{"id":128846,"date":"2021-10-20T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T03:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=128846"},"modified":"2021-10-20T22:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T03:00:06","slug":"tony-khan-addresses-recent-criticism-from-eric-bischoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/20\/tony-khan-addresses-recent-criticism-from-eric-bischoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan addresses recent criticism from Eric Bischoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4000811011\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Leaning on pro wrestling history, Tony Khan addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/19\/eric-bischoff-comments-on-recent-tony-khan-demeanor\/\">Eric Bischoff&#8217;s recent criticism<\/a> of him concerning his outspoken nature within direct WWE competition. In an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BustedOpenRadio\">Busted Open Radio<\/a>, Khan said that Bischoff was doing an act and that he was the most outspoken wrestling executive in history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Eric Bischoff of all people, the guy who got lowered down on a motorcycle from the ceiling &#8212; the guy who challenged Vince McMahon to fight him, to say that somebody should be quiet is laughable,&#8221; Khan said. &#8220;And, Eric is doing an act and I respect it, but let&#8217;s be serious, Eric used to be a wrestling company and executive and now he&#8217;s a commentator and as a commentator, he&#8217;s trying to stir up controversy. I think it would be pretty naive of anybody to look at this an not examine that the person talking is Eric Bischoff, who&#8217;s the most outspoken wrestling executive of all time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On his 83 Weeks podcast, Bischoff criticized Khan for openly discussing competing with WWE and that he should &#8220;shut up and wrestle&#8221; or &#8220;actually compete head-to-head. For 30 minutes last Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/15\/10-8-aew-rampage-tv-report-punk-vs-sydal-inner-circle-vs-men-of-the-year-junior-dos-santos-bunny-vs-ruby\/\">AEW Rampage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/15\/10-15-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-and-analysis-of-final-crown-jewel-hype-brock-lesnar-appears-queens-crown-and-king-of-ring-semi-finals\/\">WWE Smackdown<\/a> squared off in a ratings battle. 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