in the area that you know we’re discussing here, of pop culture. There are commercial manufacturers, distributors, whatever that need attention. They’re trying to get somebody to do it. ‘Hey, what is that product?’ And where do they go? Ric Flair. It’s just awesome.”
