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Post by The Mac on Feb 6, 2009 11:12:53 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff wanted to put their stamp on the wrestling business in the post-Monday Night Wars era with a vision for a new reality show highlighting the dedication and commitment necessary to be a pro wrestler.
Bischoff says being part of TNA would have limited their ability to make an impact on the business because of TNA's lack of creativity and vision.
"Neither one of us were interested in TNA. It's a small organization that doesn't have very much vision," Bischoff said in an interview with the U.K. Sun. "The best way to describe it is like WWE-lite. There was nothing exciting there for Hulk or myself."
Bischoff was dissuaded from working with TNA because of the people in management. He says Dixie Carter is a "nice woman" and "I'm sure very intelligent," which suggests he doesn't think much of her management skills or the rest of the company's ability to lead her in the right direction to run a national wrestling promotion.
"The rest of the people in senior management there are not the sort of people we would like to work with," he said.
Bischoff says he's been contacted by TNA, as well as Hogan, but they didn't want to work with people in the creative process "that couldn't get a job in WWE or shouldn't have had a job in WCW."
He continues: "There's no vision for that company. They are people who have never been to the dance. They've never been a part, really, of any of the decision-making processes that led to the success of the industry.
"Some of them happen to have been working there while other people did it, but have never really done it for themselves. They just don't have the feel for it. So that's the reason we wouldn't want to be there."
-The MaC
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Post by K5 on Feb 6, 2009 15:50:19 GMT -5
i wish they'd decided to make an actual wrestling company instead of a reality show.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2009 16:04:58 GMT -5
he pretty much summed up tna's problems perfectly. right now though it's bad enough as the kurt angle show....if hogan was there too the entire arena would be red and yellow and he would be squashing guys four at a time on a weekly basis.
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 6, 2009 17:18:29 GMT -5
while he's right about TNA's shortcomings, he is such a prick. Wake up call, Eric: You're a big reason WCW is gone, and CCW sucks.
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Post by Heresy on Feb 6, 2009 18:19:18 GMT -5
Yeah... Bischoff is right about TNA, but he shouldn't talk about "vision" when his current project is a black hole of potential.
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Post by unionjack on Feb 6, 2009 18:36:24 GMT -5
i wish they'd decided to make an actual wrestling company instead of a reality show. same here  |
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Post by dakotadave on Feb 6, 2009 18:46:40 GMT -5
while he's right about TNA's shortcomings, he is such a prick. Wake up call, Eric: You're a big reason WCW is gone, and CCW sucks. Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! |
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Post by warmachine76 on Feb 6, 2009 19:27:57 GMT -5
while he's right about TNA's shortcomings, he is such a prick. Wake up call, Eric: You're a big reason WCW is gone, and CCW sucks. Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! That is not true at all. Bischoff lobbied hard for all of the cancers that WCW signed. He is just as guilty as everyone else. That being said, shut up Bischoff. I'm so sick and tired of this clown popping his head in and out of the wrestling business to put his two cents in. News flash Eric, you are no longer relevant to pro wrestling. So why don't you and your girlfriend Hogan go retire to a remote island somewhere. You won't be missed. |
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Post by dakotadave on Feb 6, 2009 19:55:24 GMT -5
Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! That is not true at all. Bischoff lobbied hard for all of the cancers that WCW signed. He is just as guilty as everyone else. That being said, shut up Bischoff. I'm so sick and tired of this clown popping his head in and out of the wrestling business to put his two cents in. News flash Eric, you are no longer relevant to pro wrestling. So why don't you and your girlfriend Hogan go retire to a remote island somewhere. You won't be missed. I REPEAT!!! Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! The demise of WCW had nothing to do with anyone on the roster, and if you believe otherwise; then you are a total idiotic LOSER that doesn't know as much about the wrestling business like they think they do!!!! |
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Post by tnafan4life on Feb 6, 2009 20:10:40 GMT -5
""Neither one of us were interested in TNA. "
*stratches head*
"I took TNA to Hulk Hogan" Jeff Jarrett. I guess I'm going stupid...
