Conor McGregor's antagonizing comments towards professional wrestlers and WWE in his UFC 202 conference call, turned heads in the wrestling world while some may think that his comments were just simply a work.
It's no surprise that many would think that McGregor could eventually appear in WWE due to his high popularity and electric personality. Eric Bischoff was one who was impressed with his comments, regardless of the reason McGregor said those comments. On his Bischoff on Wrestling podcast, Bischoff gave his two cents on the whole matter.
"If he did it for the sole intention of getting attention for himself I think he did an adequate job," Bischoff said. "It created controversy. Controversy will, as we all know, create cash. I think he could have done a much better job had he not talked about Brock Lesnar. Let’s face it. I like Brock. I feel horrible for him and the fans of WWE. It was a horrible situation. What Conor said was true. The first rule of thumb if you’re a heel is, ‘Don’t use the truth.’ That just screws everything up because now everybody doesn’t know how to feel about you. Number One."
Although if McGregor's goal was to work the wresting fans, Bischoff said that he did great in that department as well,but only to a certain extent.
"If Conor’s goal was to be a heel and to stir up interest and maximize the opportunity that he has I think he did an adequate job doing that," Bischoff said. "I think he could have done a much better job. If he was going to be a heel he should have been a heel 100%. Instead of going out and making a half-ass, smart-ass comment the way he did about the WWE roster. The back peddling and saying, ‘Oh, by the way Triple H is a good guy and I’ve got not problem with Vince McMahon.’ He might have said something nice about Stephanie. To me that just took all the heel steam out of his comments. It kind of goes to one of the things that I think is so prevalent today is that people are really afraid to be a heel. I mean a real heel. I mean really commit to being a heel. Make people hate you. Don’t mitigate it trying to cover your rear end by making a broad statement about the WWE roster, how you think they’re all pussies and then come out and praise the Chairman of the Board and Triple H. It was just weird to me."
Credit to 411Mania.com for transcribing parts of the podcast.
