TNA News - Feb 18, 2010 - 11:30:00 PM TORCH EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Eric Bischoff talks first six weeks in TNA, making one new star every month

Interviews - Feb 16, 2010 - 12:00:32 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "Sometimes the best way to move forward is to move back" to the basics of good vs. evil

Interviews - Feb 15, 2010 - 12:00:07 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on "what's missing" from pro wrestling that's not sucking in the audience

Interviews - Feb 14, 2010 - 2:00:15 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff argues how to present pro wrestling realistically without taking the audience "out of the moment"

Interviews - Feb 13, 2010 - 12:00:29 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "Why are promoters embarrassed to embrace the fact that ours is an art form and not a real contest?"

Interviews - Feb 12, 2010 - 12:00:28 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff pre-TNA talks WWE and TNA not having the ability to create a "phenomenon" that makes people care

Interviews - Feb 11, 2010 - 12:00:22 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "You can't just throw people out there and expect the audience to decide" heels and faces

Interviews - Feb 10, 2010 - 12:00:48 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on heel/face gray areas - "It's a cheap, lazy way of hiding that you don't know how to make them care"

Interviews - Feb 9, 2010 - 12:00:13 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: On pro wrestling and MMA - "I don't think you can draw any correlation between the two in marketing and promotion"

Interviews - Feb 8, 2010 - 12:00:44 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff praises UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" TV series

Interviews - Feb 7, 2010 - 12:30:00 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on whether he regrets not buying UFC in the late '90s

Interviews - Feb 6, 2010 - 12:00:53 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on turning down UFC buy-out as WCW president due to UFC's "stench and stigma"

Interviews - Feb 5, 2010 - 12:00:07 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff describes opportunity to buy UFC when he was WCW president

Interviews - Feb 4, 2010 - 12:00:19 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Final installment of Part 8 talking more about Vince Russo's writing in WCW

Interviews - Feb 3, 2010 - 12:00:11 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff describes a mistake he made in WCW when working with Vince Russo

Interviews - Feb 2, 2010 - 12:00:09 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff talks Vince Russo's "dark" TV writing style

Interviews - Feb 1, 2010 - 1:00:16 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff talks Vince Russo - intellectually smart vs. creative

Interviews - Jan 30, 2010 - 12:05:08 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff's five-paragraph take on working with Vince Russo in WCW

Interviews - Jan 28, 2010 - 12:00:58 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: On working with Vince Russo in WCW - "It would have never worked under the best of circumstances"

Interviews - Jan 27, 2010 - 12:16:28 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff attributes Attitude Era success to talent more than "any of the architecture created by Vince Russo"

Torch Flashbacks - Jan 26, 2010 - 4:15:26 PM TORCH TALK FLASHBACK: A.J. Styles (2002) - talks brief WCW run, trying out for WWE in front of Ric Flair, origins in wrestling

Torch Flashbacks - Jan 26, 2010 - 3:30:56 PM TORCH TALK FLASHBACK: "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson (2000) - talks future wrestling stars, working with Mick Foley, not working with Shawn Michaels

Interviews - Jan 26, 2010 - 12:00:46 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff calls "b.s." on how Vince Russo got hired in WCW

Interviews - Jan 25, 2010 - 12:15:58 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: On WWE's TV product - "It's so boring I can almost tell you what's going to happen 30 seconds before it happens"

Interviews - Jan 23, 2010 - 3:15:03 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff talks current TV projects pre-TNA

Interviews - Jan 22, 2010 - 12:30:37 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff talks about TNA being attractive with Spike TV's commitment

Interviews - Jan 21, 2010 - 3:00:10 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: On making controversial decisions in WCW - "The wrestling audience didn't matter to me because I didn't have any"

Interviews - Jan 20, 2010 - 12:02:30 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff defends much-maligned decision to tape WCW TV at Disney Studios

Interviews - Jan 19, 2010 - 12:00:11 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on his pre-TNA impression of TNA shooting in the Impact Zone

Interviews - Jan 18, 2010 - 12:01:02 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on WWE indirectly helping TNA get on Spike TV

Interviews - Jan 15, 2010 - 12:00:19 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff answers - "Are you surprised that TNA's around today; that they lasted seven years?"

Interviews - Jan 14, 2010 - 12:00:40 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "I would have rather painted houses and dug ditches than go to work for Jerry Jarrett (in TNA)"

Interviews - Jan 7, 2010 - 12:10:38 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff says why he never watched the Original ECW while WCW president

Interviews - Jan 6, 2010 - 12:05:21 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Quote of the series on DDP's gimmick "like a frickin' Christmas tree"

Interviews - Jan 4, 2010 - 4:00:05 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff (Bonus edition): Bischoff details his relationship with Paul Heyman

Interviews - Jan 4, 2010 - 12:15:14 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff answers - "What would have become of Vince McMahon had you put him out of business?"

Interviews - Jan 3, 2010 - 3:10:27 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff says Vince McMahon has a heart by keeping employees "who aren't the best at what they do"

Interviews - Jan 2, 2010 - 1:00:00 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Insight on Vince McMahon's inner circle and quirky sense of humor

Interviews - Dec 31, 2009 - 12:00:09 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff talks about being "talent" in WWE vs. "management" in WCW

Interviews - Dec 29, 2009 - 3:00:27 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff details his current relationship with Jim Ross

Interviews - Dec 28, 2009 - 12:05:08 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff describes the "McMahon style of management"

Interviews - Dec 25, 2009 - 1:00:22 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff ranks WWE executives with most influence over Vince McMahon

Interviews - Dec 23, 2009 - 3:05:39 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on key WWE executive - "I think he's as clueless as anyone who has ever been in the wrestling business"

Interviews - Dec 17, 2009 - 3:00:11 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: On Steve Austin creating his WWE persona - "Vince gets a lot of credit for being so creative when in fact, he's really not"

Interviews - Dec 16, 2009 - 12:05:25 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "One of the last ideas Steve Austin brought in WCW was wanting to be Hulk Hogan's younger brother"

Interviews - Dec 15, 2009 - 3:00:39 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Recalls conversation with Steve Austin in WWE after firing Austin in WCW

Interviews - Dec 14, 2009 - 12:15:29 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff defends firing Steve Austin in WCW before Austin became the top star in WWE

Interviews - Dec 11, 2009 - 3:00:07 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff explains plans to expand the NWO before it was watered down

Interviews - Dec 10, 2009 - 12:00:07 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: Bischoff on booking flaws in WCW after burning out the audience on the same top stars

Interviews - Dec 9, 2009 - 12:01:48 PM TORCH TALK DAILY with Eric Bischoff: "Whether it's Hogan, Flair, Triple H, Michaels, or Undertaker, you can't put them at the top for an extended period without making a change"

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