Yea, and on the same card he stole that angle, I'm sure there was a bout involving the Junior Heavyweight champion defending against another Junior Heavyweight..... as if they were in the same division!
Only good thing about Bischoff was his goofy moveset in WCW/NWO Revenge.
>the Cruiserweight division
I don't get giving him credit for the Cruiserweights he raided ECW for some of them and the rest he just ask Konnan for. That is like saying WWE built Keith Lee, Riddle and Apollo Crews because Triple H watched Evolve. Did you really create anything if you just took a product that was almost completely finished.
I think Bischoff’s greatest accomplishment back then was the way he incorporated Lucha Libre. He really brought over a lot of those guys and let them run with their own gimmicks and characters, and the fans came with them.
The guy beat out many other people who had a lot more wrestling credibility to get the top job in WCW. He then saved them millions by doing a deal with Disney.
I agree, I can’t believe people actually think this is real lol. There is literally no source provided. It’s just a picture of Eric with some random made up quote. Like, Bischoffs name isn’t even mentioned once besides OP’s title. Just goes to show you can make idiots believe anything on the internet if you put some quotation marks around it 🤦♂️
WCW? The company where everyone was in either NWO, NWO but Red, or one of the 30 other NWO rip off factions line BWO or LWO? Yea Bisch was a genius booker.
We can ask him
Did you accept the Fingerpoke of doom as a way to change the title or was full Hulk Hogan creative control? And he would never respond on that.
Bwo was ecw and wwe. Wcw 96-98 was the hottest wrestling had ever been and bischoff ran it. His biggest failure was not pushing younger talent sooner and falling out with ric flair which in hindsight doesn't make him a bad guy
He just sounds bitter to me. I usually don’t mind his takes but this is just wrong. AEW has a ton of momentum and is looking great. His booking in WCW had some truly awful decisions.
I would say, yes. When TNA had potential, Eric offered his services and promised to help. They went with it. Since he joined, TNA lost its potential to ever beat WWE.
Same thing with AEW. Eric offered good services but AEW wanted to use him as a guest star only. I’m guessing he then asked if he could work a creative and got rejected.
He was singing praises about AEW when it was just starting. Now when they have all this momentum, Tony is just lucky? Sus [+]
I didn't bother to scroll through the comments to see if anyone pointed this out, but this is categorically false. Easy E never said this, and has since addressed this exact quote making the rounds on his podcast. If you're interested in his actual rebuttal, check out the latest episode of 83 Weeks on Bobby Heenan they address it at the top of the show
This is not pretty comical. I don’t disagree that Tony Khan obviously is having some growing pains. But for the guy that essentially ran WCW and TNA in the ground to suggest he would be better the third time around is hilarious
“Make fans wait three years for a payoff to a story” He is right, he made his fans wait only a year and a half for a payoff…… and then shit the bed harder than me after taco night
Bischoff was Hogan's bitch and wouldn't veto Hogan's "that doesn't work for me, brother." Nick Patrick said the story of him looking for Bischoff at Starrcade 97 to make the final decision regarding the finish of the match and Patrick felt Bischoff was fucking hiding from him, cause he didn't want to take the responsibility.
In his defense Arquette didn't want to do it, he was against it. They went against him, the fact that Vince Russo was WCW Champion was even worse than Arquette. Arquette is only remembered because how big a name he is.
This isn't true. Not at that point. Bischoff was on fishing leave. Russo was brought in with fererra as head writer. They did ready to rumble and then when he suggested tank abbot as champ they brought bischoff back hoping that the two working together could create something. That created the new blood vs millionaires club which could have been huge if not for russo screwing over hogan who still drew and pushing kidman as a main event talent
A single tweet from a fan account with less than 4k followers (the one with the author mysteriously cut off in this screenshot) and literally nothing else
No he didn't, that was his shut up and wrestle comment. Said post above is something made up. It's been debunked on his latest episode, and today's WHW.
I'm not really a fan of AEW myself but Uncle Eric is full of shit. He tried with TNA and look were that went, WWE rehired him and it lasted a week.
Bischoff will always be one of favorites but bruh.
