“NXT is probably going to deliver more ratings” Eric Bischoff predicts the future of AEW
Eric Bischoff comments on the downfall of AEW
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Eric Bischoff is a WWE Hall of Famer and a former professional wrestling executive, and promoter. He is best known for his time as the president of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he oversaw the company’s rise to become a major competitor to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1990s.
Bischoff’s known for his several controversial comments, and he loves taking shots and sharing his thoughts on the ongoing situations in the industry, but recently he gave some bold predictions regarding the war between AEW’s Dynamite and WWE’s NXT. Both of the brands have been in a rating war in which AEW has been victorious most of the time. But the WWE Hall of Famer has some bold predictions regarding the futures of both companies.
Recently, on the ‘83 weeks with Eric Bischoff‘ podcast, he said –
“At this point, NXT is probably going to deliver more ratings than Dynamite does by mid-summer, if the focus of your product is match quality at the expense of legitimate, well-constructed, disciplined storytelling and character development, then you’re going to appeal to an audience that is never going to grow.“
A few months ago, when AEW was in head-to-head competition with NXT, they beat them when it came to ratings, but now AEW is struggling to hit even 1 million lately. The last time AEW crossed the 1 million mark was on September 21, 2022. However, Tony Khan has stated that with so many talented wrestlers on the roster, he is sure that they will increase the quality of their product.
WWE NXT is a professional wrestling television program that is produced by WWE and broadcast on the USA Network. It features the up-and-coming wrestlers from WWE‘s developmental territory and has given many talented superstars to the main roster, like Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Bayley.
Eric Bischoff’s relation with AEW
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Bischoff bounced back and forth between WWE and AEW programming. In 2020, he moderated a debate between Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy on the August 5 episode of AEW Dynamite, and he returned on the October 28 episode.
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Bischoff also appeared on the March 3 and May 28 episodes in 2021. Meanwhile, he popped up on WWE programming, as he appeared on the December 27 episode of WWE RAW in 2021. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame earlier in the year. Bischoff later appeared on the January 21 episode of SmackDown in 2022. Eric has stated in many interviews that his relationship with AEW is not good anymore, and after the controversial comments he made about AEW, he is not sure if AEW is ever going to invite him again.
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