Eric Bischoff Praises Bobby Roode’s WWE Main Roster Debut, Makes AJ Styles Comparison

Former WCW President and Monday Night RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff recently took to his podcast, Bischoff On Wrestling, to comment on the now-former NXT Champion Bobby Roode’s recent main roster debut on SmackDown Live. Bischoff claimed that he sees Roode being successful anywhere on the WWE’s card, even as a main eventer, and made an interesting comparison between Roode and AJ Styles. Here are the highlights:

Could Bobby Roode be successful as a main eventer:

“I think Bobby Roode has all of the talent in the world to be successful anywhere on the card, including the main event. I can’t say enough good things about Bobby Roode. As a human being, as a performer… I am just surprised it has taken this long quite frankly. I expected Bobby to kind of explode out of the scene much the same way AJ Styles did. I can’t say enough good things about him.”

If he wishes Roode and AJ Styles got a shot like this in WWE sooner:

“No. They are where they are because of what they learned, because of the experience and because of the journey. Both AJ and Bobby, neither one of them are injury prone. I still think they’ve got a lot of runway left in them. I really, really do. They are great athletes, unbelievably talented, smart, they know how to conduct themselves both in and out of the ring. All of that will lead to a lot of longevity in my opinion. I think we are going to be seeing AJ Styles and Bobby Roode for a long time to come.”

H/T WrestleZone for the transcriptions