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Eric Bischoff
An image of Eric Bischoff.
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Ring name(s) Eric Bischoff
Billed height 5 ft 10 in (1. 78 m)
Billed weight 195 lb (88 kg/13. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 9 st)
Born May 27, 1957 (1957-05-27) (age 51)
Detroit, Michigan
Resides Scottsdale, Arizona
Debut 1987

Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957[1]), is an American entrepreneur and former professional wrestling booker, producer and on-screen personality, most known for serving as President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Scottsdale ( O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ; Yaqui Eskatel) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff This is a list of authority figures, people who hold on-screen power in selective Professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is The World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E Brand Extension was a process first used in 2002 by said Professional wrestling promotion as a means

With an amateur background in martial arts, Bischoff was also known to sporadically compete as an in-ring performer, with a WCW Hardcore Championship reign to his credit. The World Championship Wrestling (WCW Hardcore Championship was a title in World Championship Wrestling.

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Early life

Eric Bischoff was a wrestling fan growing up in a rough part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began competing in amateur wrestling for his school. Scholastic wrestling is the commonly-used name of the style of Amateur wrestling practiced at the High school and middle (junior high school level in Bischoff moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota when he was 12 years old, where he continued his amateur wrestling career. Soon he began to pursue taekwondo. Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea Eventually he earned black belt in taekwondo, and competing across the country in small taekwondo tournaments. Bischoff befriended future WCW employee Kazuo "Sonny" Onoo while touring as a martial artist in the 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The two became good friends and Onoo considered him one of the toughest fighters of the time. [2] Bischoff would also become friends with next door neighbor and future wrestling star Page "Diamond Dallas Page" Falkinburg, Jr.

Career

Before getting into professional wrestling, Bischoff had a number of occupations. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr He owned a successful construction company, worked as a veterinary assistant, and, for a time, ran a butcher's shop where he would sell the meat by van delivery. Veterinary medicine the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale Hulk Hogan would famously refer to this time in his life during a promo at the end of the 1996 WCW pay-per-view event Bash at the Beach in Daytona Beach, Florida, saying, "If it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff would still be selling meat from a truck in Minneapolis. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional In Professional wrestling, a promo is short for "promotional interview" a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event Bash at the Beach (1996 was the third annual Bash at the Beach Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling "[1]

Bischoff started in wrestling working for American Wrestling Association owner Verne Gagne and would eventually become an on-air interviewer and host until the AWA folded in 1990. The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 Verne Gagne (born February 26 1926) is a former American Professional wrestler, football player Pro wrestling Trainer, and

In 1990, Bischoff auditioned for an announcer's position with the World Wrestling Federation, but Vince McMahon turned him down. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In a July 2003 interview, Vince McMahon said: "I regret not hiring Bischoff at the time. To be honest, I don't recall his audition, and I don't know why I wouldn't. He has a great look. He has a great on-camera presence. I don't know why we didn't grab him at the time. "

World Championship Wrestling(WCW)

In 1991, Bischoff joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as an announcer, debuting at The Great American Bash. The Great American Bash was an annual summer Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance 's Jim Crockett

As an announcer, Bischoff reported to producer Tony Schiavone and WCW's Vice President of Broadcasting, Jim Ross. Noah Anthony "Tony" Schiavone (born on November 7 1957) (pronounced "sha- VAHN -ee" is a sports radio host and former Professional James William "Jim" Ross (born January 3 1952 in Fort Bragg California He is known affectionately as "good ol'" J After WCW boss Bill Watts was fired by TBS executive Bill Shaw in 1993, Bischoff went to Shaw and WCW Vice President Bob Dhue to ask for the job of executive producer. Bill Watts, (born May 5 1939 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is a former American Professional wrestler and promoter TBS is an American Cable television network that shows sports and a variety of programming with a focus on comedy Bill Shaw is the name of Bill Shaw (executive, former high-paid Time Warner executive At the time, Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone seemed to be the two top candidates. However, Bischoff was hired in Watts' place. [3] Schiavone remained a producer until the company's demise. Ross was soon let go by Shaw (upon suggestion from Bischoff) and ended up in the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF). World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, [4]

