In an appearance on today’s episode of WWE Talking Smack, Paul Heyman addressed the news that Eric Bischoff will be inducted into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame Class and congratulated his former rival on the honor.

“Eric Bischoff in the WWE Hall of Fame, I presume this will surprise a lot of people, I don’t think the WWE Hall of Fame is complete without Eric Bischoff. This is an honor that is long overdue and it’s well earned, it’s most deserved.

The criteria to be in the WWE Hall of Fame is impact upon the industry and it would be very hard for anyone to argue that Eric Bischoff did not make as significant an impact on this industry as almost anybody else in its history. I respect WWE for having the intelligence and for understand just how much Eric Bischoff belongs in the Hall of Fame.

I congratulate, profoundly congratulate my old rival, Eric Bischoff, for his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2021. I would like to add however, that if you look back in history, and I don’t do that often, that the 1990’s in this industry were ruled by Eric Bischoff, Paul Heyman and Vincent Kennedy McMahon, only one of us is still relevant enough to be on television each and every week, on top, in the main event of WrestleMania, with the biggest star in the industry, the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.”