Eric Bischoff is exploring a weekly television series for his Real American Freestyle (RAF) promotion, he told The Hollywood Reporter. In the interview, Bischoff detailed his thoughts on scheduling, stating a need to avoid football on Mondays and Thursdays. He also pointed to existing wrestling programming from WWE on Mondays and Fridays and AEW on Wednesdays, leaving Saturdays as a viable option for a potential weekly RAF show.
“You know, I don’t mind Saturday nights. I’ll be honest with you, it’s not the greatest night for television in terms of HUT — households using television — and so forth, but it works for me,” Bischoff said. “We gotta stay away from Monday night because you’re gonna have football. Thursday you’ve got football. There’s a lot of wrestling on Monday night (WWE) and Friday night (WWE) and Wednesday night with AEW…”
The discussion about RAF’s future follows its inaugural event last Saturday. The show proceeded as planned despite the recent death of Hulk Hogan. Bischoff explained the decision to move forward was made to honor Hogan’s legacy.
“We woke up and said, ‘You know what? What would Hulk want us to do? He wants to keep going. This is an opportunity for us to build on to an already large legacy and to do something positive’,” Bischoff stated. “And from that point forward, it’s just, you know, we’re just like ‘Powered by Hogan.’ We just driving through and trying to make him proud, and I think we are. I know we did on Saturday, and I think he’d be very proud of the progress that we’re making and what we’re doing.”
Bischoff also addressed Hogan’s extensive history with major surgeries over the past 15 years, attributing his long-term health issues to the cumulative impact of his signature leg drop finisher.
“He was always able to kick out of it and be optimistic and look forward to doing whatever it is he was excited about. So when he went in the hospital this last time, it was serious, and we all knew it was serious, but we’ve been so accustomed to him being able to kick out and overcome it — and just this time, he couldn’t,” Bischoff said. “You don’t have to be a doctor… All you have to do is go look at a video of Hulk going up and coming down… He lands on his hip whenever he did that leg drop. So all 300 pounds of him, night after night after night… do that, oh, I don’t know, 400-500 times a year for 20 years, OK? And then let’s talk about where it hurts. That leg drop was it. All of his issues started in his lower back and his spine, and it just progressed from there.”
Hogan, born Terry Bollea, died at age 71 on July 24, 2025. A medical examiner’s report cited a heart attack as the natural cause of death.
However, the Clearwater Police Department in Florida confirmed its investigation into Hogan’s death remains active. Authorities stated that the “unique nature of this case” required interviewing multiple witnesses and gathering extensive medical records.
According to a police statement, no records, including body camera footage, will be released until the investigation concludes, and no timetable has been set. The investigation is being conducted in cooperation with Hogan’s family, who had previously raised questions about the circumstances surrounding his death.