In 1994, Bischoff became a Vice President and cleared house within the WCW front office. He famously fired event manager Don Sandefeur, junior Vice President Jim Barnett, and his old boss Bob Dhue, all on the same day (in a 10/14 blog entry on his website, Bischoff denied this, stating that Sandefeur and Dhue never reported to him). James E Barnett ( June 9, 1924 &ndash September 18, 2004) was a professional wrestling promoter In 1996, Bill Shaw was reassigned from WCW, leaving Eric with the title of Executive Vice President/General Manager, and by 1997, Bischoff was promoted to President of World Championship Wrestling by the head of TBS Sports, Dr. Harvey Schiller. Dr Harvey Schiller, formerly President of TBS Sports Southeastern Conference commissioner and CEO of YankeeNets is currently a member of the All American Football

Bischoff convinced Turner executives to better finance WCW in order to compete with the WWF. Almost immediately, he used the money allotted to him to sign big names such as Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and others away from the WWF. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15 1952) a 1 time Intercontinental Champion He is a graduate of Downers Grove North High School He also invested money in production values and increased the number of WCW pay-per-views (first 7 a year, then 10, and then once a month). Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event The plans paid off, and in 1995, WCW turned a profit for the first time. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

Monday Nitro

Main article: WCW Monday Nitro

During one WCW meeting in 1995, Ted Turner asked Bischoff how the company could possibly compete with the WWF. WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. Bischoff, taken aback by the question, told Turner to put WCW on prime time television against the WWF's Monday Night RAW. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is At the time, the flagship show for WCW was WCW Saturday Night, which ran on Saturday Nights at 6:05, and as such there was no direct competition between WCW and WWF for viewers. WCW Saturday Night was the weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS produced by World Championship Wrestling. To the surprise of many within the wrestling industry (and those within Turner Broadcasting), Turner agreed, and gave Bischoff a 1 hour prime time slot every Monday on TNT (in 1996, due to high ratings, it would expand to 2 hours, and eventually 3 hours in 1998). Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned

Bischoff designed and produced the new show, WCW Monday Nitro, and showcased the company as a fresh alternative to the WWF. Bischoff has stated that he wanted to draw an audience to WCW from the WWF by being different from the competition and not trying to be similar. While new episodes of RAW were taped weeks in advance, Nitro was live each week, with Bischoff often giving away RAW results to encourage viewers to watch his show instead (or, according to Bischoff, to watch RAW "proving the quality" of that show paled in comparison to Nitro). "Live TV" redirects here For the British TV station formerly known by this name see L!VE TV. In his book (Controversy Creates Ca$h), Bischoff describes the design for Nitro as being a complete alternative to the WWF. RAW catered to younger crowds, so Nitro would in turn cater to the 18-35 male demographic. Character-wise, Raw featured larger than life cartoon characters, while Nitro would begin to feature edgier characters with more depth. RAW tended to have lots of squash matches on its television each week at this time. Nitro attracted an audience by being different and having competitive matches that would normally be reserved for pay-per-view.

Because WCW and TNT were both part of Turner, Bischoff was able to start Nitro several minutes earlier than RAW, as well as provide a late-night rebroadcast so viewers who opted to watch RAW could still see the show. With the influx of new money Bischoff also began signing wrestlers from around the world, including All Japan , New Japan and ECW to fill the undercard with quicker paced, more action-packed matches. ( AJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972 is a major Professional wrestling federation in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972 Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by

The plan worked as Nitro beat RAW in their first head-to-head week and ran neck-and-neck with the WWF for the remainder of the year.

nWo

Main article: New World Order (professional wrestling)

In 1996, Bischoff revealed that WWF superstar Scott Hall, better known to audiences as "Razor Ramon", was defecting from the WWF to join WCW. The New World Order (commonly known as the nWo, the official typeset in the Logo) was a Professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled Scott Oliver Hall (born October 20, 1958 In WCW he was a 2-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a 1-time Television Hall was soon joined by Kevin Nash, better known as "Diesel", to become "The Outsiders". Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9 1959 is an American professional wrestler and Actor. The Outsiders are a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. The duo was depicted as invading WCW on behalf of the WWF to start a "war" between the two companies (though Bischoff, Hall, and Nash later clarified that the latter two did not represent and were not under contract to the WWF). The Outsiders expanded and became The New World Order when perennial fan-favorite Hulk Hogan aligned himself with the Outsiders. The New World Order (commonly known as the nWo, the official typeset in the Logo) was a Professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional Led by the nWo storyline, WCW overtook the WWF as the number one wrestling promotion in America with Monday Nitro's rating defeating Monday Night RAW's by a wide margin for 84 consecutive weeks. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television Through this Bischoff moved from a commentator to a manager type role in the nWo and enjoyed a lot of screen time. In Professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler (or wrestlers for a variety of reasons He also enjoyed some mainstream exposure in his own right at the time, appearing on the HBO series Arli$$ as well as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Arliss (rendered in its logo as Arli$$) is an American Situation comedy on HBO about a Sports agent and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show currently hosted by Jay Leno, on Bischoff's name is mentioned on the song "Ain't Cha" by rap duo Clipse, from their 2006 album Hell Hath No Fury, in the line "My dream team wrestle for cheese like Eric Bischoff". Clipse is a Virginia -based hip hop duo Formed in 1992 by brothers Malice (born Gene Thornton in 1972 in The Bronx New York For the popular proverb beginning with a line that is similar to "Hell hath no fury The song is also featured on the Step Up soundtrack. Step Up is a 2006 dance / Romance film directed by Anne Fletcher starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. The Step Up soundtrack is the soundtrack for the dance/romance film Step Up.

