Eric Bischoff Shoots On WWE's Promo Style
"Silly announcers" don't cut it for Bischoff...
Eric Bischoff thinks WWE should try adopting a "confessional" style for interviews and promos.
On his '83 Weeks' podcast, the short-lived Executive Director of SmackDown said that "most" promos nowadays "suck" because they're outdated. When pressed, Bisch said that the current format of backstage announcer and wrestler staring down the camera should've been left in 2001.
Ouch.
Eric wasn't done there. He implored good friend (and current Executive Director for both Raw and SmackDown) Bruce Prichard to come up with a new way of filming reaction pieces with wrestlers. Bischoff believes the traditional way isn't necessarily the best, and cited how reality television changed the game years ago.
The podcast didn't reference this, but some will remember how TNA once implemented a similar style to the one Bischoff is talking about. Their 'sit down' style promos worked well, and gave a guerrilla filming feel to such segments. Maybe that's what Bischoff would like to see WWE do in 2020?
He described WWE's "static environments" as "completely artificial", and said he's been bitching about this issue for well over 15 years now. Nothing has changed though. Wrestling just continues to do what wrestling has always done.
Do you agree with Bischoff here? Or, do you like the traditional promo set up?