In 2017, Billy Corgan purchased the rights to the NWA and brought it back to national prominence. One person thinks it may have been a mistake.
During his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff discussed Corgan’s decision to bring back the NWA and his opinion wasn’t exactly a positive one. Bischoff admits to not understanding the NWA brand during his time in WCW, but he does feel like it was a mistake to revive the brand after all this time.
“It was such a cluster f*ck. Certain people felt strongly that the NWA had value. I was not one of them, partly because I just had no exposure to it. NWA was not on my radar. It didn’t exist in my mind. I didn’t understand it – why people were so desperate to hold onto this craziness. There was such a cloud over the intellectual property surrounding that belt, and there still is.”
“The whole NWA– sorry Billy Corgan, Nick Aldis. Nick, I love you. Billy, I wish you nothing but the best, but this whole resurrect the NWA thing was a mistake just because that NWA title has been drugged through the sewage for so many years. This was WCW right in the middle of it. I didn’t understand it then. It was such a cluster.”
The NWA Title has had a history both good and bad in the controversy, but it seems like Eric Bischoff feels like it might be time to put the NWA brand to rest.
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