Why the News Media is stealing from the Pro Wrestling playbook | Eric Bischoff

Why the News Media is stealing from the Pro Wrestling playbook | Eric Bischoff | TEDxNaperville

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5 жыл бұрын

Professional Wrestling and Political News Media have become the ultimate tag team, both utilizing the exact same techniques and formula’s for a very specific outcome. And the outcome is not what you think it is… In 1991, Turner Broadcasting’s World Championship Wrestling (WCW) recruited Eric as an on-camera talent. His entrepreneurial instincts and interests quickly propelled him from talent through the corporate ranks to become WCW's President in 1998. Before leaving Turner Broadcasting in 1999, Eric had established WCW as the leader in the sports/entertainment category and is largely credited for re-inventing the professional wrestling genre. Eric also created the New World Order (nWo) brand for the TNT Network and was responsible for growing licensing, merchandising, pay-per-view, and live event business units by more than $325M. In 2002, he joined long time competitor Vince McMahon to be an on-air character on the highly successful USA Network Series “RAW”.
Eric Bischoff can be heard on his weekly podcast 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff exclusively on Westwood OnePodcast Network. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@muhammadsmith5792 5 жыл бұрын

The crowd is so confused hearing their first heel promo

@RyanAustinDean 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Smith I wanted a chair over someone’s head so bad.

@ultravioletreeper7630 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Smith , extremely

@AkhirahOverDunya85 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@ryancoates9223 5 жыл бұрын

I wanna hope there’s like 1 or 2 wrestling fans in the crowd that understood what he was doing in a sea of blank faces

@mikeb1596 5 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Smith , soyboys don’t know how to handle masculinity

@rjay6493 5 жыл бұрын

Dissing the town is a classic heel promo.

@MrCarlton 5 жыл бұрын

SCU!

@Azav312 5 жыл бұрын

Elias has it locked

@Unlitedsoul 5 жыл бұрын

He did it in a way that you could actually, almost believe it... if he hadn't been working so hard to keep from cracking up halfway through.

@BowerBomB 5 жыл бұрын

@@Unlitedsoul a. Couple minutes longer and the audience would really have believed it. In an environment that isn't expected (like a wrestling show) it's a very powerful tool....

@Unlitedsoul 5 жыл бұрын

@@BowerBomB Pretty much the point he was trying to make. And he's right. The media and politicians don't want you to think about what they are doing or saying, only to form some sort of emotional attachment to it. If you do that, it maked you less likely to research. It also makes you more likely to defend it even in the light of contradictory evidence. Finally, it also makes you more likely to vote favorably for a politician that manages to cause an emotional link to you... even if you hate them rather than like them.

@nostalgiaman6816 5 жыл бұрын

"Politicians are like Pro Wrestlers.. enemies in front of the people, but friends behind close doors." - Jesse Ventura

@rachelk5272 Жыл бұрын

Maybe but they need to realize the people now are actually divided and hate each other

@nostalgiaman6816 Жыл бұрын

@@rachelk5272 Gee, Rachel. You don’t think - that’s EXACTLY how they want it?

@rachelk5272 Жыл бұрын

@@nostalgiaman6816 it’s a little more complex than just that’s how they want it, there are two different realities, one side thinks children can switch their genitals that is more serious than bad leadership

@GAURAV25855ify Ай бұрын

They are all actors

@GAURAV25855ify 14 күн бұрын

Thats true except for Current ones

@cyclonicleo 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully succinct: "The minute you get angry, you stop thinking".

@AxxLAfriku 4 жыл бұрын

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear eric

@hwogrillo 5 жыл бұрын

I love that Uncle Eric went in there and cut a promo on the audience and they had no clue what was happening.

@trg1408 5 жыл бұрын

It was cringe, but great nonetheless.

@markknife1 5 жыл бұрын

@@trg1408 but cringe is a feeling right?

@kshinokevin 4 жыл бұрын

Eazy E

@SNOwyte 9 ай бұрын

EUGENE

@hardys1977 5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Nash tore a quad watching this ted talk.

@QuietmindYoga 5 жыл бұрын

JL 😂😂😂

@profanegaming2829 5 жыл бұрын

Man. Screw you. I laughed so damn hard.

@boldsign 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in tears and so is Kevin Nash 😂😂😂

@dannycardona211 5 жыл бұрын

Lmaooooo

@SlapNuts4Life 5 жыл бұрын

You made me laugh so hard I woke up my wife and kids!