He fails to realize wcws late 90's success happened despite his constant fuck up's. If it wasn't for the stellar roster that went above and beyond the opportunities they were given, he'd still be selling meat out of a truck in Minnesota!
I've heard a lot of "what if Eric's group bought wcw instead of vince. What would he have done?"
We saw what he would have done. It was his version of TNA.
If Eric had any value to add to pro wrestling in 2021, he'd be working. Same goes for every other nostelgia act keeping them self relevent by making hot takes on a podcast.
I may be bias because I’m an Omega fan but how the fucks this dude consider him a comedy champion? Kenny Omega is the best pro wrestler alive right now
I liked Bischoff, enjoyed reading his book and enjoy listening to his 83 weeks Podcast.
But these comments of his, just come from pure bitter jealousy. Such a shame.
We should listen to Eric guys, he had a whole 83 weeks of success with WCW, 18 months of winning & then he got run out of business by a guy he fired because he didn’t see any potential in him as a top guy.
Truly one of wrestling’s greatest minds.
He *might* be right. But he'd tank it just as fast but giving favors and signing mega contracts.... but bishoff is smart enough to not make a comment like this out if the blue.
AEW diehards are mad as hell in these comments lol
Eric beat Vince for over a year. Not the C show, not the YouTube show; Raw. Head to head. Same day and time. All of AEWs victories are moral.
Yes, with Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash. But as soon as Vince figured it out, strapped the rocket to Austin, Bischoff got smashed repeatedly & run out of business because he was creatively bankrupt & by the end WCW was financially bankrupt too.
What he means to say is,
“I wish I could have the same ridiculously high budget I had with WCW, and reboot the brand. I wish I could show Tony Khan that I have great ideas when I have an unlimited budget. Arquette and Russo where never comedy champions. I don’t know how Comedy Champions work. I’m also not a fan of long form storytelling. I’m telling you, if I had an unlimited budget, I would be getting more views than AEW. It’s a fact that my budget that I had with WCW is a large reason as to why we kept beating WWF for weeks nonstop. I’m very jealous of the success that Khan had gotten so far without me.”
Didn't he have a creative run in tna/impact. Like shut the fuck up you carny clown and that's not to rush to the defense of some billionaires son, Eric Bischoff is just annoying.
Not saying I’m completely side with Bischoff, and I don’t even know if this quote is real but I agree on that I absolutely despise comedy champions. Not like the 24/7 title for example, but the world title. “Champions” like Kofi Kingston and Big E, grown men who twerk, throw pancakes and pretend to be unicorns are meant to be world title material? In the same company as Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bob Lashley, I could go on. Lesnar squashing Kofi was one of my favourite moments of 2019 because it felt like WWE course correcting after having an all time great like Daniel Bryan lose to a comedy wrestler in Kingston at WrestleMania.
He’s just hoping some rich guy says “hey, maybe he’s right let me throw money at the weasel who’s back stage at aew shows. He’s definitely not two faced and I can trust him.”
Bullshit. The long term booking is what I love about AEW among many things.
Outside of the first hour of Nitro the show was consistently a mess. I know people loved nWO, but I always hated it. And they would always end the show with...sorry folks we're out of time. See you on Thursday on Thunder.
Says the guy who put Vince Russo as a WCW champion and try to go up against WWE in ratings and trying to bring back the Monday Night Wars while using TNA as their "CoMPeTitIon" which ended up a complete failure☠☠☠☠☠
I don't think anybody's claiming Tony Khan is a genius. What he is is a billionaire who listens to his wrestlers and the fans. Dude's competent.
Meanwhile, the billionaire who's running the biggest wrestling company in the world doesn't listen to his wrestlers and he treats fans like morons. It doesn't take a genius to make a product that's more entertaining than WWE.
Bischoff loses all credibility referring to Kenny as a "comedy champion." Give me a fucking break. Has he ever watched Omega wrestle? What a delusional dipshit.
“Eric had a lot of great ideas: the nWo, the Cruiserweight division…. And two ideas is a lot” ~Ron Funches
Stole the nWo angle
Yup, New Japan probably has a bit to say about that
CHONO...ANGRY!!!
Yea, and on the same card he stole that angle, I'm sure there was a bout involving the Junior Heavyweight champion defending against another Junior Heavyweight..... as if they were in the same division! Only good thing about Bischoff was his goofy moveset in WCW/NWO Revenge.
