Eric Bischoff didn’t like Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega: “It was like watching a Nasty Boys match”

For me personally, subjectively, based on what I enjoy out of professional wrestling, it was like watching a Nasty Boys match. It was a hardcore, slow-paced match. And yes, it was bloody and there were great spots, but that’s my one overriding critique throughout most of the matches.

The entrances were, by and large, ranging from really, really good to okay. The majority of them fell in the really, really good category, but the matches were—they were okay, but there was nothing special. There was a lot of garbage in there. There was a lot of stuff that you could see through. Timing was off in a number of matches, and a number of them just looked sloppy.

So, yeah, I know everybody’s into, ‘Where the best wrestle and the wrestling is so good and Dave Meltzer is going to give it so many stars.’ That’s great for the audience that really likes the AEW style.

I mean, that’s what most of this was tonight. It was just, if it’s a 12-minute match, it’s, ‘You get six minutes of high spots and I get six minutes of high spots. We’re just going to take turns.’ That’s the match. And then you get your holy sh*ts, and you get all your ‘This is awesomes’, and the crowd reacts because that’s what they’re there for.

They’re there for the high spots, and they’re getting what they paid for, which is a good thing. I’m not being critical of it. It’s a great thing. They put 50,000 asses in seats. It’s a great thing.

But for me personally, the matches were just okay.”