Eric Bischoff Doesn’t Think Triple H’s Creative Has Lost Its Luster With General WWE Fans

On the latest episode of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff talked about criticism from fans towards WWE and Triple H about the product.  WWE’s creative leading into WrestleMania has become a focus of fan criticism, and WWE reportedly has changed up a lot of plans for WrestleMania due to ticket sales falling behind. Bischoff said that he doesn’t believe “general” WWE fans care as much about that kind of thing. You can check out some highlights below:

On Criticism Of the Product:

“I would say for internet wrestling fans, possibly. I think for WWE fans — the general audience — probably not. Because it is not what they think about. The only people that think about and talk about that are people who are hardcore fans who kind of live in the Reddit, Internet Wrestling Community bubble and enjoy, they get their dopamine hit discussing things that they do not really understand but know enough about to feel like they do.”

On the Fans Feeding Off Disagreement:

“They feed off each other. They argue with each other. That is a dopamine hit. They put each other over. That is a dopamine hit. And they get to live in that comfortable little bubble of semi-knowledgeable discourse. That is how they get their nut. It is what it is.”

On the Specific Data Points:

“Whatever we see out there in the ether as a particular data point, people will embrace it to either affirm or confirm their bias, or use it to support their bias against something. It just is, it’s the nature of the community.”

On the Numbers Telling a Different Story:

“I think business wise, not at all. I do not think there is any luster off at all. You are going to go through cycles. Some things are going to be more popular from a storyline perspective than other things.”

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