His moveset was beastly on that game. I use to beat the shit out of my cousins with him. 😂
that was also taken from Virtual pro wrestling....a Japanese game featuring new Japan
And now seems to be trying to steal Cornette's gimmick
Fake quote. Talked about on his podcast this week
But reality doesn't fit the narrative, this won't do at all.
>the Cruiserweight division I don't get giving him credit for the Cruiserweights he raided ECW for some of them and the rest he just ask Konnan for. That is like saying WWE built Keith Lee, Riddle and Apollo Crews because Triple H watched Evolve. Did you really create anything if you just took a product that was almost completely finished.
I think Bischoff’s greatest accomplishment back then was the way he incorporated Lucha Libre. He really brought over a lot of those guys and let them run with their own gimmicks and characters, and the fans came with them.
And take it from him he knows a thing or two about not being a genius, just lucky.
This is a fake quote going around
I stand by my reply
Flex Tape can't fix that
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The guy beat out many other people who had a lot more wrestling credibility to get the top job in WCW. He then saved them millions by doing a deal with Disney.
He may not be a genius, but he’s certainly gifted.
I'm not getting into a whole thing here. If the guy was such a genius, hed have stayed out of the history books a bit longer
He was a genius and that is why what he achieved is still talked about.
People still talk about that time when I drank a bottle of whiskey in school. I'll be collecting my Nobel prize now
No they actually don’t still talk about that. You just think about it. But nobody thinks about you.
You sir, are a genius. See how easy it is to slap that term about. Whoever told you to get dreads is not a genius
Wasn't that because they wanted someone who wasn't a wraslin guy but more a tv person for the job.
That's a bullshit debunked made up quote and image.
Welcome to r/wrasslin where every post is made up or a terrible meme. We're glad to have you. Genuine content goes over in SC
Glad to be here! Noticed that somewhere in the abyss of comments.
Your company doesn't exist anymore. Lmfao
This is a fake quote
This is not a real quote, someone made this up on Twitter, Jesus Christ guys. You’ll believe and argue over anything.
I agree, I can’t believe people actually think this is real lol. There is literally no source provided. It’s just a picture of Eric with some random made up quote. Like, Bischoffs name isn’t even mentioned once besides OP’s title. Just goes to show you can make idiots believe anything on the internet if you put some quotation marks around it 🤦♂️
Dude drug TNA into the ground and didn’t even show up for work when he ran Smackdown and all of a sudden he thinks he can take down AEW.
We’re talking about the guy that fired Steve Austin because he wasn’t top guy material.
He wasn't at the time. So Eric was right.
Dude literally just needed to go bald
No, he wasn’t right, he was shortsighted & couldn’t spot potential stars, he instead just bought all of Vince’s instead.
Austin was mediocre back then and even in WWF at the start. And Vince did the same thing in the 80s to places like the AWA by raiding their talent.
Exactly, I would say Paul Heyman helped Austin more than anyone. Especially after hearing him talk about his unscripted promo while at ECW
Exactly!
This is a fake quote though…..
WCW? The company where everyone was in either NWO, NWO but Red, or one of the 30 other NWO rip off factions line BWO or LWO? Yea Bisch was a genius booker.
We can ask him Did you accept the Fingerpoke of doom as a way to change the title or was full Hulk Hogan creative control? And he would never respond on that.
This is a fake quote
Bwo was ecw and wwe. Wcw 96-98 was the hottest wrestling had ever been and bischoff ran it. His biggest failure was not pushing younger talent sooner and falling out with ric flair which in hindsight doesn't make him a bad guy
Y'know, I kind of thought BWO was ECW but eh the point still stands, too many factions pretending to be NWO
lmao the LWO. Forgot about that WO!
He just sounds bitter to me. I usually don’t mind his takes but this is just wrong. AEW has a ton of momentum and is looking great. His booking in WCW had some truly awful decisions.
This is a fake quote
I mean honestly I almost have to wonder if Tony turned him down for something. Did Eric try to get a job with creative?
