Eric Bischoff On The Pain Clinic 10/25/08 Recap Submitted by Errol Leigh Farrell on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 3:16 PM EST
Eric Bischoff On The Pain Clinic 10/25/08 Recap
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Eric Bischoff joins the show and we give him praise on his reality shows with Scott Baio. Which leads us into asking why Scott isn't involved in his new show. He talks about possible using someone from that show for the 2nd Season of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
We mention that the debut show was repeated on last night on VH1 so we were curious to how Viacom and CMT feels about the show after seeing the ratings. Eric mentions that the debut show was on some 50+ times in the past week ondifferent channels at different times.
Eric talks about the screening of the contestants as part of his job as executive producer. He explains the challenges of casting the show. Eric was happy with the balance of the cast. Eric talks about Danny Bonaduce for a bit.
Eric compares screening the talent for this show versus bringing in wrestlers when he was in charge of WCW. Eric talks about who from this new show could have made it in the business if they so choose.
Eric talks about the goals of the show and one of them is not to create competition for the WWE to TNA. It's a reality show with a wrestling background. Eric puts over Todd Bridges on the show saying he came in without much motivation and as the show went on he really took off.
After a call from Dave, Eric talks about his favorite moment while in charge of WCW. When Hogan heeled out at Bash At The Beach was definitely it. The impact of this really made WCW a player in the business. It forced the entire business to change.
We ask Eric about his interest in MMA. He follows it and enjoys it and loves watching it evolve. Eric talks about breaking his arm in an arm wrestling match.
We ask Eric about the possibilities of a Ric Flair reality show. We let Eric go after this.