Bischoff has fought for a world championship twice: Once in a tag team match with Jeff Jarrett against David Arquette and then WCW Champion, DDP for the WCW Championship on WCW Thunder and once against John Cena at the RAW's USA homecoming for the WWE Championship. David James Arquette (born September 8 1971) is an American Actor, Film director, producer and Screenwriter For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr WCW Thunder was a Professional wrestling show produced by World Championship Wrestling which aired on TBS from January 8 John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23 1977 In his WWE career Cena has been a three time WWE Champion, He has also made appearances on television shows USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is

Downfall of WCW

In 1996, media conglomerate Time Warner had acquired Turner Broadcasting. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Little by little, the new owners gave Bischoff slight restrictions as to what he was and was not allowed to do with WCW. Eventually the restrictions, ranging from the presentation and direction of WCW programming to the financing/budget, increased. In the summer of 1998, he was outright forced to alter WCW's format to a more "family-friendly" output. The forced shift in WCW's programming and operations came while the WWF, buoyed by its new "Attitude" branding and product, was regularly beating an increasingly stagnant WCW week after week in the Monday night ratings war. By January 1999, the tide had completely turned.

His TV presence disappeared, and a demoralized Bischoff, having lost control of his company, began looking for an out from WCW. he often missed shows so he could pitch ideas to TV executives in Hollywood, being introduced by his friend Jason Hervey as "The golden boy who saved wrestling. Jason Robert Hervey (born April 6 1972 is an American actor television producer and former Public relations agent "

When Bischoff returned from hiatus in April 1999, the company was in bad shape. WCW had a lot more restrictions on what it could and could not do from Time Warner. He would try to unsuccessfully extend the WCW brand outside of wrestling with a restaurant called The Nitro Grill (which went under in less than a year) and a brand of cologne.

Bischoff also tried to bring in musical talent such as Kiss, Master P, and Megadeth for huge one time performance paydays ranging from $200,000 to $500,000, but neither performance was able to make an impact in the ratings. Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Percy Miller, better known as P Miller, (formerly Master P is an American entertainer and entrepreneur Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. [5][6]

Replacement

All plans were scrapped when, on September 10, 1999, Bischoff was suddenly relieved of his management position with WCW. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) In August, Bischoff was replaced with WCW accountant Bill Busch.

The management change went un-mentioned on WCW television but was mentioned on their web page.

However, less than six months went by before Bill Busch was removed from power. Busch, according to Bischoff's book, was a numbers man and had no idea how to run a wrestling company. To make matters worse, ratings, which had been at least decent under Bischoff's tenure, plummeted to embarrassing all-new lows. Replacing Busch at the helm was Time Warner programming executive Brad Siegel. Siegel's first order of business was to ask Eric what could be done to save the company, and because of this, Bischoff briefly came back into power in April 2000. April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September However, he did not return as president; instead, he was named event and television manager, and was to be seconded by creative director Vince Russo (as on-air partners-in-charge). Show runner (alternatively showrunner) is a term used in the United States television industry referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation Vincent James Russo (born January 24 1961) is an American writer of Italian origin known for working for American Professional wrestling Although unhappy with Russo's booking (which Bischoff would later describe as "dark, mean-spirited, and creatively shallow"), Bischoff worked with Russo for the good of WCW. The last straw, according to Bischoff, was the Hulk Hogan incident at Bash at the Beach 2000. Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional Bash at the Beach was a yearly Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW Bischoff would leave the company after six weeks.

