WCW had its moment, and that's what it was: it was a moment. And we created some great stories and changed the… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
“Besides Minnesota, the AWA promoted wrestling in territories in the Midwest, Las Vegas, San Francisco,” — Eric Bischoff Las vegas Copy Share Image
I had zero exposure to creative in WCW up until 1993, 1994. Even then, I was at a distance. — Eric Bischoff Creative Copy Share Image
One of the advantages and disadvantages of WCW had to deal with was being a member of Turner Broadcasting. — Eric Bischoff Advantages and disadvantages Copy Share Image
“...it doesn't matter if people love you or hate you, as long as they feel strongly one way or the other. The… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Clearly there's value in Twitter and Facebook; otherwise, none of us would be involved in it. — Eric Bischoff Facebook Copy Share Image
I've probably done 1,000 interviews about the 'Monday Night Wars' and how 'Nitro' was made. — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
People are finally figuring it out that, at the end of the day, that WCW created some of the best talent in… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Bret Hart, you don't really understand the business of the Pro Wrestling business. You only understand the Bret Hart business of the… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Bumps often require giving yourself completely to the talent you're in the ring with, and that's what makes wrestling such a performance… — Eric Bischoff Art Copy Share Image
“I'm as apolitical as possible. I don't hang out with too many people. I'm a loner. For the most part, when I… — Eric Bischoff Apolitical Copy Share Image
Had Fusient been successful in buying WCW, ultimately there would have been no one on that side of the equation, including me,… — Eric Bischoff Business Copy Share Image
You no longer have to have a big record label behind you and have to kowtow to the politics that enabled you… — Eric Bischoff Art Copy Share Image
The WWE also embraced more of a reality-based approach to wrestling a year or two after I established it. I knew, deep… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
I brought Muhammad Ali to North Korea in 1995. I tried that once. It didn't work out quite that well for me… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
People always said during the Monday Night Wars that the only way we were able to compete was due to a large… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
AOL-Time Warner didn't want a WCW property on their platforms - being TNT or TBS or anything else - in any way,… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
We formatted our shows so that, at nine o'clock, we were in the heat of hard-hitting, fast-paced cruiserweight action, and it was… — Eric Bischoff Action Copy Share Image
Take the main event of WrestleMania and put it in front of 75 people, and it will dramatically affect the way everyone… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Turner Broadcasting went from a very entrepreneurial, risk-taking company where I had a tremendous amount of freedom and autonomy to a corporate,… — Eric Bischoff Autonomy Copy Share Image
One of the reasons The Bullet Club is what it is, while it may be kind of a wink and a nod… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
You can't just run through a cookie cutter press and crank out a wrestler that looks like Bill Goldberg. — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
I've always believed that the audience and the energy that the audience creates is sometimes just as important as the action inside… — Eric Bischoff Action Copy Share Image
When I ran WCW, I obviously had a lot of control over the business, but when I was in TNA, I had… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, myself, and even Bill Goldberg, for crying out loud, main-eventing Wrestlemania. That is WCW's legacy. — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
If you go back in time and look at a map of all of the television markets where wrestling was most popular,… — Eric Bischoff Investing Copy Share Image
The only reason TNA hired me was because they had no choice. Dixie Carter wanted Hulk Hogan - that was obvious -… — Eric Bischoff Choice Copy Share Image
Typically, in a live-action format, when you watch a wrestling show, you've got wrestlers in a ring in front of a thousand,… — Eric Bischoff Communication Copy Share Image
There are very few voices that can speak with any kind of authority or credibility on what happened back during the time… — Eric Bischoff Authority Copy Share Image
A character like mine, there is only so much you can do from a storyline perspective. You can be that heel authority… — Eric Bischoff Character Copy Share Image
By the time my attempt to acquire WCW fell apart and Time Warner decided they didn't want anything remotely associated with wrestling… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
When I created the Cruiserweight division in WCW, nobody called them cruiserweights in the industry at that point. That was a boxing… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Professional wrestling... is no different than a Broadway play except that in a Broadway play, actors are using dialogue to tell a… — Eric Bischoff Art Copy Share Image
You have to make a choice, and you have to commit to a character. You're either a babyface or a character that… — Eric Bischoff Character Copy Share Image
I really like Braun Strowman. I would turn the volume down on him just a little bit. I think he is a… — Eric Bischoff Character Copy Share Image
When I hired the first group of cruiserweights - which consisted of Dean Malenko, Chris Jericho, and Eddie Guerrero - I sat… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
This isn't a competitive sport. Wrestling is not the NFL or the NHL. It's not really sports. It's entertainment. And in order… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
There's not as many passive wrestling fans as people would think. There are a lot of fans who just can't get enough,… — Eric Bischoff Behind the scenes Copy Share Image
I don't regret how I built the Cruiserweight division. Could I have done better? Sure. Absolutely. I'm sure I could have, especially… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
Hulk will always be a part of sports entertainment/professional wrestling history, and there's nothing that's gonna change that. His relationship with the… — Eric Bischoff Change Copy Share Image