@familyguyblows 5 жыл бұрын

I love all the wrestling fans that viewed this, you guys are awesome

@jslbrt 5 жыл бұрын

*Does the Scott Hall pointer at you*

@aaronalbert5259 5 жыл бұрын

James Anderton thanks bro

@thesplendor8654 5 жыл бұрын

+James Anderton My pleasure. What an eye-opening talk.

@spdutahraptor777 4 жыл бұрын

IT's so strange to see a guy like bischoff doing a Ted talk

@jamesrodolfo8068 5 жыл бұрын

Eric's heel promo was more entertaining than WWE for the past 8 years

@KillSwitchNY 5 жыл бұрын

Right!? He definitely still has it. Miss the WCW so much.

@jamesrodolfo8068 5 жыл бұрын

DUDE when he was delivering that promo I had the biggest smile haha im like classic eric and thinking to myself that's how you deliver a proper HEEL PROMO this crowd has no idea whats happening also I wish WCW was back so WWE can step their game up again.

@OikPoinFive 5 жыл бұрын

KillSwitchNY sp* wcw. Not: The wcw.

@OikPoinFive 5 жыл бұрын

anon aron

@theideman1 5 жыл бұрын

THE JK NEWS GUY JAMES RODOLFO IS A WRESTLING FAN??!! YOOO

@Number9_Media1 5 жыл бұрын

I liked how he "heeled" on the audience

@56Terrance 5 жыл бұрын

Dillon Ohlemiller that’s what made it great. Kayfabe was back alive for a second 😂

@Pernection 5 жыл бұрын

Like Trump does

@cooldude2251 5 жыл бұрын

@Dillon Ohlemiller not at all. Throughout the whole thing they were dead silent after.

@brasstacks2201 5 жыл бұрын

its called getting "cheap heat" when a heel pisses the crowd off :p not heeling or heeled the crowd. google it.

@job489 5 жыл бұрын

Jesse "The Body" Ventura was Governor of Minnesota. Kane is now the Mayor of Knox County. I don't think it's farfetched.

@Readytogo11111 5 жыл бұрын

soon or later The rock will run for US presidency LOL

@justjarvis106 5 жыл бұрын

Donald trump is wwe hof

@therock7559 5 жыл бұрын

janus lie you laugh but it’s entirely possible. The Rock is so charismatic, and his charisma reaches the minds of millions.... AND MILLIONS

@daTREX111 5 жыл бұрын

The Rock said on Ellen, that he is considering running for President. So there you go.....

@eric-. 5 жыл бұрын

IT DOESN'T MATTER if you think it's farfetched or not. The fact of the matter is this: Come 2024, The Great One, the Brama Bull, will Layeth The Smacketh Down on voting polls and electoral colleges across the country. And then, and THEN, on November 25th with electricity burning thru the air, from New York City to Los Angeles, from Seattle to Miami, and everywhere in between, the millions AND MILLIONS of The Rock's fans will be chanting his name, in unison, all across the country at once, as The People's Champ accepts the honor and title of President [Elect] of the United States.

@OG_predatorproductionz 5 жыл бұрын

Like for Paul Heyman Ted Talk

@ericsacks5731 5 жыл бұрын

This would make my millennium

@trg1408 5 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting

@nihilist1680 5 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman. I am the advocate for the reigning defending undisputed universal champion PORK LAZEEEER !!!!!!

@legendaryNepic 5 жыл бұрын

Ec FN dubya

@akephalos438 4 жыл бұрын

He has so much insight on the business aspect of professional wrestling, it'd be really fascinating

@greenman360 5 жыл бұрын

This is perfect. And I hope you all caught the part where when he was playing them, he got reactions left and right, but when he starting saying things that required thought, you could hear a pin drop. The presentation itself is evidence of what he's saying and how true it is.

@AngelRosado 5 жыл бұрын

TEDx Talks where the Big Boys play.

@NickElliottReviews 5 жыл бұрын

Look at the adjective!

@AngelRosado 5 жыл бұрын

@@NickElliottReviews "play"

@WarzoneVincent 5 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@AngelRosado 5 жыл бұрын

@@WarzoneVincent you must be to young I'm guessing

@WarzoneVincent 5 жыл бұрын

Don Rafo Or you don't watch Botchamania. Many questions.

@HoKogan007 5 жыл бұрын

"Don't work yourself into a shoot brother"

@ShimSladyBrand 5 жыл бұрын

HoKogan he literally just took 17 minutes to say that

@reillymcwriting 5 жыл бұрын

@Ian Thompson No, it's wrestling terms of when pro wrestling goes insane and doesnt follow the script.

@michaelmansini2307 5 жыл бұрын

Brother

@shawnr7730 5 жыл бұрын

@@reillymcwriting Thank you captain obvious!

