Eric Bischoff believes AEW is in a better spot than WCW was in when they began going head-to-head with WWE in 1995.
The former WCW President recently sat down with Graham "GSM" Matthews for WhatCulture and discussed a number of topics, including his belief that had social media been around during the Monday Night Wars, there would have been just as much discourse between fans. He adds that AEW, in its early years, has had more people cheering it on than WCW did at the time.
"No, it would have been the same but the volume of feedback would have obviously been much higher. Keep in mind, when WCW, when I challenged WWE and went head-to-head and called out Vince McMahon and did all that crazy lunatic stuff I did, the WWE had an extremely loyal fanbase and WCW was looked at as the outcast. Now the roles are reversed, where AEW is looked upon very favorably and WWE, although it's a much more established brand, there's a kind of anti-WWE emotion that runs throughout social media, again, because of the nature of the social media audience. So it's actually reversed, there's more people cheering AEW on now than ever cheered WCW on. So, good for AEW and it's an interesting dynamic for sure. But no, I think AEW is in a much better position, partly because of social media, than WCW was at the time," he said.
Bischoff has appeared on both AEW and WWE programming over the past year, most recently officiating the wedding ceremony between The Miz and Maryse.
On Friday, April 1, 2022, WWE will be hosting their Hall of Fame ceremony immediately following the conclusion of SmackDown. Bischoff was inducted last year as a member of the class of 2021.
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