Eric Bischoff weighs in on allowing talent to work independent events.
AEW is the second biggest wrestling company in the United States, but many of the talent gives back to the independent scene as Jon Moxley will take independent matches, Chris Jericho will make random appearances, and a handful of talents will work various independent events when they aren't booked for AEW events.
Eric Bischoff doesn't believe it's worth it.
“I wouldn’t do it. Where’s the benefit, other than to the talent and the indie promoter? Where’s the benefit? Where’s the risk? I guess you could probably dig deep enough and hard enough if you wanted to justify your position, you could come up with a benefit, maybe because you’re supporting the indie scene or building some following with the independent audience. It’s not a bad argument, but the value of that argument is minimal. What’s the risk, well the risk is that somebody gets hurt on the indie scene and takes them off your roster. I think that’s probably happened in the past. I just don’t see a scenario where the benefits outweigh the risk," Bischoff said on Strictly Business.
WWE talents rarely work independent events, though exceptions have been made over the years.
Elsewhere during the interview, Bischoff gave his thoughts on Sting announcing his retirement date. You can find Bischoff's comments by clicking here.
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