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I don't think Eric likes taking responsibility unless he thinks it's good 😅

Ric Flair did a show for his last match, how the hell would they not do anything for WCW?

Eric will never, ever get the credit he deserves. He was the only one to ever achieve success with WCW, the fact under the circumstances he was able to take a brand that was considered less than nothing in the public conciseness and become the leader in its marketplace, let alone best WWE in some business metrics is a monumental achievement. In any other industry he would be celebrated, except for this one where the narrative is controlled by bad faith pseudo 'journalists' like Meltzer and Alverez or by the WWE (Who have a vested interest in putting over their legacy, not WCW). So after the years of BS narrative from BS journalists, Wrestling personalities who had no knowledge of the inner workings of WCW, and WWE, it's nice to see a document that acknowledges, hey this guy did something monumental.... It was more than an 83 week ratings streak, before that streak Eric had dragged WCW from the ashes and after that streak, while the booking was off its peak, lets not act like WCW wasn't creating compelling television (and doing good business) up until he spring of '99. I will be forever grateful for what WCW provided me as a fan in 1995,1996,1997,1998 and the first half of 1999. The truth of the matter is the success of WCW rose and fell depending on the success Hulk Hogan had in WCW, that bears out with every single business metric, so I give Eric a lot of grace in his relationship with Hulk (and certainly in hindsight better booking decisions could have been made)... Quite simply Vince Russo is a complete idiot not wanting/understanding how to utilize the biggest star in wrestling. In 2002 Hulk proved he still had what it took in WWE , somehow Vince McMahon, Eric Bischoff, and even Verne Gagne could make money with Hulk Hogan, but not Vince Russo, I'm not surprised.

Cody ain't turning heel anytime time soon. He's the most over babyface of wrestling. Maybe from 2 or 3 years

iIs it me or did Booker T come across as the most ill-informed person each week?

newsflash...cody rhodes is and always has been a heel

I think people might wanna slow down w/ the heel Cody stuff. I don’t think it would be as good as people think it could be. Simply the fact his connection with the fans is organic, people love him genuinely which means no matter what, he’s gonna get cheered and I don’t think he’ll enjoy that spot whatsoever either because he loves being the hero for the kids, etc. I don’t think he would last a month being a heel lmao

I was also a WCW/NWA fan moreso than a WWF fan. Great series and nice to hear all perspectives of what happened. I am curious why Eric didn’t take on supporting TNA after WCW had ended.

What killed WCW? Hulk Hogan leaving WCW in 2000 is what killed WCW

cody heel would mean we will need someone as good of a babyface as him, and i cant think of anyone who can replace him as of now

Yes please! WCW getting revived is what majority of pro wrestling fans have always wanted. A lot of people stopped watching pro wrestling when WCW closed it's doors. The Ratings after WCW folded 100% prove it. AEW will never catch on because it frankly sucks and no one watches it. There is no hype around that show whatsoever. We want WCW back with the big gold belt and all the old PPV's but this is probably a pipe dream at best😭

I'd have turned Cena heel in 2006. 2012 was a bit too late to turn him heel.

He will a bad guy by next year..

The crowds love him and everything he's doing now. Why be contrarian just because?

Someone sent me the the Meltzer/Alvarez response to episode three video. They were still trying to convince everyone that their narrative was right, with Meltzer dropping the names of dead promoters to try and validate his BS.

i thought we may have seen a seed planted at clash at castle when Cody still hit AJ with the stairs even after AJ quit and pleaded..

You should see if Sting would give his opinion of "Who killed WCW?" on your podcast.

I've seen the way you booked since 2010 Eric. No, you can't.

i want Eric and Booker T to have a conversation

Baby face champions need adversity. This is why Super Cena didn’t work. If Rollins didn’t get injured and sidetracked with the Bloodline his Reign would have turned him Heel because he was beating everyone and the reign was too long.

Cody doesn't want to turn heel uncle E, we saw that in AEW.

Would be nice to see a Vice documentary on the rise of WCW, we always have content on the downfall, lets just look at the rise.

Cody has to either turn heel or lose the title and chase again. That’s how this stuff works. Not everybody can be Hulk Hogan and be that Babyface champ that just hold onto the title for years at a time and it takes forever to get old. That’s not today’s culture too much ADHD instant gratification needed.

Pillmans son is another one....

Cody to do modern era hulk Hogan turn. 🔥

Eric, if you're reading this I just wanted to give you credit for something that I don't think I've ever heard mentioned. Yes, the formation of the nWo was brilliant, the build up, presentation and execution at Bash '96 was all perfection. I just watched 6-8 weeks of Nitro/PPVs and it was even better than I remember. But what you did specifically and uniquely well was you put over Hall and Nash immediately over big, established "WCW" guys. That's part of why Vince's invasion angle didn't work. He didn't want to put over another promotion's incoming talent that might make "his guys" look weak or inferior. Instead you booked Hall and Nash incredibly strong and therefore it elevated not only them but even some of the talent that did the job for them. In my mind, that's a largely overlooked portion of what made the nWo angle work. Great, great booking.

