Eric Bischoff on Roman Reigns: “I’m bored with him, I don’t see a character evolving”
During Eric Bischoff’s 83 Weeks podcast, co-host Conrad Thompson said Roman Reigns “is probably the most overrated main eventer in WWE history.” In a follow-up podcast, Bischoff gave his thoughts on Reigns in 2026…
“I respect the hell out of Roman. It has nothing to do with respect. I look up to him in a lot of ways, you know, as a human being. Look what he’s overcome. Look at his priorities. I don’t know Roman. I’ve maybe said four words to Roman in my life. So I don’t know him, but I know of him and I know what a priority his family is. I know what he’s gone through.
How many of us have faced the types of things and fear that Roman has and then not only overcome it but reached the level of success that he has? So my opinion of his performances as of this moment have nothing to do with the respect I have for the man, even though I don’t really know him personally. I don’t have to.
But as you know, and obviously I saw the controversy kind of bubbling up over the week, and it reminded me a lot of Hulk [Hogan]. I’m kind of taking a shot at my own take, so to speak, but it doesn’t change the way I feel.
I’m bored with him. I don’t see anything new from him. I don’t see a character evolving. When you look at a character, any character that is playing a role over an extended period of time, or even if it’s in a 90-minute movie, part of what makes watching a story and a character really compelling and interesting is the evolution of that character.
We’re not seeing any evolution. We’re seeing maintenance, and it’s good. It’s definitely working from a financial perspective, so there’s nothing wrong with it.
There’s just nothing compelling about it. And there’s no evolution to the character. And until there’s something unique, something different, something that is an evolution of an already powerful character, I’ve seen that movie…
So until and unless there’s an evolution in his character, in the way he’s being presented, and the stakes or the opportunity, I’m just not interested anymore because I’ve seen it all. There’s just nothing different.
Just like a Ric Flair match, Ric Flair wrestled the same match over and over again. Didn’t care. It didn’t matter who his opponent was. He basically had the same match.”