Episode 417: 83 WEEKS LIVE
🎧 Listen to the full episode on 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
Dallas Edwards injury at OVW
Everybody fucked up. It's that simple. And there's really only one thing that should have happened in that situation, and that would be to shut the show down and make sure this young man wasn't in a situation worse than he obviously was.
WrestleMania 41 ticket pricing
WrestleMania tickets are now dropping in price drastically. We had the previous cheapest ticket was $254. It's now down to $177.
Dallas Edwards injury update
I have made the decision to take some needed time away to get my life and health back in good spirits. I'm not mad at anyone or anything other than the situation as a whole.
WrestleMania 41 Las Vegas watch parties
The word out of Las Vegas is the blackout that was put down for WrestleMania watch parties has now been lifted.
NXT PLE distribution
NXT is kind of without a home right now. And it looks like the next show will be on YouTube, which is the first time that an NXT or main roster PLE will be on YouTube.
WWE business model
I don't think it's a secret, but a lot of times when WWE comes in to negotiate, they wind up getting maybe some free travel, certainly a free building, maybe a big tax break, but also a hefty two comma fee as well.
AEW streaming strategy
If he would have started that five years ago, six years ago, his leverage in conversations that are going to be coming up at some point in terms of a renegotiation or pitching his show somewhere else... he'd be having different conversations.
Chris Jericho's future
I do think the next time we see Jericho in a wrestling ring, it will be with WWE. Obviously, WrestleMania would be big.
WrestleMania 41 ticket sales
I'm guessing wherever they're at right now, they'll be able to reduce that deficit or percentage year over year loss to probably about half of what it is now through dynamic pricing programming.
Ted DiBiase Jr. legal trial
I'm supportive of Ted [DiBiase] because he is a friend. I don't know enough about the case to talk about anything other than just I'm aware of it. But I do feel bad for Ted. I just can't imagine going through something like this.