Attempted purchase of WCW

While owned by Turner Broadcasting, WCW had always been classified as a sports division, yet under the new corporate umbrella of Time Warner, it was eventually overseen by the entertainment department. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Many executives in the Time Warner ownership-- from the Turner-owned era to the AOL-Time Warner years-- hated the idea of wrestling on their stations, seeing it as "low brow", and accounts showed that WCW was losing between $12–$17 million a year at one point. Low culture is a Derogatory term for some forms of Popular culture. Time Warner executives attempted to remove it entirely, but were unable to do so because of Ted Turner. Turner was personally faithful to WCW regardless of whether it was losing him money because an earlier incarnation of the promotion had helped establish Turner's first television station, TBS.

However, not many people involved in Time Warner ownership shared his loyalty. Turner was still the single largest Time Warner shareholder, so WCW continued to operate at his behest. When AOL merged with Time Warner in 2000, Turner was effectively forced out of his own empire. [7] The new AOL-Time Warner finally had the power to auction off WCW, which they saw as an unnecessary drain on resources. Bischoff, operating under the belief that every restriction placed on WCW was making the end of the company inevitable, offered to buy the company in the hopes of saving it. Although Brad Siegel wanted little to do with the company, he rejected the sale. In late 2000 with WCW facing major financial woes, Siegel eventually accepted Bischoff's offer. Bischoff and a group of investors known as Fusient Media Ventures signed a letter of intent to buy the company. Fusient Media Ventures is an American -based Venture capital group founded by Classic Sports Network creators Brian Bedol and Steve Greenberg [8] Bischoff and Fusient briefly withdrew their offer when the World Wrestling Federation (due to the terms of a settlement, WWF had a right to bid on WCW's properties, should they ever be up for liquidation) made an inqiuiry on WCW. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, But when then-WWF broadcaster Viacom objected (fearing a WWF-owned show on a competing network), the Bischoff-Fusion consortium signed a new letter of intent.

However, if Siegel wanted nothing to do with WCW, then his new supervisor in the AOL Time Warner merger Jamie Kellner (former WB Network executive) wanted even less to do with the company. Jamie Kellner is an American Television executive He was chairman and Chief executive officer of Named the new head of Turner Broadcasting, Kellner formally cancelled all WCW programming from its television networks. [9] With no network on which to air its programming, WCW was of little value to Bischoff and Fusient (Bischoff: "It made absolutely no sense for us to do the deal under those circumstances. " [10] ), whose offer depended on being able to continue to air WCW programming on the Turner networks. According to his autobiography, Bischoff revealed that NBC and FOX were inquiring about getting WCW programming on their networks, but without a main broadcast output, that never happened. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's With WCW programming cancelled (and Viacom subsequently no longer objecting), the company was purchased by the WWF for a substantially lower price (approximately US $2. 5 million) than what had been offered in March 2001. March 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Bischoff took some time off from wrestling to work on other TV projects. He produced several reality TV shows and signed on as president of Matrats, a youth-based wrestling company. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

In 2002, Bischoff was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment to be the General Manager of RAW, a role he played until late 2005. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, This is a list of authority figures, people who hold on-screen power in selective Professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America His debut as RAW GM resurrected his characteristic brand of smarminess with the GM position, again playing the arrogant heel character he had perfected as the nWo boss in WCW. [11] His reign as GM was longer than any other GM in WWE history and included "innovations" like the "Raw Roulette" and the Elimination Chamber, as well as feuds with Stone Cold Steve Austin, John Cena, SmackDown! GM Stephanie McMahon, and Extreme Championship Wrestling ex-GM Paul Heyman. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing The Elimination Chamber is a match type in Professional wrestling (seen in World Wrestling Entertainment) A Professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or factions of wrestlers Steven Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18 1964 This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23 1977 In his WWE career Cena has been a three time WWE Champion, He has also made appearances on television shows WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a Professional wrestling Television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE that is currently airing Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer most well-known for his former roles in Professional wrestling

Bischoff was "Fired" (kayfabe) as General Manager in late 2005, when Vince McMahon tossed him into a garbage truck - following a "trial" where his history of unscrupulous actions were listed - and driven out of the arena. In Professional wrestling, kayfabe (ˈkeɪfeɪb KAY-fayb) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" that is the portrayal of professional Bischoff then sat out the remainder of the year and spent the start of 2006 writing a book that would become Controversy Creates Cash. Controversy Creates Ca$h is the Autobiography of Professional wrestling promoter and personality Eric Bischoff, written with Jeremy Bischoff hates most wrestling books, as he believes most are "bitter, self-serving revisionist history at best" and refers to them as "monuments to bullshit". [12] While promoting his book Controversy Creates Cash on WWE. com, Bischoff criticized Wikipedia for his page stating that many parts were untrue. ***************************************************************************************** * * He said it was "flawed" and "wished he had done as much with his life as his page had stated". Although it was widely believed that his contract expired during his sabbatical, Bischoff's contract with the company expired on August 5, 2007. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [2]

