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TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "I would have rather painted houses and dug ditches than go to work for Jerry Jarrett (in TNA)"

Jan 14, 2010 - 12:00:40 PM
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On Monday, September 14, PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed former WCW President Eric Bischoff an exclusive multi-hour "Torch Talk" interview covering a variety of controversial subjects from the Monday Night War period, his days on WWE TV, his 2006 autobiography, and the "Rise & Fall of WCW" DVD.

The following is the first installment of part eight of the exclusive five-hour "Torch Talk" with former WCW President Eric Bischoff. Part 8 of our daily Q&As will be published here at PWTorch.com, which is unprecedented with our VIP-exclusive "Torch Talk" series.

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We present today's first question and answer from Part 8. Tune in tomorrow for the next series of Q&A's from the Eric Bischoff Torch Talk.


Wade Keller: Has TNA had more or less success than you would you have predicted when you first heard that Jerry Jarrett was starting up this weekly pay–per–view concept?

Eric Bischoff: I have zero respect for Jerry Jarrett. I think he’s a con man. He hasn’t been relevant in the wrestling business for so long, I cannot really remember. Jerry Jarrett actually called me early on when he was considering this and asked me if I wanted to be part of it. I politely, but quickly, said thank you but no thank you because I knew it was a failed concept from the very beginning. Jerry Jarrett wouldn’t have lasted... well, didn’t. It wasn’t until, I guess, Panda Energy came along. I don’t really know the history, quite honestly, that well. I knew the concept was a failed concept and it proved itself to be a failed concept early on.

Keller: I’ll say in fairness to Jerry that he believes Jay Hassman lied to him about what the revenue would be in those early weeks and months, so he overspent based on anticipating that revenue...

Bischoff: ...In other words, this guy who’s supposed to be a wrestling executive and a really smart guy and holds himself out there to be one of the smartest guys in the history of professional wrestling let some potato head like Jay Hassman convince him of something that he should have known himself. That right there, I think, is a perfect frame for what Jerry Jarrett really is. He’s an idiot. In terms of the wrestling business—maybe he’s a genius in the construction business—but this is a guy that ran a small time territory back when regional territories were relevant who didn’t have any concept at all of a national television platform. He had no understanding at all of what pay–per–view was like. Otherwise he would have never hired or listened to Jay Hassman. He, he... (laughs)... he is what he is. He should have been promoting small regional wrestling events in Memphis and stayed out of businesses he really didn’t understand. Which is I would have rather painted houses and dug ditches than go to work for Jerry Jarrett.

MORE TO COME TOMORROW WITH ERIC BISCHOFF TALKING MORE TNA SUBJECTS

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