Eric Bischoff weighs in on Elias getting released by WWE.
The Drifter was one of 20+ talents who were cut by WWE during its mass layoffs a week ago. This was a topic of discussion during Bischoff’s Strictly Business podcast. Bischoff begins by saying he could never get a read on Elias, adding that he is very talented but he didn’t know what his ambition was while working in WWE.
Harder one to get a feel for. I did work with him quite a bit for the short period of time I was in WWE. We talked pretty regularly and talked about his character and ways to improve and take different approaches to things. I just got the impression that he was committed and a very talented guy. He wasn’t afraid to go out and try things that were new. I just don’t know what his ambition is. He’s not young, at some point in time, you reach a certain age in your late thirties or early forties that you’ve got to kind of make up your mind whether you’re going to pursue this line of work for the next twenty years, or maybe you’re still young enough, shift gears and do something else while you’re still young enough to do it.
He continues, discussing what Elias’ options are now that he’s a free agent.
I think for someone like Elias, in his age group, I think that discussion is more internal than external — external meaning, I wonder if Tony Khan is interested in me, I wonder if I could go to IMPACT or whatever, I wonder if I can make a couple hundred grand on the indie scene for the next couple of years. That’s a great conversation to have with yourself when you’re in your early twenties or thirties, it’s a little bit more uncomfortable if you’re in your late thirties, early forties.
On a separate episode of his podcast Bischoff spoke about Bret Hart’s run in WCW and why it never benefitted anybody. You can read his thoughts on that by clicking here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