On September 25, 2006, Bischoff appeared on WWE TV for the first time in close to a year, being brought into the ring by Jonathan Coachman where he proceeded to promote his recently finished book Controversy Creates Ca$h (ISBN 1-4165-2729-X) and gave a worked shoot on Vince McMahon and WWE. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan William Coachman After this he would have an on-screen role as the "lackey" to then General Manager of Raw Eric Bischoff. In Professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event &ndash that is an event that is "real" and not staged During his segment Bischoff stated, "Without Monday Nitro there would be no Monday Night RAW. In Professional wrestling, a promo is short for "promotional interview" a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. . . without the nWo there would be no DX. The New World Order (commonly known as the nWo, the official typeset in the Logo) was a Professional wrestling stable that originally wrestled D-Generation X (also known and spelled as Degeneration X, DX and D-X) is an on-and-off Professional wrestling Tag team (formerly . . and without Eric Bischoff there would be no Vince McMahon. " After the personal crack at McMahon at the end of his remarks, Bischoff's microphone was turned off, and he was escorted out of the building.

A few days later John Bradshaw Layfield conducted a four-part interview with Bischoff, further discussing his book, on WWE. John Charles Layfield (born November 29 1966 known by his current Ring name John "Bradshaw" Layfield or JBL, is an American com. During the interview, Bischoff discussed various topics, such as his true feelings towards Lex Luger, his thoughts on ECW promoter Paul Heyman, his decision of giving Kevin Nash booking power, and his overall reaction to the Monday Night Wars. Lawrence Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958) 5 time United States Heavyweight Champion, He held the title until NWA's first Pay-per-view Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9 1959 is an American professional wrestler and Actor. Monday Night Wars is the common term describing the period of mainstream televised American Professional wrestling from September 4, 1995, to At one point, it was even on the New York Times best seller list.

Bischoff was chosen as the special guest referee for the D-Generation X vs. D-Generation X (also known and spelled as Degeneration X, DX and D-X) is an on-and-off Professional wrestling Tag team (formerly Edge and Randy Orton match at Cyber Sunday on November 5, with 60% of the vote. Rated-RKO was a Professional wrestling Tag team, who wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand between October Cyber Sunday (2006 was the third annual Cyber Sunday Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) He then cheated DX out of the win, leaving Orton and Edge the victors.

On the November 6, 2006 episode of RAW, Bischoff was reinstated as General Manager for one night only. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with During his time as the GM on RAW, he restarted matches if he didn't like the outcome. He also got revenge on Maria for her statement made in his trial the year before by making her face Umaga, forced John Cena to "take the night off," and banned DX from the building. He restarted the match between Jeff Hardy and Johnny Nitro for the WWE Intercontinental Championship after Hardy won by DQ. Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE John Randall Hennigan (born October 3 1979 better known by his Ring name John Morrison, is an American Professional wrestler. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Intercontinental Championship is a Professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. Bischoff restarted that match as a No Disqualification match, and Nitro took advantage of that using Melina to distract Hardy and striking him with the title belt. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing Melina Nava Perez (born March 9 1979 better known simply as Melina, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling At the end, DX interfered in the main event when Bischoff tried to help Edge and Randy Orton win the tag team titles, and forced him to be humiliated by "Big Dick Johnson" as revenge for costing them their match the night before.

On March 5, 2007, Bischoff made a brief appearance on RAW in Phoenix, Arizona to give Vince McMahon his thoughts on the WrestleMania 23 match against Donald Trump. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr WrestleMania 23 was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view (PPV event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and Then on December 10, 2007, Bischoff returned to RAW for its 15th Anniversary Special and was confronted by Chris Jericho, whom he fired on Raw in 2005. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage On the same night, his profile was updated onto the WWE alumni section on WWE. COM.

