Eric Bischoff Would Rather See Brock Lesnar Continue Oba Femi Feud Than Face Gunther

On the latest episode of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff explained why he would much rather see Brock Lesnar continue his program with Oba Femi than move on to a match with Gunther. Lesnar defeated Femi to even the score between them at WWE Clash in Italty. You can check out some highlights below:

On Not Seeing the Match Happening:

“I don’t think about Saudi [Night of Champions] or Summerslam, one over the other too much. But I would much rather see a great story between Oba and Brock than Gunther and Brock. I’m sorry, I’m not buying Gunther and Brock; I’m not buying it. There are just certain things, physically and visually, that I cannot suspend my disbelief long enough to believe in.

“And Brock and Gunther — no disrespect to Gunther, I think he’s been great in a lot of ways. I love his character, I think he’s powerful as a character. I think he’s a lot of great things, but I don’t think he’s a great opponent for Brock, not for that type of match. Oba? I believe. He gives me enough to believe in. I’m 71 years old, I produced thousands and thousands and thousands of hours of professional wrestling. I’m cynical as they come. You can’t even get my attention unless you’re doing something really freaking good. I would be interested in Oba and Brock. You couldn’t get my attention with Gunther and Brock at all.”

On the Feud:

“If you’re talking just physically — just, we’re talking about suspension of disbelief and leaning into something that’s not real but feels like it could be? Gunther and Brock from somebody that just got off a freaking starship. The UFO thing is real, we’ve talked about it now on the news. These little Martians are walking around, they show up every once in a while. They show up at a wrestling event for the first time. The Martian looks over. He sees Brock, he sees Oba, and he’s thinking, ‘Yeah, this could be good.’

“The other Martian goes, ‘Yeah, but what about that guy Gunther?’ And a Martian who doesn’t know any of these people, doesn’t know their capabilities, their technical or amateur backgrounds — they know nothing. All they know is what they see. Nobody’s going to look at Gunther and Brock, Martian or otherwise, and go, ‘Oh, I want to see that one.’ It’s just not there. It’s just not there.”

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