On September 14 and October 1, 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 latest installment of part eight of the exclusive five-hour "Torch Talk" with former WCW President Eric Bischoff from October 1 - before Bischoff joined TNA and was just starting negotiations with TNA at the time. 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 latest 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: Do you take satisfaction that Impact is based out of Universal Studios and that was with the whole Disney thing your concept? You had a limited budget and you wanted to look sleek, so you went to a place like that and set up shop.

Eric Bischoff: I don't take any personal satisfaction. It's not one of my bigger accomplishments. But in a way it is kind of funny because everyone busted my balls. They were like, Disney MGM Studios! Oh, that sucks. Oh, those aren't real wrestling fans! Oh my God, it's going to be the end of a wrestling world! The apocalypse of wrestling and all of that crazy shit. And, you know, it served its purpose, it worked pretty well. The certainly wasn't the panacea, it wasn't the ultimate solution, but for what we needed at that time and the goals we had to achieve at that moment, it certainly met those goals and exceeded them. The fact that it's still happening today is, I think, great.

Keller: I think it was an imperfect solution. I think you'd even agree with that. But I think you made a good case in your book because when I think about WCW Worldwide and WCW Pro and the look of those shows beforehand, it was like the AWA in Rochester minus the energy. When you went to Disney, it was very imperfect. It was antiseptic. You couldn't run angles [because it was pre–taped so far ahead]. There were guys with belts who had since on a whim lost them. There were negatives. But you made a case in your book that at least made it seem rationale why you did it at the time even if there were some short–term drawbacks in terms of promoting house shows or making it a must–see show. But the move was clearly toward cable, anyway.

Bischoff: And beyond that, the real motivating factor there was I needed to co–brand. I needed the Mickey Mouse ears. I needed to marry the WCW brand to the Disney brand in order to .....

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