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Eric Bischoff Praises Cody Rhodes And His ROH World Title Win, ‘He Did What His Father Would Have Done’

The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released this past Wednesday!

You can find a portion of Eric’s comments regarding Cody Rhodes as the new Ring of Honor World Champion from the latest episode transcribed below.

Eric’s full, in-depth comments can be heard in the embedded audio player at the top of the post.

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EB: I am so happy for Cody. He did his own thing. He was on the biggest stage in the world, he had the ability and the opportunity to ride that, make the big money and not take any risks but he did what his father would have done. I knew Dusty Rhodes pretty well. Dusty was a pretty independent minded person and if he believed in himself and he believed in something he was going to go with it. He was going to take whatever risks came along with that decision. I haven’t seen Cody since he was a little kid but I feel like I know him through his father. Just from the way he conducts himself and what I can see and read. I am so proud him. He is truly his father’s son and I just know that Dusty Rhodes has a big old smile on his face. He’s got his big old cowboy boots on up there in a pair of Wranglers with a pinch in his mouth and a beer in his hand just smiling away.

Related: Eric Bischoff Advocates For Samoa Joe To Beat Brock Lesnar; Warns WWE Not To Be So Focused On Their Plans

This week’s episode of Bischoff on Wrestling features Eric and Nick talking about a wide variety of pro wrestling news headlines from the past week. Including:

  • Vince Russo’s retraining order against Jim Cornette
  • Samoa Joe choking out Brock Lesnar on RAW
  • Cody Rhodes as the new ROH World Champion
  • WrestleCircus and EVOLVE’s Gabe Sapolsky going after each other on social media
  • WWE’s new show in India “WWE Sunday Dhamaal”
  • Mauro Ranallo’s return to WWE commentary
  • More…

Eric also takes some time at the end of the show to answer a slew of fan questions. Some of the topics that Eric addresses in the #BischoffOnWrestling mailbag are:

  • Which pro wrestling funerals Eric has attended
  • The first match Eric did play by play for
  • Who does the podcast intro
  • What the business impact of WWE moving RAW and Smackdown to the WWE Network would be
  • Whose idea it was for the “I’m Back” entrance theme
  • The movie Top Gun and it’s upcoming sequel
  • If there is anywhere to get a transcript of the BoW episodes
  • What fans can do to get unblocked by Eric
  • If unique viewers of the instant-replay of Nitro factored into the ratings at all
  • Josh Matthews as an announcer
  • Who Vince will sell or hand the company over to when the time is right

You can find a special Bischoff on Wrestling Overrun on IRWNetwork.com featuring Eric chatting with the Executive Producer of Capitol Wrestling, Matthew Ryan. Matt chats candidly with Eric about the history of the company, what sets it apart, how to be different in a cluttered independent wrestling scene and more…

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