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: Going back to TNA for a minute, you talked about the key to Nitro's success in WCW being you drew a line down the middle of a piece of paper and said this is WWE, how can I be different. TNA has taken an approach that really, I think in most ways, is trying to be like WWE but not as good. I think there's a greater differentiation now than ever because you turn on Impact and there's tons of blood and violence and WWE is PG. But for most of the last five, six years, they just look like that's where WWE guys go to collect their pension and it's a smaller wanna be. I think that's one of the things that's held them back. Do you think in the 2000s, because of the success they've had, there was some merit in that. Or do you think they could be much bigger had they really focused on their own vision early on and stuck with it?

Eric Bischoff: You know, I don't know, to be honest with you. It's so hard for me to comment on them because I don't know internally what's going on. I don't know what they're goals are. I don't know. They might be right where they want to be. I mean, they may not want to be anything bigger. Or they may plan on being bigger and have a plan. I don't know. The fact that they're still here is half the battle. Again, I go back to what I've read on your site and others, they have a new three–year deal on Spike. They've got some runway ahead of them to work with. They've got a commitment in place. As long as there's a commitment in place, both on their end and with their television partner's end, then depending on what their goals are, who knows what can happen? Nothing may happen or, like I said, I don't know.

Keller: Have you ever been in recent years contacted or been in communication with them that would have involved you coming in to replace Jeff Jarrett or work with Dixie Carter or anything else? Is that a call you would entertain?

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