ERIC Bischoff says he didn’t realize he would appear in Vince McMahon’s new Netflix documentary.
The WWE Hall of Famer is seen as a talking head in the streaming smash Mr. McMahon.
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Netflix released the show earlier this week and received rave reviews from wrestling fans.
It features contributions from a plethora of WWE stars, including Hulk Hogan, The Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.
Bischoff, the former general manager of WWE’s Raw and producer for World Championship Wrestling, gives his thoughts on the show.
But he told his podcast 83 weeks he didn’t specifically sit down to interview “for this project.”
Bischoff said, “I’m 90 percent sure I didn’t sit down and do an interview for this project.
“There are times when I am scheduled, booked or committed to speak on a topic and before I leave, they ask me other questions that are completely off-topic to use in another project.”
Netflix began interviewing for the show in 2021, claiming to have accumulated “over 100 hours” of footage.
Bischoff continued: “Now, maybe in 2021 or 2022, whenever it was, they did it, knowing that they knew it was this project.
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“I didn’t know this was the project. It’s a possibility.”
Bischoff went on to claim that he initially discussed the “success of the new world order” in the interview.
He continued: “Here’s what I think really happened. I’m talking about the (New World Order) and everything that happened before the (struggle group) started…
“A lot of this content on this particular topic also fits very well into this new project, even if that is not its original intention.
“That’s not why I sat down and did the interview. But a lot of the things I said in the interview fit the storyline that they’re telling in this current document.”
SunSport has contacted Netflix for comment.
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McMahon left WWE in January after allegations of sex trafficking and sexual assault ended his tenure as CEO and chairman.
The new documentary offers a deep dive into his rise to power and subsequent fall.
McMahon, 79, released a statement hours before the streaming giant released the documentary on Monday, calling it “distorted.”
He wrote on controversies and life lessons.
“Unfortunately, based on a partial rough cut I’ve seen, this documentary fails and takes the predictable path of confusing Mr. McMahon’s character with the real me, Vince.
“The title and promos alone make that clear.
“A lot of things have been distorted or left out completely in an attempt to leave viewers intentionally confused.
“Producers use typical editing tricks with out-of-context footage and dated sound bites, etc. to distort viewers’ perceptions and support a misleading narrative.
“In an attempt to support their misleading story, the producers are using a lawsuit based on an affair that I ended and that I am, in fact, ‘Mr. McMahon.’
“I hope the viewer keeps an open mind and remembers that there are two sides to every story.”