@reillymcwriting 5 жыл бұрын

Shawn R I presumed he doesn’t know about the wrestling buisness

@RAS_Squints 5 жыл бұрын

The pop Eric Bischoff got is still better than what's on WWE

@bp4816 5 жыл бұрын

but if Eric Bischoff turns up back on WWE in a good city like NYC, Detroit or Boston the pop will be giant

@merktv9591 5 жыл бұрын

Idk have your heard Becky Lynch’s pop when she say anything

@AnimaniacZero 5 жыл бұрын

NXT gets great pops night in and night out.

@wrestlingcommunity 3 жыл бұрын

This was great

@narwhalyt7231 3 жыл бұрын

@@merktv9591 >Women’s Wrestling Hahahahahahaha

@jennispurr203 5 жыл бұрын

Life is fake; wrestling is real.

@seanjahns3238 5 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Lee Harber so so accurate

@MisplacedArkie 5 жыл бұрын

People are fake, wrestling is real.

@shavashchannel 5 жыл бұрын

truer words have never been spoken

@authornumber3820 5 жыл бұрын

It's all a swerve, bro.

@GAURAV25855ify Ай бұрын

@@MisplacedArkiehollywood and media is fake wrestling is real

@NeedlessJ93 5 жыл бұрын

"When you get angry, you stop thinking." Something to think about 🤔

@IFCGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Nah I get too angry before that

@Panwere36 5 жыл бұрын

Correct. But look at who gets angry most.... the people who pretend to be the smartest and most enlightened.

@Labs51Research 5 жыл бұрын

This comment made me angry 😡

@kyayamato 5 жыл бұрын

Khabib vs Conor for example

@nighthawkvc25a 5 жыл бұрын

...which can possibly segue into "Hangry? Grab a Snickers"

@SmellTheCanvis 5 жыл бұрын

Eric Bischoff on TEDx? That'll really put butts in seats...

@kaqueburlington4278 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done! “Mankind is going to win the WWF championship tonight on Monday Night Raw.”

@omarawad1995 5 жыл бұрын

Tony Schiavone recommended me that video

@always-alicia 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@DYNEsama 5 жыл бұрын

Then you watch another Ted Talk afterwards and its about finger-poking

@christopherwollard5117 5 жыл бұрын

Thats not eric that's a picture of eric

@patrickbateman161 5 жыл бұрын

Trump understands this and uses it to his advantage. You either love him or hate him and it's all because he knows how to make the media dance and therefore talk about him 24/7 which as a result makes us feel.

@MURUR1025 5 жыл бұрын

Most Reality TV Shows do the same.

@blackjackrobby 5 жыл бұрын

It’s 100% news coverage and brain space. He controls the conversation and the narrative just by emotion.

@pfcSoto 5 жыл бұрын

He was also able to get well over 5 million dollars of free media coverage by doing just that

@ZechsMerquise73 5 жыл бұрын

@Hal 502 And you'd gobbled up every bit of it. Hes just another guy, but he's convinced you that he's some kind of menace to society in order for your passions to generate an opposite and equal effect in people who would inherently disagree with you to some degree.

@jacobpolitte410 4 жыл бұрын

He’s definitely not intelligent enough to understand that.

@yallevereatenbeans2723 5 жыл бұрын

The news is working itself into a shoot brother.

@guyincognito5706 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Blart Mall Cop - HH

@patrickjspoon 5 жыл бұрын

He did his best, TED audiences are like, the anti-wrestling crowd, in that they're seeking profundity and insight while Bischoff just went in there and worked them into an uneasy silence they never saw coming. If only some people had the balls to start booing!

@JoeySoul 5 жыл бұрын

Stocks soar, AEW starting soon with anither billonaire behind it, expansioninto even more markets, local feds everywhere, profits larger than ever before, the audience is growing smaller but the pathways to revenue have increased so how is that failing in any respect?

@JonMDVisual 5 жыл бұрын

@@JoeySoul well it's surely not as good as b4...

@JoeySoul 5 жыл бұрын

@@JonMDVisual quality wise that is a subjective statement at best, many companies are producing some of the best wrestling ever made daily. And in another metric the amount of wrestlers able to make a living on wrestling alone is at least equal to the territory days if not greater due to the success of NJPW and the British scene

@JonMDVisual 5 жыл бұрын

@@JoeySoul I'm talking abt the business aspect ofc, I've never been happier watching quality wrestling from NJPW and the Indies! :)

@JoeySoul 5 жыл бұрын

@@JonMDVisual once again I wouldn't exactly agree. As I said earlier there are more thriving companoes then ever, except the territory days perhaps, the revenue is up, the talent is getting paid, the only metric is less popularity but by all other accounts that doesn't matter at all. This is especially becuase the orginal comment I replied to said it was failing, which it undoubtedly isn't.

