On the latest episode of “Strictly Business,” Eric Bischoff discussed the utilization of part-time stars in wrestling, and his former employee, Goldberg, has become a modern-day embodiment of the term. He also defended Goldberg taking the Universal Title off The Fiend in Saudi Arabia.
“I can give you about 39,999,000 million reasons why that was a decent idea. It was all business. $40 million, and I know what wrestling fans are thinking, ‘Oh my God, it’s all about the money.’ Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s all about the money.
You’re gonna give the customer what the customer wants for $40 million bucks, You’re the chairman of the board of a publicly held company. Are you going to have to answer to your shareholders cause you turned down 40 f*cking million dollars because you didn’t want a character to lose? $40 million dollars! That’s a class-action lawsuit, you gotta do what you gotta do!
Let’s assume that loss to Bill Goldberg for the sake of argument, in Saudi, absolutely caused Bray Wyatt to hit a roadblock. Brick wall. Boom. Crash. Does that cost you more than $40 million dollars?”
Eric Bischoff on Strictly Business
Of course, the loss to Goldberg would leave Bray Wyatt spiralling into Wrestlemania 36, but he would reclaim the championship later that year at SummerSlam.
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