Episode 29: Eric's WWE Debut
83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff
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4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2018
⏱️ 75 minutes
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On this week's 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson, they discuss Eric's surprise debut on WWE Monday Night Raw, in July 2002! Hear about what Eric was up to in between the close of WCW and his WWE run, including TV projects, and even some MatRats talk! How did Eric wind up in WWE, who contacted him, why wasn't he involved in the Invasion angle, how did the concept of his debut take shape, what were some of the reactions he saw around him, and how did he feel his first appearance went? All this and so much more! Support us on Patreon for even more content from Eric & Conrad for just $9! Patreon.com/83Weeks See Bruce & Eric in a Monday Night War Debate and Eric take on the author of the Death of WCW Book, plus 20 other live events starting at just $4.99 at fite.tv/starrcast Buy a shirt and get a call from Eric: www.EricBischoff.com Find tons of new merch at BoxOfGimmicks.com  Interact with Eric live - twitch.tv/83weeks Ask a question about next week's show on Twitter: @83weeks Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at HideFromRent.com
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| 0:00.0 | The Battleground was one in nights. |
| 0:05.0 | 80 for a campaign of 83 consecutive weeks. |
| 0:08.0 | 3. There was a clear winner. This is story of war. |
| 0:11.0 | Weeks. This is the story of that campaign. |
| 0:13.0 | 83 weeks. |
| 0:15.0 | 20 years later, the time has come to hold through for the hold. |
| 0:19.0 | So this is 83 weeks with Eric Bishoff and Cornrad Thompson. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey, it's Cornrad Thompson and you're listening to 83 weeks with Eric Bishoff. |
| 0:29.0 | Eric, what's going on, man? How are you? |
| 0:31.0 | I'm doing great. I mean, Chicago had a great TED Talk yesterday. |
| 0:38.0 | And I really, really enjoy the event. |
| 0:40.0 | That was great. Some great speakers there. It was a really fun experience. |
| 0:43.0 | And I talked about politics and wrestling and how much politics and current media is becoming more and more and more like professional wrestling. |
| 0:53.0 | Let's get into why we're really here, man. |
| 0:56.0 | You're first year in the WWE. I thought I put some really cool poll topics together. |
| 1:00.0 | But when I threw this one in there, I thought, I bet that wins. |
| 1:05.0 | And it did. Were you surprised that this won over all the WCW options? |
| 1:10.0 | No, I'm really not because when you think about it, you know, I mean, |
| 1:14.0 | look, Nitro over the course of the Monday Night Wars, obviously we had some big beats in there, some big moments that, |
| 1:21.0 | you know, people want to talk about, remember, whether it was a formation of the NWO or the Fagore Book of Doom or, you know, you name it, you know, |
| 1:28.0 | Bret Hart, all those things took place during the Monday Night Wars. |
| 1:31.0 | But I think, you know, me coming into WCW, I'm sorry, was probably as shocking of a moment as just about anything that probably happened during the Monday Night Wars, you know, |
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