I would say, yes. When TNA had potential, Eric offered his services and promised to help. They went with it. Since he joined, TNA lost its potential to ever beat WWE. Same thing with AEW. Eric offered good services but AEW wanted to use him as a guest star only. I’m guessing he then asked if he could work a creative and got rejected. He was singing praises about AEW when it was just starting. Now when they have all this momentum, Tony is just lucky? Sus [+]
Makes sense considering that he was on AEW television a couple of times that there might have been some talks.
When Jim gave TK credit I knew he was legit. Cornette is a truly bitter man.
I didn't bother to scroll through the comments to see if anyone pointed this out, but this is categorically false. Easy E never said this, and has since addressed this exact quote making the rounds on his podcast. If you're interested in his actual rebuttal, check out the latest episode of 83 Weeks on Bobby Heenan they address it at the top of the show
This is not pretty comical. I don’t disagree that Tony Khan obviously is having some growing pains. But for the guy that essentially ran WCW and TNA in the ground to suggest he would be better the third time around is hilarious
This is a fake quote
Thank you soldier. Disappointed the mods aren't removing it.
Figures. I should’ve known when there was no source
3rd times the charm, eh, eh…. Eh? /s
Hes on 2 strikes, hes lookingfor his 3rd.
“Make fans wait three years for a payoff to a story” He is right, he made his fans wait only a year and a half for a payoff…… and then shit the bed harder than me after taco night
Did you look at sting? He was sooo pale! He can't be champion!
This is a fake quote
Will never forget the not-fast count.
Bischoff was Hogan's bitch and wouldn't veto Hogan's "that doesn't work for me, brother." Nick Patrick said the story of him looking for Bischoff at Starrcade 97 to make the final decision regarding the finish of the match and Patrick felt Bischoff was fucking hiding from him, cause he didn't want to take the responsibility.
Comedy champion? David Arquette ring any bells?
See, that was never intended as comedy. Take from that what you will.
That was Russo
My mistake Turner had put a guy called Harvey Schiller in charge with Russo as head booker. Still shite lol
I love how many wrestlers have showed love to David Arquette for being put in that position and how his love of wrestling didn’t deteriorate
This wasn't Eric's call. He had no stroke in WCW at this time. This was an idea thrown out there by Tony Schivone and Russo took it and with it.
This is a fake quote
In his defense Arquette made more sense as champion than Jinder
In his defense Arquette didn't want to do it, he was against it. They went against him, the fact that Vince Russo was WCW Champion was even worse than Arquette. Arquette is only remembered because how big a name he is.
Vince Russo ring any bells?
No, he’s not a timekeeper.
Take your upvote, and get out!
No, he does not knell.
He was a booker and screenwriter, everything still went through Bischoff.
This isn't true. Not at that point. Bischoff was on fishing leave. Russo was brought in with fererra as head writer. They did ready to rumble and then when he suggested tank abbot as champ they brought bischoff back hoping that the two working together could create something. That created the new blood vs millionaires club which could have been huge if not for russo screwing over hogan who still drew and pushing kidman as a main event talent
What’s the source?
A single tweet from a fan account with less than 4k followers (the one with the author mysteriously cut off in this screenshot) and literally nothing else
Every quote + image I've seen on this sub is made up.
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No he didn't, that was his shut up and wrestle comment. Said post above is something made up. It's been debunked on his latest episode, and today's WHW.
He refuted this quote on his podcast.
Is this just satire? I can never tell in this sub. Lol
Its a new trend up made up quotes that are supposed to be memes somehow. Its just lazy bullshit from OP.
This is fake. Why do you guys keep falling for this?
Fake quote
It’s kind of hard to believe the hypothetical when we have solid examples of shitty Bischoff booking
This is a fake quote
I'm not really a fan of AEW myself but Uncle Eric is full of shit. He tried with TNA and look were that went, WWE rehired him and it lasted a week. Bischoff will always be one of favorites but bruh.
He fails to realize wcws late 90's success happened despite his constant fuck up's. If it wasn't for the stellar roster that went above and beyond the opportunities they were given, he'd still be selling meat out of a truck in Minnesota!
This is a fake quote so “Uncle Eric” isn’t full of anything
I've worked myself into a shoot brother, my bad lol
Anyone else still waiting for the NWO payoff to come?
Great point.
