On his recent edition of the “83 Weeks” podcast, Eric Bischoff reveals some backstage news on James Storm.
Now working for the National Wrestling Alliance, many felt that the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion had a bright future ahead of him due to his strong promo ability and overall way he connects with the fans.
Once Storm dropped the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after holding the belt for eight days, the 42-year-old was never given an opportunity to carry the company despite being one of the top stars until his departure in 2018.
It appears that Eric Bischoff has revealed why Storm wasn’t given a chance to truly be the face of TNA as the former WCW personality revealed that Storm wasn’t a fan of putting over talents (Transcript courtesy of ewrestlingnews.com)
“He gets in his own way, he really, really does. I’ve said this before, you go back and watch any James Storm match, anyone, go to the Impact app, watch any James Storm match. You can tell when he makes his entrance what the finish is gonna be. James Storm hates putting anybody over. Now he won’t come out and say it, he won’t do that, he’s artfully passive aggressive about it, so much so that it’s a running joke, or was a running joke, and I like James as a person.
He’s probably gonna hear this and A, he’s not gonna agree with it, and B, he’s gonna be pissed off at me for saying it, but so what. Sorry James, it is what it is, gotta lay it out there like I see it, brother. It was a running a joke in TNA while we were there, you’ve heard the term boo boo face, he was the master of the boo boo face. If he was going over, man, he was on fire coming out to that ring, if he knew he was going over. If he knew he was doing a job, you could read it from two miles away.”
Check out the full podcast where Bischoff talks about Scott Steiner not wanting to put over the former TNA World Heavyweight Champion and how that lead to the company firing the WCW legend.