We finish up the debate with Jercho asking each man to reveal some ideas that never made it to air. Bischoff tells the story of a PPV they had planned for December 31, 1999 which would be a joint wrestling show and KISS concert, where they would alternate between matches and KISS songs. It was going to take place at the stadium in Arizona, and was the entire reason behind initially bringing KISS into the company. He said that was the big idea to tright to right the ship, but that it never happened because a lot of the production people who worked for Turner Broadcasting didn't want to work, partly because it was a holiday and partly because it was the feared "Y2K' scenario. For WWE, Prichard says the only thing he can really think of is that during the time they were negotiating with Bret, Hulk Hogan's contract was coming to a close and he had expressed interest in coming back. One of the ideas discussed was Hulk wanting to be the champ (shocking) and drop the title in a torch-passing moment to Austin at Mania. Going forward Hogan would serve as the leader of DX, which drew a chuckle from the audience and an incredulous Jericho to respond while laughing "You're saying Hogan was going to be the head of DX?! Suck it, brother!" He adds that negotiations broke down and it never went any further than tossing around ideas. This was an interesting show with two opposing viewpoints between guys who still have an obvious bit of tension between them when discussing sore spots. Bischoff comes off as incredibly self-aware and critical of his faults while Prichard is a little more grating and self-righteous, and even goes so far as to cut a babyface promo on the audience at the end. Check it out at http://podcastone.com/Talk-Is-Jericho
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