Eric Bischoff on TNA: “To suggest that either Hulk Hogan or I had the ability to kill that company is hilarious”
While speaking on his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff clarified his and Hulk Hogan’s roles in TNA Wrestling from 2010 to 2013 following the airing of the promotion’s Dark Side of the Ring episodes. Here was what Bischoff had to say…
“Let me make one thing really clear. I had zero, zero operational control of TNA. I couldn’t hire anybody. I couldn’t fire anybody. I couldn’t give anybody a raise. I couldn’t fine anybody. Nor did I freaking want to.”
“I wanted nothing to do with the operation of TNA. So much so that I made it clear in my agreement that I’m not going to be involved in anything other than the creative I had agreed to do and oversee.
And Dixie was fine with that because she didn’t want me involved either. Trust me, neither did Dean Broadhead. Neither did anybody. They wanted to run TNA the way they wanted to run TNA, and I was more than happy to let them have that.
So when we talk about the decisions Eric made—or, in this case, which is really chicken sh*t, by the way—to all of a sudden be putting heat on Hulk Hogan when he’s not here to defend himself… come on, guys.
But to suggest that either Hulk or I had the ability to kill that company is hilarious. I’d like to know the basis for that. Not enough to torture myself to read Vince Russo’s bullsh*t because I’ve heard it all before. It’s all been out there before. It’s just regurgitating it, taking another dump on it, polishing it up so it feels like a different pile of sh*t, and putting it out there for the people that love eating it. That’s what this is.
And there’s a limit to what I can engage in. I’m just not going to roll around in the mud with this sh*t. It’s not important enough to me to do that.”