Bring back WCW.

Newsflash: Russo brought the ratings UP while he was there. You might dislike his creative, but numbers went up. When he left, they dropped again. The same stuff some of you are calling "bad creative" increased viewership. Meanwhile, the stuff you think of as "good creative" aka pure dumb wrestling angles KILLED viewership. It's killing it AEW. It killed in WCW. They fail to mention the episodes that were PURE WRESTLING and they removed the Nitro Girls and draw the worst number in WCW history. (They listened to the dirt sheets, JUST LIKE TODAY and fans tuned out). So diss on Russo all you want, but Judy on a forklift is nowhere near as bad as 3 segment matches stretched through commercial, no stakes, generic wrestler vs generic wrestler. That phase happened during WCW's final stretch and was omitted from the show. It wasn't all finger pokes and forklifts. There was BORING wrestling with ZERO storylines just like today, and fans ran away and the only ones that enjoyed the shows were Meltzers and the purists.

Eric, do planks. They really help with back pain. But I’m sure you don’t need physical therapy help from someone online

Ultimately various circumstances and people all contributed to it.. some more so than others. Time warner/aol and a lot of the execs who hated wrestling saw to it failing and crushing any chance of it being saved and bought by someone who wanted to keep it going in this case Eric Bischoff. The other causes id say was to a degree Ted Turner for losing control of his company. Another reason is certain wrestlers going into business for themselves guys who had too much say in regards to their creative direction etc etc *cough* hogan and a few others who know who they are but wont take any responsibility no doubt. Lastly it was people running wcw. Russo and bischoff some of the decisions they made.. id say Russo made more bs decisions creatively but... Bischoff also made mistakes too.. such as allowing Hogan,Nash Hall etc to have so much pull politically speaking they ran roughshot on him and he did nothing about it... kind of like how Tony Khan allows the young bucks and some of their pals to do the same with him. But in saying that i think Eric tried.. yes he screwed on multiple occasions but he also made some good decisions too he forced wwe to change up its game with the nwo thing.. he helped wcw beat wwe for 83 weeks straight so.. he helped wcw a lot... wasnt perfect but i think he cared about wcw i really think he did

Seriously, wtf is with the rocking? Can you not do it for like 2 seconds?

WCW deserved at least a chance to survive on another TV network besides TBS/TNT, but the higher ups wanted it to not exist anymore so they sold it to Vince

You're a legend!

Eric Bischoff deserves a lot of credit for turning WCW around in early 90's & and starting up the Mondays Night Wars. Bischoff forced Vince to adapt how the WWF presented its product to an ediger product & giving us the best era in wrestling. Did Bischoff make mistakes? Yes & I am sure he wishes he could have done some things different but Bischoff isnt the only reason why WCW went under. There are many other factors from higher ups in Turner who hated wrestling to the merger of Time Warner & AOL to Hogan having way too much creative control to Vince Russo's awful booking. Adding Thunder did not help WCW. Having Nitro being 3 hours hurt it in the long run. It was better when it was 2 hours.

I pray I age like Eric.

Because of Eric Bischoff - i dedicated myself to training to become a wrestler myself and i have been doing it for now for 7 years. I owe that to Eric. I'm grateful to Eric. Eric deserves waaaaay more credit than some give him. As The Rock said, he's solidified FIRMLY on the Mount Rushmore of wrestling execs. Thank you Eric

Where can I get Eric T-shirt? It's not on boxofgimmicks

WWEWCWAEW.

EZE is the GOAT

Lexis king is killing it too!

nWo 4 life

This may be dumb but this episode had me tearing up a bit. Eric sincerely thank you for all you did, and thank you for trying to buy WCW.

I’m sorry Eric I really loved you on screen as a kid and I honestly believe you are a better human being then Russo but you are more responsible for the end of wcw then Russo. Forget what happen after you and hogan left the building and Russo bashed you guys no one cares about that the reason wcw failed is because you didn’t build the next generation properly. Russo tried but he wasn’t the right guy to get it done. He was passionate to give the amazing potential talent in wcw a chance but it was too late. Again Eric I’m sorry but you are a story starter but you are not a good finisher in booking.

Russo and all the bros so annoying

Would be interested in Erics take on Kevin Nash saying Guy Evans book is bullshit (he said it on his podcast) and the fact Kevin said that "who killed WCW" is rubbish

You have to get Bill Goldberg as the first world champion to pass the torch, Eric as GM, a new Four Horsemen, Tessa, Charlotte, original Nitro opening video with modern and past stars, and the classic Nitro entrance way with the big steel WCW. Then snatch up some AEW names (Wardlow, Starks, Fenix, Penta, The Acclaimed).

Eric get a Sharkti mat for your pain

god damn love Erics shirt

Have to say it was touching seeing Kevin Nash giving props to Bischoff, lets be honest there would be no WCW without Bischoff!

eZe 4=Life