NXT 2.0 debuted last past week in a big way, introducing several new stars including the son of Rick Steiner, Bronson Rechsteiner, as Bron Breakker.
Breakker debuted by beating LA Knight and then making his presence felt after Tommaso Ciampa won the NXT Championship. It was reported after his debut that NXT Announcers were strictly told not to mention Breakker’s lineage on commentary during his debut.
On the latest episode of the 83 Weeks Podcast, Eric Bischoff spoke about his relationship with Rick Steiner, and his thoughts about his sons debut on NXT 2.0.
“Rick is one of my favorite people from that part of my life and we’re still friends. We don’t chat all the time and all that,” Bischoff said. “Rick and I became pretty good friends in WCW and we became very good friends after WCW. So happy to see [his son on NXT], but I’ve got some issues with the Bron Breakker thing. I kept my mouth shut. The only thing that I said, and it was challenging for me on social media when it happened, I was like ‘I try, I really, really try.’
“Oh, there’s no doubt [he’s going to be a star]. I get that they didn’t want to call him Rex Steiner because his real last name is Rechsteiner and nothing lasts forever. Relationships generally don’t last forever, especially business relationships. You have to plan for the inevitable, and I understand why they would want to protect their intellectual property and give Bronson a real character name that they have control over. I don’t like that, but I understand it. It’s a fact of life whether I like it or don’t like it. The truth of the matter is, the business WWE and AEW are in, you have to protect your intellectual property. I get that. But they just cut a guy by the name of Braun. That’s the part I don’t get. The Breakker part, that’s like a video game kind of mentality. I get why they would do that. I understand it, but I still hate it. But the Bron part of that, the Bron Breakker after they just got rid of Braun Strowman, man. That’s the part that got to me, and I just want to go bat s**t livid on Twitter. And I went no, no, then you’re just like everybody else. You’re better than that.”
You can see Bischoff’s subtweet about Bron Breakker here:
