Alternativenation.net interview
Bischoff talks to Alternativenation.net about Randy Savage, Vince McMahon and comparing a Cena heel turn to Hulk Hogan’s in the 1990’s.
You’ve got to put everything in the proper context. There were no NWO shirts for sale before I turned Hulk Hogan heel. One disadvantage I had when I launched Nitro, compared to WWE, is that they had very sophisticated licensing and merchandise, WCW didn’t have any. This is one of the reasons I had to guarantee contracts, because if I didn’t guarantee how much money somebody was going to make, there was no chance in hell they were going to make enough to live off of if it was in part based on licensing and merchandising that didn’t exist. It is what it is, and was what it was, based on what I inherited, when I inherited it. But it was also an advantage, because I didn’t have to risk the same type of financial impact that for example WWE might be analyzing, ‘Okay, what happens if John Cena merchandise goes away?’ I didn’t have that challenge, because I wasn’t making any anyways. I had nowhere to go but up.
Ross Report interview
Bischoff is a guest on The Ross Report to discuss TNA, WCW and producing Celebrity Championship Wrestling.
We did a show called Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling on CMT. The original idea was not to use celebrities but random people. It was going to be like Tough Enough with the volume turned way up.
Steve Austin Show guest
Bischoff is a guest on the Steve Austin Show to discuss WCW, Dusty Rhodes and Kevin Nash as head booker. Austin releases statement.
Eric Bischoff is back… and this time he’s talking WCW – how he ended up running the show, the Monday Night wars with WWF, having Dusty Rhodes book, adding Kevin Nash to the roster, and the real reason he fired Steve Austin! Plus, nWo and Hulk Hogan stories!
Steve Austin Show interview
Bischoff talks to The Steve Austin Show WCW and his rise to power in the company.
I was passionate and I felt it. I believed in it. I believed in myself. I’ve been passionate about wrestling since I was a little kid and I was passionate about my approach to it. And the solution that I had, especially given that Turner had identified as their problem, which was not wanting any more wrestling guys running a television company. So, it worked.
Wrestling101.com interview
Bischoff talks about working for WWE:
It wasn’t until 2003 when Vince called me and asked if I would be interested in coming into WWE and I thought it was a great opportunity and thought it would be a lot of fun and it was. It was a very fulfilling opportunity I had to work with Vince McMahon and everybody at the WWE, they are a very classy organisation.
Wrestling101.com interview
Bischoff gives his thoughts on his tenure as president of WCW:
It was a long process, from working on camera to becoming president of the company was a several year process but with every step in that process I learned more about the business side of wrestling industry and took on more responsibilities. By the time I became president of the company I had a clear vision of what I wanted to do and how I wanted to make WCW the number one wrestling company in the world.