Eric Bischoff was thrilled with Kevin Owens vs. Cody Rhodes at Bash In Berlin.
To much surprise, Owens and Rhodes opened the premium live event on August 31, facing one another in a singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Rhodes got the win in the bout after nailing Owens with multiple Cross Rhodes.
Many fans thought that Kevin Owens was going to turn heel after the match and attack Rhodes. Instead, Owens embraced 'The American Nightmare' and raised his hand in victory.
On the latest edition of 83 Weeks (via AdFreeShows), Eric Bischoff gave his take on the match opening the show, stating that it worked really well.
“I continue to, because of my traditional approach, think that Cody Rhodes is still the guy right now and as long as he’s the guy, he should be treated like the guy. I’m not changing my opinion in terms of the placement, I wanted to see Cody and Kevin in the main event. At the end of the day, my opinion doesn’t make any difference at all because it worked really well.”
Bischoff then went on to praise Owens and Rhodes heavily, both for the match and the small segment afterwards.
“I thought the match was phenomenal. I think Kevin Owens did a stellar job. The part of the post-match that really got me was the look after the three count. Cody wins, Kevin turns his back on Cody, initially shunned the handshake, turns back to Cody, walked over to the ropes. Took his time, let that moment breathe. Cody wasn’t sure what was gonna happen, didn’t oversell it, didn’t telegraph it. Kevin turned around slowly and then there was the embrace and the handshake. Cool. Japanese type finish, two baby faces with mutual respect for each other, we’ve seen that many times before and we’re seeing it a lot in some places. It’s like everybody is doing it so it’s not really that special, but it was special today because Kevin made it believable. If you go back and look at that, don’t pay attention to anything. Turn down the commentary, go back and watch it without any sound and look at the eyes of Kevin Owens. Fantastic fucking job. He sold that moment, he made me believe what he was feeling. If you make the audience believe to the extent that Kevin Owens made me believe. By the way, this happened throughout the match, this started before the match during the pre-show. What a great job.”
Bischoff went on to praise the Bash In Berlin countdown show, noting that it added some weight to the believability of the story between Owens and Rhodes.
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