83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff

Today on a LIVE Strictly Business, Jon & Eric will run down some of this week's hot topics.

0:00 Strictly Business #15: RAPID FIRE, AEW All Access, WWE $9bb , Sami Zayn

0:05 START

1:00 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

2:00 AEW ALL ACCESS

9:00 Under delivering on the announcement

10:00 Meltzer

11:52 AEW's 1mm rating

14:00 THE XFL

21:32 Would Eric have joined the first XFL?

27:00 WWE worth $9 billion?

31:45 Endeavor?

33:25 Dwayne Johnson?

35:00 MLW on Reelz

35:30 WWE Attendance is up

42:27 Sami Zayn in the main event?

58:00 Q+A

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On this edition of 83 Weeks Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson talk all about SuperBrawl VII. But along the way they talk about Sami Zayn, Jerry Jarrett, and So Much More!!!

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On this SPECIAL LIVE edition of Strictly Business. Eric & Jon deconstruct RAW and Dynamite just to put it back together again for YOUR INSIGHT.

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0:09 START

2:30 Tom D Episode

3:00 Today's Topic: The CONSTRUCTION of a Wrestling TV Show

3:45 WHAT are the building blocks of a great wrestling TV Show?

6:20 HOW do you STAGGER a Wrestling show?

9:00 HOW do you keep an audience now vs the 90s?

11:30 can the A-Story be "Too Much?"

14:30 the pacing of RAW 02/13

16:15 the VALUE of a recap on TV

18:40 the 02/03 Smackdown segment by segment

22:17 02/08 Dynamite Segment by Segment

27:00 LAST NIGHT'S AEW Dynamite

29:30 Can you imagine Succession being structured like this?

32:00 The failure of the 3 man announce booth

36:05 DEFENSE of Excaliber on commentary

39:16 BREAK Jimmys Seafood

42:50 The Narrative urgency on WWE's programming

48:00 The CROSSOVER

51:46 GROWTH

52:16 LAST NGIHT'S Dynamite starting with a tag team match

55:30 MJF vs Bryan Danielson

57:38 BREAK STAMPS.com

1:01:05 Closing Dynamite with the Women

1:04:00 Does AEW NOT need to grow?

1:06:16 Wardlow dropped the ball

1:14:45 Does AEW need to grow?

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On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad celebrate the life and legacy of the late, great Sherri Martel, who would have turned 65 this month. Topics include Sherri's early career, coming into WWF, getting physical in the ring, her WCW debut, being paired with Ric Flair, managing Harlem Heat, and much more!

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00:00 INTRO

01:19 Isaac Wriston

07:18 WWE Sale

15:25 BREAK MANSCAPED

18:54 IndianDating.com

28:00 Saudi Sale Rumors

41:32 BREAK SaveWithConrad.com

42:03 Bloodline

42:48 The Progression of a story

48:35 BREAK Jimmy's Seafood

50:22 SRS on Media Literacy

01:04:07 BREAK AdFreeShows

01:06:26 OUTRO

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On this edition of 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff and Conrad Thompson talk all about the nWo: Read & Black but before they get there they talk all about Lanny Poffo, Sami Zayn, The Bloodline, Wrestlemania, and DDP

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This week on Strictly Business, Eric Bischoff is joined by Tom Deschenes as they talk all about WHY The Bloodline storyline is so good.

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On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric is answering YOUR questions, with special co-host, Shuli Egar! Topics include 1997 vs. 2023 Eric, ECW, buying TNA and WWE, WCW Thunder, and more!

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This week on Strictly Business, Jon and Eric just kind of "Shoot the breeze" and talk about the trending topics of the day.

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This week we FINALLY get to talk about Buff Bagwell. But instead of just talking about him, We talked TO HIM. So listen at the beginning to hear all about Buff's career from Eric Bischoff and then stay to the end to hear from the man himself: Marcus "Buff" Bagwell

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