@Pauldjreadman 5 жыл бұрын

That was way too short. What he said is very true. He looks damn good for 63

@Patrick2480 5 жыл бұрын

In WCW he was labeled Ken Doll

@supermanrulesbatmansucks6498 5 жыл бұрын

Professional wrestling is the most underrated form of entertainment to have ever exist

@dontundra2259 2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@TaliaIGhul 5 жыл бұрын

This video had me google "Abraham Lincoln wrestler." Once again, Bischoff knows what he's talking about.

@mistersweetheart4454 5 жыл бұрын

I love watching Eric Bichoff speaking, he so good at what he does.

@GAURAV25855ify 14 күн бұрын

He needs to run for president

@LeviDSmith 5 жыл бұрын

I've been saying for a while now that cable news has basically become pro-wrestling. The viewer has to tune in every day to see what the "bad guys" are doing, but they'll let the "good guy" win once in a blue moon to let the viewer know there's a chance that they will win. There's no reporting in cable news anymore, just narratives (similar to storylines or angles in pro-wrestling).

@boscopit 5 жыл бұрын

yuuuuuuup

@uria702 5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Justice it’s not news. It’s entertainment. They are legally allowed to lie and profit off it.

@avadakedavra69 5 жыл бұрын

@EPLURiBusUNUM True, but as Bischoff said, if you aren't thinking, you're feeling. And while people like you and I might be thinking, the rest of the country might be feeling-- and this is dangerous territory. Somewhere down the line there needs to be a transition.

@jstinstinny8909 5 жыл бұрын

Still can cut a heel promo better than most current known heels in the business today. Take notes.

@jonnyenough1531 5 жыл бұрын

It really is a shame that pc culture hit it. Random: got in my feed some video of the stone cold vs rock fued. Or steph McMahon tied in. That could never be on tv today. I watched quite a few and you can really see how much things have changed. Saying shut up and giving someone the finger on tv.. I miss it

@elhajjmalikel6266 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I was just telling my homeboy a few months ago that Eric Bischoff was a fantastic heel in WWE during the Ruthless Aggression Era. He really knew how to get under your skin so naturally! Very underrated heel!

@Jordan91392 5 жыл бұрын

Well do I have some news for you guys.

@KittyCatMo 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he sure can 💯💯💯

@fake._ 5 жыл бұрын

I liked how he showed his speaking ability early on. Dissing the crowd, asking them why do they have to be so polite. A guy who's been in front of thousands of crowds.

@Tryingtogetradical 5 жыл бұрын

So you could say that The Gettysburg Address was just a really quick promo

@pigs18 5 жыл бұрын

The original plan was a cage match with Jefferson Davis, but each man refused to take the loss.

@barlotardy 5 жыл бұрын

"Buh Gawd!! John Wilkes Booth with the run-in!! Somebody stop the damn play!!!"

@rickpaton7538 5 жыл бұрын

@@barlotardy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@douglasjarnagan3835 5 жыл бұрын

@@barlotardy And the winner of the Internet is...Barlo Tardy.

@lukewarmstanhouston9957 5 жыл бұрын

John Wilkes Booth is the earliest count of cashin in money in the bank. Booth also innovated "outta nowhere".

@JagerLange 5 жыл бұрын

*sees thumbnail on YT main page* "Wait.. is that Eric Bischoff?? IT IS!"

@PewPewLookout 5 жыл бұрын

damn. haven't heard the name eric bischoff in a long time and he came back dropping facts. i noticed news media appealing to emotion more and more since the 2000s. It's a good way to keep people engaged without actually informing them of anything. the downside is you end up with a public who's blinded by rage and void of any fact or information. Politicians love it though. You couldn't produce an easier to manipulate crowd in a laboratory if you tried.

@TheManWithNoInsides 5 жыл бұрын

Politics = WWE theatrics. "“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”

@michaeljechon6139 5 жыл бұрын

Chomsky

@buttrocksavant 5 жыл бұрын

Eric Bischoff for the Joe Rogan Experience!

@Leonidas3888 5 жыл бұрын

JRE sucks now

@HoriaNeagu 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, sweet! I would love that!

@armin38822 5 жыл бұрын

that would be so damn good

@Crabmeat0155 5 жыл бұрын

@@Leonidas3888 Why now as opposed to any other time?