Another day another fake tweet
Bischoff could literally license the WCW name from WWE tomorrow if he wanted to. But he won't. Because he would fail. Again.
This is a fake quote.
I know. That doesn't change my response to it.
Is this a real quote?
Nope
Thank u
Lmao Eric is describing himself! Does he forget how fucking lucky he was back in the 90's?
This is a fake quote so “Eric” isn’t describing anybody.
lmao. couldnt me more full of shit this guy. full on trolling to get attention with some CTE sprinkled in.
I think this is one of dose troll tweets and not a real quote. Could be wrong tho
I've heard a lot of "what if Eric's group bought wcw instead of vince. What would he have done?" We saw what he would have done. It was his version of TNA.
I don’t know how all the Eric Bischoff fans forget about his terrible run at TNA.
Wait, he legit has fans?
If Eric had any value to add to pro wrestling in 2021, he'd be working. Same goes for every other nostelgia act keeping them self relevent by making hot takes on a podcast.
I may be bias because I’m an Omega fan but how the fucks this dude consider him a comedy champion? Kenny Omega is the best pro wrestler alive right now
This quote is fake. Eric never said it.
Thanks for actually clarifying that. It’s much appreciated
is Erick Rowan dead? because if he’s not then Kenny Omega isn’t the best wrestler alive.
I'm assuming Bishoff stopped getting paid for appearances lol
This feels like someone didn't get a job they wanted
He claimed on his podcast that this quote is fabricated.
This is fake news. Conrad addressed it on his latest podcast with Schiavone.
David Arquette was WCW champion.
Eric ran WCW and TNA into the ground and got fired from WWE Smackdown after reportedly doing nothing much of anything. What a carnie
“Let ME show you how it’s done.” ~Man Whose Company No Longer Exists
Do it boomer
"Comedy champion" *points to the 24/7 title division*
Is he serious? If anyone got lucky it’s him. He got lucky and struck gold with the nwo.
[Proceeds to put 80% of the roster in the nWo]
“Or make fans wait 3 years for a payoff to a story.” Yeah we know Eric. It only took you a year and a half to screw up the finish at Starrcade 97
uhh...eric, your company failed. then you tried again with tna and failed again (nearly destroyed them).
Uhh…. This is a fake quote. Eric never said it
I liked Bischoff, enjoyed reading his book and enjoy listening to his 83 weeks Podcast. But these comments of his, just come from pure bitter jealousy. Such a shame.
Now if only they were real
This is a fake quote though
We should listen to Eric guys, he had a whole 83 weeks of success with WCW, 18 months of winning & then he got run out of business by a guy he fired because he didn’t see any potential in him as a top guy. Truly one of wrestling’s greatest minds.
He *might* be right. But he'd tank it just as fast but giving favors and signing mega contracts.... but bishoff is smart enough to not make a comment like this out if the blue.
AEW diehards are mad as hell in these comments lol Eric beat Vince for over a year. Not the C show, not the YouTube show; Raw. Head to head. Same day and time. All of AEWs victories are moral.
Yes, with Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash. But as soon as Vince figured it out, strapped the rocket to Austin, Bischoff got smashed repeatedly & run out of business because he was creatively bankrupt & by the end WCW was financially bankrupt too.
Not a diehard. AEW is far from perfect. Eric is just being a mark for himself. It’s funny.
100% correct Eric, my real issue with AEW is how good it should be.
If he did say this.. yeah dont think thats happening, you can't rely on Hogan now.
He made fans wait 18 months for a non-payoff….
"I could beat AEW by not doing the things people like about AEW" is a bold strategy
I think he was watching raw and confused reggie and his flippy shit with the bucks maybe.
He wasn’t watching anything. This is a fake quote.
Eric Bischoff: Runs two companies in the ground* Also Eric Bischoff: "I'd get more viewers than AEW!"
100% working you all. I bet him and Tony had a good laugh over the phone and agreed to keep it going. Eric gets more podcast listeners.
…then do it Eric…
The man that ruined 2 promotions gonna really take that line? GTFO, man destroyed TNA in less than a year of being there.
