Recap by: Chris Siggia, rajah.com
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PRIME TIME WITH SEAN MOONEY: ERIC BISCHOFF 04/29/20
Bischoff on if Vince has changed from when he was there before and now: "I don't know. I worked with Vince a little bit when I was a talent there. There were scenes we would do together or occasionally he would produce something that I was involved in. But, my interaction with him was extremely limited. I never really got to know Vince McMahon when I was a talent. We never went out or had a serious conversation about anything. You would think at some point either one of us would have initiated a conversation to talk about what I was really thinking when I did this. So, going back, it was weird. Part of me was really excited about it because I missed the business. There were people in WWE to this day that I consider some of my closest friends that I was anxious to work with again. I was hoping to find that desire and passion that I missed because I had been away for so long. But, truth be told, it didn't happen for a lot of reasons. My failure to adapt and my failure to find a way to find that passion and cultivate that passion within an environment that is totally alien to who I am. I'm not, and this is going to sound childish but it's true. I'm not a suit and tie guy. When I'm at my creative best and when my passion flows, it is because I am in the right room, with the right people who are relaxed. The chemistry has to be right. That was on me. I knew within the first couple weeks. I really tried. I wanted to. I couldn't really get close to Vince. I couldn't break that wall. There were a lot of challenges going on at the time that had nothing to do with me. Everything was very disoriented and a little confusing prior to me getting there and certainly after I got there. In reflecting on it a little bit after a couple weeks that I left, it wasn't up to Vince McMahon or WWE as a whole to adapt to Eric Bischoff. It was up to Eric Bischoff to adapt to their environment and I failed at that. I was unable to do it."