@Leonidas3888 5 жыл бұрын

@@Crabmeat0155 cause hes sold out and become a tool to control or influence the roganites. I was a loyal original listener to the first 900 plus episodes that's how I know

@sanyr80 5 жыл бұрын

Controversy creates cash!

@serbonkers4130 5 жыл бұрын

Good read.

@thomashudson3458 5 жыл бұрын

Sitting on my shelf right now, in hardbook form no less.

@MURUR1025 5 жыл бұрын

Yes conflict can be lucrative - from arms sales to wrestling. Many parallels.

@princeekeson12 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It takes just as much charisma to be a heel, if not more. Working the crowd is an art. Politicians = Pro Wrestlers = Performers.

@Tkodds 5 жыл бұрын

the fact that this GENIOUS has this speech uploaded on youtube for free makes me think this is a robbery....what he says here is pure gold and super useful...

@DrDM87 5 жыл бұрын

Why isn’t Eric on WWEs creative He could be so good on or off screen

@BmanTheChamp 5 жыл бұрын

He'll probably be stifled like the rest of them. Until Trips takes over.

@jherikomark 5 жыл бұрын

Because of Vince

@Pauldjreadman 5 жыл бұрын

I saw a recent interview and he said he is kind of retired. I think he was at one stage, I think

@JDee1013 5 жыл бұрын

why does everything have to be "WWE this and that"?

@Shawn-cr8dh 5 жыл бұрын

Stephanie McMahon wants yesmen not writers that are creative

@StevieDamnit 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Cornette needs to do a TEDx Talk.

@JorgeGeorgeD 5 жыл бұрын

Ugh

@sliderx1897 5 жыл бұрын

I dont think they have all night

@miklosselkirk 5 жыл бұрын

Yyyyyeeeeeep

@_cloudiiskxy_158 5 жыл бұрын

Nick Clark bruh 😂😂

@Satellite2145 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if Tedx Talk allows tons of profanity

@Endeavr_ 5 жыл бұрын

In the beginning the audience was like “uhh... is he joking?...” Gotta love Eric.

@nostalgiaman6816 5 жыл бұрын

Eric is also explaining the divide and conquer strategy. Just KZfaq: "George Carlin Divide and Conquer." That's why everyday, on Twitter, you'll see nothing but what separates us.

@ivanvalentin3898 6 ай бұрын

Add bots into the mix for some real 🔥

@JS-lo8hr 5 жыл бұрын

this is no joke. theres a reason trump does rallies in old territory wrestling towns and linda mcmahon is in trumps cabinet. working marks is a universal skill

@5IvanDrago5 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been a wrestling fan for decades and I tell people that all the time as well. Trump is very much a pro wrestler cutting promos, his rallies, his names he gives people, his one liner catchphrases.

@silentk59 5 жыл бұрын

I think you missed the point of the talk lol. He isnt referring to Trump, he is referring to the liberal media and their bias. He mentioned Trump because he is LITERALLY in the WWE hall of fame, as a joke.

@JS-lo8hr 5 жыл бұрын

oh hi mark

@rickmorty556 5 жыл бұрын

@@silentk59 LMAO he was talking about both parties, not just one. Don't get worked.

@MisterObjectivity 5 жыл бұрын

Define "ironic." Now define "propaganda." I'm not certain you know the meaning of either word. So long as I'm on a roll, define "liberal." These words are tossed about like frisbees.

@flowmelody1153 5 жыл бұрын

Politics is a work brother.

@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193 5 жыл бұрын

@Andrew E 90 percent of life is a work man.

@ivanvalentin3898 6 ай бұрын

@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193 That's why you go to work!

@LuchoCastle_11 5 жыл бұрын

He is trying to hard to get heat from a crowd that doesn't understand heat.

@cooldude2251 5 жыл бұрын

He should've went for real heat. They were hella confused when he started insulting the town.

@TheeCoachg 5 жыл бұрын

If you noticed,they stopped laughing the more insulting he got. Initially they gave him a laugh after everything he said,then he start insulting the town and they got quiet. In this context,that was his cheap heat.

@christiancabemb-bebey1192 3 жыл бұрын

He accomplished his goal

@MathiasShaw637 5 жыл бұрын

The heel promo gave me chills haha

@WhatAboutall 5 жыл бұрын

Goes to show that Wrestling still sells, it's just called Cable News now. MSNBC instead of WWE. FOX instead of WCW etc...

@putz31682 5 жыл бұрын

um... WCW = CNN since ted owned both at one point. Just saying :D

@cooter2886 5 жыл бұрын

CNN and WCW was owned by the same person

@mrpb6399 5 жыл бұрын

WWF and WCW are owned by the same person...