Production career

Bischoff, with Jason Hervey (The Wonder Years), runs his own production company, Bischoff-Hervey Productions, which co-produced the reality TV series I Want To Be a Hilton for NBC in 2005. Jason Robert Hervey (born April 6 1972 is an American actor television producer and former Public relations agent I Want To Be a Hilton was a 2005 weekly NBC reality TV series that was hosted by Kathy Hilton. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The year 2005 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2005. They also produced a live Girls Gone Wild pay-per-view event from Florida in 2003 with WWE and another pay-per-view about the Sturgis, South Dakota motorcycle rally in 2004. The Girls Gone Wild franchise created by Joseph R Francis, is a series by the production company Mantra Films Inc Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Sturgis is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is an American Motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota each first "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " They are also executive producing the VH1 reality show Scott Baio Is 45...and Single and the CMT show Billy Ray Cyrus. Scott Baio Is 45and Single is a Celebreality show that aired on VH1 starring Scott Baio. . . Home At Last. Currently, they are working on a reality series project with Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst as well as an energy-drinks project. Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American Actor, director and Musician, known primarily

Personal life

Today, Bischoff lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife Loree and two children, son Garrett and daughter Montana. Scottsdale ( O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ; Yaqui Eskatel) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, Loree Bischoff is the wife of former Raw general manager and ex president of WCW Eric Bischoff.

Bischoff is a black belt in taekwondo. Bischoff has a serious passion for motorcycles and still rides them today. Bischoff has his own online Texas Hold-em Poker lobby called Bischoff Poker Fan Slam featured on his web site.

In wrestling

Championships and Accomplishments

  • 1996 Most Influential Figure In Wrestling
  • 1996 Feud of the Year – vs. A roundhouse kick (also known as a round kick or turning kick) is a Kick in which the attacker swings his or her leg around in a semicircular motion Terrance "Terry" Gene Bollea (born August 11 1953 better known by his Ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Actor, and retired professional Sean Allen Morley (born March 6 1971) European Championship once and World Tag Team Championship once with Lance Jonathan William Coachman After this he would have an on-screen role as the "lackey" to then General Manager of Raw Eric Bischoff. Tito & Tarantula are a rock band formed in 1992 a few years after Tito Larriva's previous band the Cruzados, disbanded AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Anthology is a Compilation album released by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002 Pro Wrestling Illustrated ( PWI) is a Professional wrestling Magazine. The PWI Feud of the Year Award, given yearly since 1986 by Professional wrestling Magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes the best Vince McMahon
  • 1997 Most Influential Figure In Wrestling
  • 1998 50 Most Beautiful People in Wrestling
  • 2002 Feud of the Year – vs. Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24 1945 popularly known by his Ring name Mr Stephanie McMahon

Notes

  1. ^ Bischoff's Book - Videos. Stephanie Marie McMahon-Levesque She is the daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon and WWE CEO Linda McMahon, and is the younger sister of Shane McMahon The World Championship Wrestling (WCW Hardcore Championship was a title in World Championship Wrestling. This is a chronological list of professional wrestlers that have been WCW Hardcore Champion. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is This is a list of authority figures, people who hold on-screen power in selective Professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America David Allan Meltzer (born October 24 1961 is the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON. This is a list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, current and defunct World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. . Retrieved on 2006-10-23. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -
  2. ^ Altamura, Mike. "Kazuo 'Sonny' Onoo speaks out", Slam! Sports, 2002-04-04. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.  
  3. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p. 237)
  4. ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p. 238)
  5. ^ Fighting Spirit Magazine - Article
  6. ^ 411mania.com: Music - Loop Diggin’ Thursdays, News & Rants 2.23.06
  7. ^ Auletta, Ken (2004-09-30). Media Man: Ted Turner's Improbable Empire. W. W. Norton, pp. 15. ISBN 0-393-05168-4.  
  8. ^ Spitzer, Gabriel. "Turner sells WCW but not to Ted Turner=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/jan01/jan08/5_fri/news2friday.html", Media Life Magazine, 2001-01-08. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army  
  9. ^ Hart, Bret. "Wrestling monopoly", Calgary Sun, 2001-03-24. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland  
  10. ^ De La Garza, Ed. "WCW goes off the air, promises exciting finale Monday", The Daily Cougar Sports, 2001-03-21. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem.  
  11. ^ Putting the raw in "RAW": Vince McMahon's former nemesis, Eric Bischoff, comes to WWE with the goal of spicing up Monday nights | Wrestling Digest | Find Articles at BNET.com
  12. ^ Bischoff, E: "Controversy Creates Cash", page 3. World Wrestling Entertainment, 2006

References

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Tony Schiavone
WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. Noah Anthony "Tony" Schiavone (born on November 7 1957) (pronounced "sha- VAHN -ee" is a sports radio host and former Professional
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