During the most recent edition of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff discussed the recent CM Punk and Eddie Kingston segment on AEW Rampage this past Friday.
Bischoff revealed he was a huge fan of Kingstonās promo.
Here is what he said:
āAbsolutely loved it. It was fun watching Dynamite with [Conrad Thompson] in Huntsville because first of all, all the things that are going on and the narrative thatās been going back and forth on social media because of the comments that Tony made and I responded to and it heated everything up. Again, I want to reiterate to all you people that are out there ā Iām not shitting on AEW. I reacted to something that I found offensive and uninformed and as I do, itās just a part of my nature, if somebody says something that I find unflattering or critical but itās uninformed, I will react on my platform. Thatās just how it goes. Iām very supportive of AEW, when we watched that scene as it was launched between Eddie and Punk and [Conrad] told me the backstory. I thought, if they tell that story and thatās the beginning of act one and weāre building upon that backstory, this could be a phenomenal storyline. And they did. I watched it. I watched that clip between Eddie and Punk, and I thought it was just magnificent. I am a huge Eddie Kingston fan as a result of seeing that promo.ā
āThat promo was real. It defined Eddieās position clearly, and now I understand the motivation. You often hear me talk about story, story, story, structure. But when you look at a story, thereās a beginning and the beginning has to serve a couple of different purposes. You have to familiarize your audience with the characters in that story. In this case, the audience is already familiar with the characters in that story, but you have to understand the motivation. What caused this story to begin? Where is that and whereās the drama and where is the emotion and what is it thatās causing this conflict to begin? I didnāt see that in the first promo, it was just Eddie Kingston interrupting CM Punk. The promo, the quality of the promo, was pretty good and thereās nothing wrong with it except for it didnāt make any sense for anybody that didnāt know the backstory. My comment to [Conrad] was thatās fantastic, but unless the rest of the world begins to understand it and relate to it, that wonāt matter.
āOn Wednesday it didnāt happen but [on Rampage] it did and I donāt think they couldāve done a better job. I donāt think itās possible to do a better job. I donāt think itās humanly possible for any talent in any organization to do a better job than Eddie Kingston did in that promo because it was real. It came from his heart, he probably didnāt even need to write it down. Iām sure he didnāt have some writer, and Iām not knocking writers but unless that writer is really inside your heart or soul or head, no writer can write for you when you feel as passionate as Eddie did in that promo. You canāt artificially create that level of true emotion and intensity, it has to be real, and I donāt think anybody could deliver it better. I donāt think The Rock couldāve done a better job. I donāt think anybody in the industry right now couldāve done a better job of that promo than Eddie Kingston.ā
āIām sure someone is going to take this as a negative comment and itās not ā I only wish Eddie and Punk had more time to build that story because I think the potential is there for that to be a huge story. Itās a good story and it couldāve been a better story had it had more time to build. Now, I say that knowing full well that just because theyāre having a match at the pay-per-view doesnāt mean itās the end of the story. It could very well be, typically pay-per-view matches tend to be the end of a story, but thereās no rule book that says it canāt be a step in a longer arc. I just think the raw ingredients are there to build something really cool. I hope it goes beyond the pay-per-view. Iām definitely going to watch the pay-per-view because of it truly. I want to see, Iām going to watch the story, Iām going to watch the Punk/Kingston story from beginning to end and for my own purposes. Not to publicize it, not to talk about it, unless I see something that I really think is notable. I want to see the structure of that story and see where they knock it out of the park and possibly where they left money on the table and it couldāve done better. All the raw ingredients are their man. I just couldnāt be happier for Eddie Kingston. Not taking anything away from Punk, heās an important part of this story, obviously. But that promo, the power of that whole scene was Eddie Kingston.ā
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