WWE Hall of Famer and former WCW President Eric Bischoff recently took to his "the 83 Weeks" Podcast, where he talked about why pro wrestling legend "The Icon" Sting decided to stop dying his hair blonde and it was reportedly due to Sting wanting to be in movies.
Eric Bischoff said:
“[Sting] wanted to do movies.” “I was the executive producer of Stings’ very first movie called The Real Reason Men Commit Crimes. I put the deal together and made it happen with Turner and funded it. Sting was taking acting lessons right around this time and working in that direction.”
“Sting made up his mind, he didn’t want that blonde hair because you can’t get a movie, you can’t get a T.V. role with that look so he wanted more versatility.”
Bischoff then talked about how there isn't much thought given to matches in thee past and to this day it still happens.
Eric Bischoff said:
“Believe it or not, there isn’t as much thought given into some of these matches as people would like to think there is.” “I got news for you Conrad, that sh** still happens today, in every organization. Anybody that says it doesn’t is bullshitting themselves and trying to b------t you.”
“I would suggest to you that there was much more thought given into some of these matches back in 1996 than we see today in anybody’s organization. Not 100% of the time, but everybody today still throws s--t up against the wall because you know what? We need to fill 12 minutes, let’s see what this looks like.”