@Kfowlkes09 5 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Reality I remember the days when their top babyface would come to the ring, flip off the audience, drink beer, beat up women, then leave. Can't do that on TV now.

@JLWide 5 жыл бұрын

I think MSNBC would be more like Impact wrestling. No one watches it.

@traeherren2269 5 жыл бұрын

TEDx Souled Out

@undercoverpotential 5 жыл бұрын

Sold

@philiptaele4894 5 жыл бұрын

@@undercoverpotential Souled Out was an old television pay per view event for WCW, a wrestling promotion Eric Bischoff used to work for before it became defunct.

@undercoverpotential 5 жыл бұрын

@@philiptaele4894 oh lol thanks!

@ryeinc 5 жыл бұрын

Call me when TEDx Bash at the Beach starts.

@donnydangerous1396 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@CapnPicard 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting the people in on this Eric. If you know Pro Wrestling, you know Politics.

@knightofthesun2072 5 жыл бұрын

This needs to go "viral". I've been saying this since GW Bush, the news draws emotion, just like the theater of PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING. Know thy enemy.

@nickbarbierifilm 5 жыл бұрын

Abe Lincoln is the best gimmick I ever heard of for a professional wrestler!

@frankricard3853 5 жыл бұрын

Nick Barbieri Abe Knuckleball Schwartz was better.

@mando2237 5 жыл бұрын

@@frankricard3853 There's a very obscure reference lol. Haven't heard that name in years.

@gihanwickramarathne4079 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest showman in history of pro wrestling. Hats off to this legend.

@n1c704 5 жыл бұрын

Ric Flair elbow dropped his phone after watching this.

@angryarmenian8157 5 жыл бұрын

Eric Bischoff for President 2024 Announcer: “Hillary Clinton on a forklift match!?”

@user-oe2bq7xy7r 5 жыл бұрын

For what crime?

@RocketmanRockyMatrix 5 жыл бұрын

@Shorty jail house match

@blackjackrobby 5 жыл бұрын

Angry Armenian is Russo booking the election?

@pfcSoto 5 жыл бұрын

Just for that sentence playa tonight you get to go one on one with da undertaker

@richy85 3 жыл бұрын

pfc Soto0311 holla holla hollaaaaaaaa!

@777jimothy 5 жыл бұрын

Bret watched this on his phone then threw it in the lake

@Kfowlkes09 5 жыл бұрын

Still scored it a 4/10.

@dvdylas6583 5 жыл бұрын

IM BACKKK AND BETTER THAN EVER

@tyronevega7173 5 жыл бұрын

DV dylas he should’ve went out with that music

@jackdavide5742 5 жыл бұрын

Great talk. Eric's absolutely right about politics, media and the link to cheap heat.

@KillSwitchNY 5 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that he spoke to people about news and politics non-partisan. I don't know when the last time I have seen that was.

@willnill7946 4 жыл бұрын

KillSwitchNY 1861

@wweTNAfan1000 5 жыл бұрын

GOODNIGHT HULKAMAINIACS AND JABRONI MARKS THAT DON'T KNOW WHEN A WORK IS A WORK AND A WORK IS A SHOOT MARKS

@IAmKillEveryone 5 жыл бұрын

worked myself into a shoot just reading that

@afamilyofone4591 5 жыл бұрын

Hay Christian

@smithcoffee8 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the fact he brought up Lincoln. That's a fact that isn't talked about enough.

@_dreamz 5 жыл бұрын

His heel role at beginning was GREAT! It had me convinced. I was seating here like wtf is this guy doing??

@chainsawbarbarian 5 жыл бұрын

What’s he talking about?!?! Wrestling is 100% more real than anything on any network news show!!!!

@thewolfcatbeast3567 5 жыл бұрын

Truth

@AnusRipper-2000 5 жыл бұрын

Aren't you edgy

@thewolfcatbeast3567 5 жыл бұрын

He''s not being edgy he's being truthful

@AnusRipper-2000 5 жыл бұрын

@@thewolfcatbeast3567 hE's nOt beiNg EDgEee

@thewolfcatbeast3567 5 жыл бұрын

Um... Ok so you agree now? Cool?

@mclovinu69 5 жыл бұрын

TV news media is about ratings, not about being informative

@readyred8108 5 жыл бұрын

Yup. And that's the problem. That's why they all stir up controversy every day of the week.

@PhillyCYOSports 5 жыл бұрын

Billionaire Ted Talks

@ricksanchez9629 5 жыл бұрын

Now that.... Was a GENIUS comment... Great job my friend...

