One Wrestling Legend Called Goldberg vs. Owens "Masterful"

While the internet is throwing a lot of heat at the WWE for the Fastlane main event–which saw Kevin Owens fall to Goldberg in a matter of seconds–one legend of the wrestling backstage is trying to defend the creative decision. Former WCW President Eric Bischoff took to his podcast to talk about the main event, and had some strong things to say to fans.

“To be honest. I understand that within the internet wrestling community there is this perceived knowledge of what happens when you put people over in a certain way. Or you “bury” people in a certain way. They think they have a basic understanding or a complex understanding in many cases of what really works. But guess what? Kevin Owens is a great talent. End of conversation. When you take a great talent like Kevin Owens. Who has had a phenomenal story, by the way. A tremendous amount of television time. Creative resources. Other talent putting him over. The Rock put him over for crying out loud! Not in a match, but still, look at all of the resources that have gone in to building up Kevin Owens. If anybody thinks that one moment on that one PPV is the end of his career it’s just a reflection of what they don’t know about the entertainment business or the wrestling business. WWE will be able to resurrect Kevin Owens based in no small part on the reaction of the broken internet wrestling community because they WANT him! That’s the key. The audience wants him to succeed. In that regard I think the WWE’s decision was masterful. It may be a little bit aggressive but guess what? Everybody is talking about how much they DESPISE the way Kevin Owens was treated. Guess what happens the next time Kevin Owens starts to make his way up the ladder creatively speaking? He’s going to have a whole bunch of people rallying around him. Take a chill pill. Watch it. Enjoy it. Enjoy the journey and stop analyzing this stuff. It’s nuts.”

Bear in mind, ladies and gentleman, that this is the same man who once thought it was a good idea to not only boast about knowing Raw’s results during the Monday Night Wars, but also to do so on a show where Hulk Hogan won the title with a fingerpoke of doom–a move which ultimately was the beginning of the end for WCW. I’d take this statement with a grain of salt.