If there’s one person Eric Bischoff likes even less than AEW, The Elite, and Tony Khan, it’s got to be Dax Harwood, the former AEW Tag Team Champion who has practically made a second career out of feuding with the former WCW Vice President on social media.
While the duo have talked a lot of smack about each other online, questioning who is being authentic in their comments on AEW and beyond, Bischoff took things a step further on his 83 Weeks podcast, letting fans know that he doesn’t even necessarily consider FTR one of the best tag teams in the world today.
“According to who? By what standard? Let’s use Dave Meltzer-speak, because he’s an analyst now, and he studies. By what metric they are one of the best tag teams in the world? Certainly not financially. Can’t point to FTR and say, ‘Yeah, but every time they’re on television, look at the success they have in ratings. Look at their quarter hours, look at their look at how much money they draw on the road.’ Of course, they’re not on the road because AEW can barely get enough people to produce a television show, much less go to a house show. So, there’s no metric other than emotion, which is all subjective, it’s not objective, whereby anybody can state that FTR is one of the best tag teams in the world,” Eric Bischoff declared on 83 Weeks via 411 Mania.
“If you like them, great. I like them as a tag team, as I just said a few moments ago. But to suggest that one of the best tag teams in the world is kind of like a branding statement that we just all latch onto and continue. But it’s not really true. They didn’t make it in WWE. They had an opportunity, just like I had an opportunity in 2019, I didn’t make it. I got fired. I didn’t adapt, I didn’t get myself over. Just like FTR, they had their opportunity. They couldn’t get over. A lot of other people did, and they didn’t. There are a lot of reasons for that, but the fact is, they didn’t get over. And now they’re in AEW and yes, they’re swimming in a much, much, much, much smaller pond. So in their minds, perhaps they feel like a bigger fish. And I’m not saying — I’m not sure. I haven’t — I haven’t had any interactions with Mr. Wheeler. He hasn’t taken to Twitter to call me out. So, I’m gonna leave him out of the equation. But yeah, Dax, you’ve had your opportunity in WWE, you failed. You didn’t get over it. Well, it is what it is. I know it hurts, it doesn’t sound nice. It’s so cruel. But it’s also true. And now he’s an AEW, he feels like a bigger fish in a much, much smaller pond where really hardly anybody’s over. And I’m not suggesting it’s all his fault. But it is what it is.”
Jeez, talk about an absolute hit job on the former Revival, as they did get over in WWE, even if they opted to leave because they didn’t like how they were presented. Still, considering how things are working at the moment in AEW, it’s safe to assume Bischoff is going to lean into the faction moving forward as part of his attacks, too, as when it comes to drama, no one is better at capitalizing on it than Bischoff.
Eric Bischoff further fleshes out his feud with Dax Harwood.
Elsewhere on his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff laid out the groundwork of his feud with Dax Harwood and why they’ve been sniping back and forth on social media, dispelling once and for all that he’s on the WWE payroll.
“Look, I spent over 30 years of my life in the professional wrestling industry. I have been at the very, very bottom; I have been at the very, very top, and I’ve been everywhere in between. I’ve seen success, I’ve seen failure. I’ve seen the patterns that lead to success. And I’ve seen, more importantly, the patterns — in this case, at least — that lead to failure. So when people do ask my opinion, I am forthright. I pull no f**king punches, I broker no bulls**t. I just give it to you straight. And for Uncle Dax to suggest that somebody’s paying me to do it reflects the depth of his stupidity. That was stupid, and clearly not true. I have no deal with WWE. I don’t have a Legends contract with WWE. I get a phone call every once in a while to sign some s**t, which I’m happy to do because the money’s really good. But beyond that, I don’t really talk to anybody in WWE. I talked to Bruce maybe once every three or four months. We exchange texts that usually have about three or four — I guess if you added up all the incomplete sentences, it might equal one or two sentences. That’s it. That’s all I got as far as my relationship with WWE,” Eric Bischoff explained.
“So Dax, you showed your a**. And you do that on a pretty regular basis, I might add on social media. You might want to consider just not doing it. Because it’s not getting your character over, it’s kind of exposing you, and all you have to do is look at a lot of the responses you’re getting to figure that out. But no, I’m not being paid anything by anybody. There are no third parties involved. It’s my honest opinion, Dax. And yes, it’s a little brutal for some. You know, especially soft people, people that just can’t handle the truth. And they bruise very, very easily when you’re not putting them over, or making excuses for them. They bruise really, really bad. And yes, my commentary sometimes draws blood. But sometimes, it’s necessary to make a point.”
Could this feud fall by the wayside like oh so many others involving FTR Bald? Sure, but considering how bitter both men are and how quick to verbal violence they can be, it feels like this one could go well into the future.
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