Controversy Creates Cash by Eric Bischoff

Author:Eric Bischoff [Bischoff, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2012-01-25T23:21:30+00:00

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CONTROVERSY CREATES CASH

He would go over to ECW and badmouth me and WCW. At some point, he would come back.

We were going to use it, and go further than anyone had ever gone before. People would really believe it was true. That was our agreement.

Wrestling being wrestling, I knew there was a possibility that I was being worked. Releasing Brian let him sign a contract for more money at WWE; it also meant he might not come back. I was willing to take the risk, because if we could follow through on it, it would be a phenomenal storyline.

No one else was in on it, but as time went on, a few wrestlers figured it out. I know Hulk Hogan did. I remember I was doing play-by-play on Nitro, and something happened inside the ring. I don’t remember what the incident was, but for some reason Hulk realized it was all a work. Hulk was pissed that I hadn’t shared it with him.

My assistant, Janie Engle, came up to me during a break. She was white as a ghost. “Eric, Hogan just came up to me and said, well, he wanted me to tell you that you can go to hell.” He didn’t explain why but I knew. Eventually the wrestlers were split about fifty-fifty on whether it was real or not. When I could do that to professionals, guys who were the most cynical in the business, I knew I was achieving my goals. If they didn’t know, the audience didn’t know.

The wrestlers didn’t like it, of course, because they felt like they were being worked. But I didn’t really care.

Was I Worked?

Brian left according to plan, and immediately began tearing me down on ECW—one of the many, many times that someone would use me to get over with an audience. He got a big hit there, and went from ECW to WWE.

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