Eric Bischoff Believes WWE Became A Victim Of Their Own Success

Many fans would agree that WWE’s product has fallen a lot when it comes to quality. 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 storylines not making sense. The disinterest of the fans is reflected in the dwindling ratings of Monday Night RAW over the past few years.

This is only the start as fans are also tired of how NXT talents being called up to the main roster are treated. The likes of former WWE Superstar Karrion Kross and Keith Lee are one of many blemishes on WWE’s record.

At this point in time WWE has a lot of content, considering their numerous brands, specials and whatnot. For many this has become a negative thing.

While speaking to Renee Paquette on Oral Sessions, Eric Bischoff talked about WWE simply having way too much content right now. Bischoff added that WWE is suffering from its own success.

“I think TV needs to change, especially episodic TV that’s on 52 weeks a year, particularly when you’ve got the sheer volume Five hours in prime time, two of those on a major network. It’s a lot of content, and that’s part of the challenge, I think. WWE has become a victim in many respects of its own success, massive, global success. But because they’re servicing that massive, global appetite, they’ve got to keep moving fast. They’ve got to move fast. I think there’s always an urgency when you’re trying to keep up with how TV audiences are changing, how the competitive landscape is changing.

And when you’re faced with the sheer volume of content that WWE produces and the natural evolution of the audience and the entertainment that it searches for, it’s tough to actually get anything done. Because in order to effect a change and determine whether it’s a good or bad change, you have to give it time. It’s not like flipping a switch. You can’t walk into a dark room, flip on a switch and go, ‘Oh, I can see everything now.’ Sometimes you got to let the audience adapt to the change in order to register whether it’s a good change or not.”

With WWE’s methods to producing their content proving to be the most profitable it has ever been, it is highly unlikely they will change anything about it anytime soon.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the quotes.

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