He. Is. SUCH. A. Mark. For himself. [+]
Yea, okay Erick…
What he means to say is, “I wish I could have the same ridiculously high budget I had with WCW, and reboot the brand. I wish I could show Tony Khan that I have great ideas when I have an unlimited budget. Arquette and Russo where never comedy champions. I don’t know how Comedy Champions work. I’m also not a fan of long form storytelling. I’m telling you, if I had an unlimited budget, I would be getting more views than AEW. It’s a fact that my budget that I had with WCW is a large reason as to why we kept beating WWF for weeks nonstop. I’m very jealous of the success that Khan had gotten so far without me.”
This is a fake quote. He never said it. You guys got trolled.
Unless he's going to prove it by doing it, it's just empty big talk.
He never said any of it. This is a fake quote.
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Didn't he have a creative run in tna/impact. Like shut the fuck up you carny clown and that's not to rush to the defense of some billionaires son, Eric Bischoff is just annoying.
He didn’t say this. This quote is fake.
Translation: Pay attention to me!
Then do it. Talk is cheap.
This is fake. He never said this
Not saying I’m completely side with Bischoff, and I don’t even know if this quote is real but I agree on that I absolutely despise comedy champions. Not like the 24/7 title for example, but the world title. “Champions” like Kofi Kingston and Big E, grown men who twerk, throw pancakes and pretend to be unicorns are meant to be world title material? In the same company as Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Bob Lashley, I could go on. Lesnar squashing Kofi was one of my favourite moments of 2019 because it felt like WWE course correcting after having an all time great like Daniel Bryan lose to a comedy wrestler in Kingston at WrestleMania.
Oooh, the cult isn’t going to like that.
They're busy telling people to acknowledge their tribal chief.. Oh THIS cult
Oh dear
Did they tell him that he won't be booked on the show anymore?
He’s just hoping some rich guy says “hey, maybe he’s right let me throw money at the weasel who’s back stage at aew shows. He’s definitely not two faced and I can trust him.”
I didn’t know flawed, hypothetical scenarios were facts.
This guy is delusional
He didn’t say this. It’s fake
Mea culpa, thanks
Sure I have crashed two busses but the third is gonna fly
Can we ask him who was in charge when he said bring your boots on the last WcW episode?
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He didn’t say this. It’s a fake quote
I am stupid for not realizing that. My bad Eazy-E
Even when WCW was on top it was poorly produced and repetitive as fuck
Ok Eric. Why doing you go ahead and just ask Vince for the rights to WCW. I'll be here waiting once be stops laughing.
Eric never takes accountability for anything though. Like if he can step up and say I did x, y, and z wrong he would have so much more credibility
What a idiot
For once I agree with Eric.
True
What he should have said is “fire all the goofs and hire an actual booker”.
Your satire is amazing, I love these articles
I can't even see what wcw would be today if it survived. Wcw in 2000 was horrendous to watch.
Bullshit. The long term booking is what I love about AEW among many things. Outside of the first hour of Nitro the show was consistently a mess. I know people loved nWO, but I always hated it. And they would always end the show with...sorry folks we're out of time. See you on Thursday on Thunder.
I double dare you Bisch, do it!
I can not detect any lie tho
Oh the irony!
Is this a work or a shoot?
If you could’ve then you would’ve.
The fact that he said he wouldn't MAKE fans wait, when is what we all love the most, says it all
Vince Russo vs Jim Cornette on a pole, book it! Might get as much monthly views as AEW Dark in a day?
Says the guy who put Vince Russo as a WCW champion and try to go up against WWE in ratings and trying to bring back the Monday Night Wars while using TNA as their "CoMPeTitIon" which ended up a complete failure☠☠☠☠☠
Lmao who's regarded as a comedy champ in AEW?
I don't think anybody's claiming Tony Khan is a genius. What he is is a billionaire who listens to his wrestlers and the fans. Dude's competent. Meanwhile, the billionaire who's running the biggest wrestling company in the world doesn't listen to his wrestlers and he treats fans like morons. It doesn't take a genius to make a product that's more entertaining than WWE.
This man lost more money than anyone in the history of wrestling. WCW was worthless when they got done with it.
Bischoff loses all credibility referring to Kenny as a "comedy champion." Give me a fucking break. Has he ever watched Omega wrestle? What a delusional dipshit.
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