Eric Bischoff slammed AEW for featuring the legendary Sting’s son Stephen Borden on AEW TV.
Borden made his in-ring debut for AEW last month after a couple of dark matches in the promotion, and in his third match on televised television, he was injured after nasty high spot at the All Out pay-per-view. Reports say Borden is doing wellbut Bischoff is not happy that Borden was allowed to perform at the venue and appear on television during his career.
“Who let him do that place? Out of these so called veterans and guys who should know better that they are collecting a paycheck, why didn’t someone say that this really wasn’t the right thing for this kid to do at this stage in his career? He doesn’t actually have to wrestle on TV yet. He is a deer. You have to get experience in the spotlight, not just memorize what you have to do in the ring,” Bischoff said.83 weeks“.
The Hall of Famer was worried about Borden after he suffered a head injury and felt the young star needed to make sure he didn’t lose his chance to become a wrestler. The former WCW president criticized whoever in AEW decided to put Borden on television early in his career.
“You’re setting the child up for failure. I’m really disappointed, especially with the head injury. You only get so many chances in life and you have to protect the chance,” he said.
Bischoff reiterated that Borden needs more experience in the ring before doing such splashes or appearing on television. He said that he has a lot of respect for Sting, and putting his son in such a position made him angry. Bischoff concluded by saying that Tony Khan should have known and taken responsibility for this and not let this happen.