@mrred3578 5 жыл бұрын

@@ricksanchez9629 it really was and it should be more appreciate more. 👍

@ricksanchez9629 5 жыл бұрын

@@mrred3578 I know... I was SHOCKED there was no acknowledgement

@deaneireann4769 5 жыл бұрын

And that's the bottom line because Cole S said so?!

@EmoEmu 5 жыл бұрын

This aged well. They picked the wrestler.

@SamuelDuplessis12 5 жыл бұрын

He's not a wrestler, Bischoff is an on-air Authority figure but he was apart of the NWO at one point.

@star.soaked.wanderer 5 жыл бұрын

"they" picked him, huh? "they." not you. They're nothing like you, right? They're the "others." Donald Trump isn't "the wrestler" He's *a* wrestler. They're all just actors. Every one of them. Every one that you've ever liked or hated, every one that you've ever voted for. they have *all been wrestlers* You missed the point of this whole message. He's talking about the news media, not the president. Ted Turner created CNN and World Championship Wrestling using the same blueprint.

@star.soaked.wanderer 5 жыл бұрын

And what do you mean this aged well? It's brand new

@smoothkidd272k6 5 жыл бұрын

Eric is the mastermind behind the NWO in WCW. Hes the reason he won 83 weeks in a row in ratings on Monday, and damn near beat Vince McMahon during the Monday Night Wars.

@billbradley4878 5 жыл бұрын

I think he was referring to a potential run by Dwayne the Rock Johnson when he said in the next election people may vote for a pro wrestler, Trump was already in office at the time of this talk, which is why he could reference Linda McMahon as being in his cabinet.

@wrestlingnut8658 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this talk. Bischoff is spot on here with his analysis.

@WWESuperstar512 5 жыл бұрын

Classic Bischoff at the beginning 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@marcelrobinson 5 жыл бұрын

Decent, but Jim Cornette hits on a lot of what he is talking about here, on his podcast. He's the first person heard analogize pro wrestling and politics. "Republican are just heels getting heat"

@martymclochlin4836 5 жыл бұрын

Democrats are no babyfaces themselves.

@marcelrobinson 5 жыл бұрын

@@martymclochlin4836 Never said they were. Notice I was quoting someone

@marcelrobinson 5 жыл бұрын

@Jason Voorheese Not really

@drswan1987 5 жыл бұрын

@@joere-uploader5766 because despite what you may think. Not all white families are rich. So it would be nice for middle class white kids to be able to afford to go to college too without having to be a top 1% athlete

@83weeks 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like we'd all pay good money to see Jim Cornette's ted talk.

@avoidjesus314 5 жыл бұрын

I like how he holds that controller like a mic, just first instinct.

@mikeelek9713 3 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant speech to connect two disparate activities - one based in fiction and another based in fact but both with the same goal of playing on your emotions.

@ivanvalentin3898 6 ай бұрын

Wrestling is also based in fact and the news is somewhat based on fiction.

@ricardoguanipa8275 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like Booker T when he spotted Eric Bishoff for the first time on RAW

@stocker104 5 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Guanipa tell me I did not just see that

@the9-5ranter 5 жыл бұрын

You didn’t just say that...

@namename3139 5 жыл бұрын

DUDE WHEN THE VIDEO STARTED< I STARTED HOWLING AT THE SCREEN, YEAH ITS BISCHOFF, WCW

@latrellslater9621 5 жыл бұрын

Nah i screamed IM BACK

@jaxsquier 5 жыл бұрын

I have a completely different Feeling about Eric Bishoff now that I've seen this Ted talk and yes he is great at wrestling psychology and used it on use is on each and every one of use during this talk. Kudos to you Mr. Bishoff. I won't look at the news the same ever again.

@pathologicaldoubt 5 жыл бұрын

"Did I just hear myself say... THREE MINUTES???"

@billfayne4808 5 жыл бұрын

Ted's other network. 4 LIFE

@A.Campbell 5 жыл бұрын

So... Ric Flair for President?

@BmanTheChamp 5 жыл бұрын

A limo in every garage and a chick in every bed! WOOOOOOO!!

@abidhaider1803 5 жыл бұрын

Wooooopp

@colosseo7827 5 жыл бұрын

*Takes his jacket off and does a flop during the State of the Union address*

@dreday5880 5 жыл бұрын

Elbows the Oval Office floor

@darebrained 5 жыл бұрын

To be the president you gotta beat the president.

@toddpuskarich6962 5 жыл бұрын

You can tell how long Eric has been doing promos when he starts to hold the clicker as a mic even though the one is on his head.

