Eric Bischoff Explains Why WWE Has Lower Level Of Quality Shows

Many fans would agree that WWE isn’t what it used to be. The current product has a lot of flaws including 50/50 booking, feuds that don’t go anywhere, teams splitting up for no reason and many more. The disinterest of the fans is reflected in the dwindling ratings of Monday Night RAW over the past few years.

While speaking on his podcast 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff talked about how the pro wrestling landscape has changed the years. He explained that WWE and AEW are very dependent on the revenue that’s coming from television, leading to more content but that also means decline in quality.

“WWE, AEW are very dependent on the revenue that’s coming from television. Because they’re reliant on it, they’re increasing the amount of content. More content equals more money. There’s a reason why the FOX show on Friday night isn’t a one hour show because you can get more money for a two hour show. You need that revenue but once you increase the volume but you don’t improve the process and fine tune the formula, you’re just cramming stuff in there. You’re constantly on a treadmill. You look at WWE, when it used to be a one hour show, then because of [WCW] Nitro it became a two hour show, now it’s a three hour show.

They’ve increased the speed but they haven’t gotten in shape, they haven’t conditioned themselves to produce the same level of quality that they were producing with a one hour show or even two hour show. They haven’t conditioned themselves, developed a process or formula, that gives them a better opportunity to be successful with the stories that they’re doing. Being more dependent on television requires that you produce more content, but producing more content requires that you also evolve that other part of your business. You can’t use the same gut feeling, ‘I don’t know, this feels good to me,’ that works, when you’re producing ‘x’ amount of content. But when you’re producing ‘5x’, that doesn’t work anymore and that’s what hasn’t changed.”

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We certainly wonder if WWE will finally rectify its numerous flaws, especially with it comes to producing repetitive content every week. Should they improve the product, fans will start caring about it again.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the quotes.