Eric Bischoff comments on Dolph Ziggler’s WWE release.
Last week, WWE let go several stars including Mustafa Ali, Dolph Ziggler, Emma and more.
In the hours following the mass releases, the wrestling world reacted to the releases, with John Cena and Big E leading the way with praise for Dolph Ziggler.
Speaking on Strictly Business, Eric Bischoff weighed in on Ziggler’s release.
“I would imagine that Dolph has enough money in the bank, because he’s made a lot of money consistently for twenty years. He may not have been in the top ten highest earners or even top fifteen highest earners, but he’s been doing it for twenty years, that’s a lot of money. He’s probably in a position where he could just retire, or pursue something else that he had passion for, whether it’s stand up comedy or acting. I think he’s going to do what he has the most fun doing, because he’s got the option to pursue fun rather than finance. That’s a wonderful position to be in,” he said.
When it was confirmed to Bischoff that Ryan Nemeth, Dolph’s brother, works for AEW, Eric commented, “Out of the entire list, out of everyone we’ve discussed, if there’s one that I see making that move [Going to AEW] more than anybody else, it’s Dolph because his brother is there and that would be fun, and that’s probably gonna motivate Dolph more than anything else at this point. He’s gonna pursue what makes him happy.”
Eric Bischoff
With most of the talent released having 90 day non-competes, we will have to wait a couple of months until we do know what comes next for the talents released by WWE last week.
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