@TheManWithNoInsides 5 жыл бұрын

Professional Wrestling is the amateur version of Social Engineering. “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”

@raydeathray6245 5 жыл бұрын

*WHAT’S AIRSICK BISCUIT DOING IN THE TED ZONE?!*

@colonelkenpachi5009 5 жыл бұрын

Is that an El Generico mask my bro

@raydeathray6245 5 жыл бұрын

Colonel Kenpachi *¡Sí! ¡Olé!*

@CHRISTYreports 5 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly profound-blew my mind!

@ElvisSnake23 11 ай бұрын

This is a great talk. I sometimes read the news and with all going on in politics, I just think this is like wrestling

@ericaditya4777 5 жыл бұрын

This is really mind-blowing. I'm a fan of Pro Wrestling too, and my country is about to hold a Presidential Election in April 2019. And looking at our candidates and our media, I'm 95% sure media in my country use this way of thinking when it comes to promotes them. Bischoff is a really smart guy!

@ricardoguanipa8275 5 жыл бұрын

The Rock 2050 for Transatlantic Chancellor!!!!

@martymclochlin4836 5 жыл бұрын

imagine owning the news media outlets,newspapers,tv stations? Can you imagine the control you would have over the population and over the content that was broadcasted/written?

@cyclonicleo 5 жыл бұрын

Ask Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox. He's been rigging elections thanks to his media power in Australia and the UK for years and now he helped get Trump across the line. Next time you watch Fox, ask yourself why they are so keen to wave Trumps flag.

@johnnyrainbow50 5 жыл бұрын

Wish I would've known about this. I live close to the area and I was a huge fan of WCW back in the day.

@elihymes854 5 жыл бұрын

Share this to anyone who doesn’t believe in Eric Bischoff to direct SmackDown Live!

@newerest1 4 жыл бұрын

hey you got this right haha

@jimkirk989 5 жыл бұрын

pRESIDENT tRUMP WASN'T A WRESTLER, BUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A WRESTLER!!!!

@brandonhoward8319 5 жыл бұрын

Also he created the chokeslam

@lukewarmstanhouston9957 5 жыл бұрын

Abe was USA heavyweight champ til John Wilkes Booth cashed in money in the bank.

@nurse425 5 жыл бұрын

@Street Deacon V-Trigger!!!!

@RedColdRitsu 5 жыл бұрын

Why is the P and T in President Trump lowercase but the rest is capitalized?

@jimkirk989 5 жыл бұрын

@@lukewarmstanhouston9957 WONDER IF BOOTH RELATED TO "EDGE"?

@TheZackChapman 5 жыл бұрын

He's back! And better than ever!

@pauljohnson936 5 жыл бұрын

Face facts!

@zackrushing8198 3 жыл бұрын

A ted talk I am willing to watch without being board

@bmasters1981 Ай бұрын

I definitely wasn't bored-- I was far more informed than bored.

@zackrushing8198 Ай бұрын

@@bmasters1981 No what I am saying his is the only Ted talk I'll willing to watch

@srami004 5 жыл бұрын

"They want you to feel." -Eric Bischoff

@MReginaldGoldstein77 5 жыл бұрын

Lol the crowd has no idea what's going on

@sammylane21 5 жыл бұрын

Obviously this crowd was not a wrestling crowd, huh?? Most wrestling fans they know who he is and all his reaction tricks and so we know to NOT get offended by his words.

@1212Artemis 5 жыл бұрын

Hehe, they were pretty annoying. They could have at least gone along with him out of politeness.

@fake._ 5 жыл бұрын

Of course not. They don't think for themselves, they're attending a Ted talk. They are sheep

@thomasdepalma2534 5 жыл бұрын

Marks, who dont know they are marks.

@ronn4238 5 жыл бұрын

Sean Waltman was there...

@majestic976z 5 жыл бұрын

when hes with eric i believe he goes by the name syxx!

@WinstonKnows 5 жыл бұрын

Break it down!

@DramaSydETV 5 жыл бұрын

This crowd is deader than a RAW audience 💀

@MilkWasABadChoice17 5 жыл бұрын

After this, I need to see Paul Heyman do a TEDx.

@surendrapatro7932 5 жыл бұрын

WoW I still hope that Wrestling would become as mainstream as it deserves...

@Kfowlkes09 5 жыл бұрын

At one point it was the most popular sport in the country.

@brandonselitetv1436 5 жыл бұрын

@@Kfowlkes09 It's starting to become another Golden Age of Pro Wrestling as Whole. TV Networks are giving other promotions tv deals like New Japan Pro Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, CMLL, Ring of Honor, World of Sport, CZW,