Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff appeared on Bubba The Love Sponge’s radio show today to give their “State of TNA” address. Below are the highlights:
Hogan said he’s heard Spike TV wants TNA to go live again on March 1, then another Monday special a few months later, then another. He said he wants to continue pushing the product so Spike is forced to put them on Monday nights.
Eric Bischoff on “The Orlando Screwjob”: “Is it a shot (at WWE)? Yeah, maybe kinda sorta. It’s great entertainment. We knew it would get people bitching about the product or loving it. It got people talking. You haven’t seen the story yet. You’ve seen a couple pages of the story.”
Hogan said one of the major selling points for doing the recreation of the “Montreal Screwjob” was that they have Earl Hebner working for them.
Although The Honky Tonk Man’s official web site recently claimed he has been talking with TNA about a dea since December, Bischoff said he would rather “drive a rusty ice pick through my eye than work a day with him…This guy couldn’t draw flies if you rolled him in cow s#$%. He’s negotiating with himself. No truth to that at all.”
Both men said they’d been contacted by WWE wrestlers coming toward the end of their contracts about possibly working with TNA, but they did not say who. However, they expressed great interest in Randy Orton and John Cena, as well as Chris Jericho. In terms of The Big Show, Bischoff called him “lazy,” while Hogan said Show has never been used right, and put over his work ethic.
Bischoff said he hopes TNA can attract the 18-34 demographic, which WWE may be losing now that they’re trying to appeal more to kids.
Hogan said he would love to bring Randy Savage into TNA to manage “Black Machismo” Jay Lethal.
Hogan called Sting a great talent, who he loved to death, but Sting’s “personal issue” might cause them to switch gears on what type of role they use him in. Bischoff added that if Sting wasn’t willing to put TNA as the number one priority over most things, then it probably wouldn’t work out.
In terms of Desmond Wolfe, Bischoff said he was high on him, and Hogan said he wants to do a James Bond-type character with him.
Bischoff called “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero one of his favorite characters. Hogan said he’s tired of seeing Pope getting beaten week after week, and they plan to give him “life after death.”
Hogan called Abyss his favorite wrestler of all, and called him “my next John Cena.” Bischoff said: “He’s magic. It’s a matter of time.”
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