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Post by BASTARDKING on Feb 6, 2009 20:12:22 GMT -5
That is not true at all. Bischoff lobbied hard for all of the cancers that WCW signed. He is just as guilty as everyone else. That being said, shut up Bischoff. I'm so sick and tired of this clown popping his head in and out of the wrestling business to put his two cents in. News flash Eric, you are no longer relevant to pro wrestling. So why don't you and your girlfriend Hogan go retire to a remote island somewhere. You won't be missed. I REPEAT!!! Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! The demise of WCW had nothing to do with anyone on the roster, and if you believe otherwise; then you are a total idiotic LOSER that doesn't know as much about the wrestling business like they think they do!!!! Vince Russo killed WCW, not McMahon |
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Post by warmachine76 on Feb 6, 2009 21:35:22 GMT -5
That is not true at all. Bischoff lobbied hard for all of the cancers that WCW signed. He is just as guilty as everyone else. That being said, shut up Bischoff. I'm so sick and tired of this clown popping his head in and out of the wrestling business to put his two cents in. News flash Eric, you are no longer relevant to pro wrestling. So why don't you and your girlfriend Hogan go retire to a remote island somewhere. You won't be missed. I REPEAT!!! Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! The demise of WCW had nothing to do with anyone on the roster, and if you believe otherwise; then you are a total idiotic LOSER that doesn't know as much about the wrestling business like they think they do!!!! Good lord, I must be mistaken SpearJack24. On second thought though, I'm not. You must be in love with old Easy E to start petty name calling in caps no less. That is very intimidating by the way. Perhaps you would like to travel to that remote island with E and the Huckster. You all could live happily ever after in ignorant bliss. Now all joking aside. What do you base your information on? How is Ted Turner in any way shape or form at fault? He sold WCW along with many other T.V. assets to Time Warner. Hence his hands are clean. You can't blame a guy for selling something he built. After Turner sold he was out of the loop. I'll give you that Time/Warner was just as much at fault. One of the biggest mistakes they made was giving out the contracts they did. Look, I have heard Bischoff himself admit to all the mistakes he made with WCW. If a man admits that he made mistakes in judgment pertaining to something that he had a lot of control over. I say that man has something to do with the problems and failure of said company. So tell me again how Eric Bischoff had absolutely nothing to do with the demise of WCW? |
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 6, 2009 22:08:17 GMT -5
That is not true at all. Bischoff lobbied hard for all of the cancers that WCW signed. He is just as guilty as everyone else. That being said, shut up Bischoff. I'm so sick and tired of this clown popping his head in and out of the wrestling business to put his two cents in. News flash Eric, you are no longer relevant to pro wrestling. So why don't you and your girlfriend Hogan go retire to a remote island somewhere. You won't be missed. I REPEAT!!! Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! The demise of WCW had nothing to do with anyone on the roster, and if you believe otherwise; then you are a total idiotic LOSER that doesn't know as much about the wrestling business like they think they do!!!! are you  ing intellectually- disabled? who the was watching wcw in 1999 and 2000? NOBODY. THAT'S WHY IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. Bischoff had a lot to do with it. Yeah ultimately they went out of business because a deal fell through, but they wouldn't have been in that situation had the company been at least the slightest bit competent. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2009 22:15:20 GMT -5
I REPEAT!!! Again...Bischoff had nothing to do with the demise of WCW. It was all Ted Turner, AOL/Time Warner, and Vince McMahon! The demise of WCW had nothing to do with anyone on the roster, and if you believe otherwise; then you are a total idiotic LOSER that doesn't know as much about the wrestling business like they think they do!!!! are you ing intellectually- disabled? who the was watching wcw in 1999 and 2000? NOBODY. THAT'S WHY IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. Bischoff had a lot to do with it. Yeah ultimately they went out of business because a deal fell through, but they wouldn't have been in that situation had the company been at least the slightest bit competent. Sorry Jimmy but you're wrong, ratings had absolutely nothing to do with the demise of WCW. Once Ted Turner was forced out of power by AOL/Time Warner, WCW was over since A/T had no interest in having a wrestling company. WCW was Turner's baby and he would have continued to support it even when the ratings were bad. |
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 6, 2009 22:22:40 GMT -5
are you ing intellectually- disabled? who the was watching wcw in 1999 and 2000? NOBODY. THAT'S WHY IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. Bischoff had a lot to do with it. Yeah ultimately they went out of business because a deal fell through, but they wouldn't have been in that situation had the company been at least the slightest bit competent. Sorry Jimmy but you're wrong, ratings had absolutely nothing to do with the demise of WCW. Once Ted Turner was forced out of power by AOL/Time Warner, WCW was over since A/T had no interest in having a wrestling company. WCW was Turner's baby and he would have continued to support it even when the ratings were bad. I know about the Turner/Time Warner/Fusient stuff, but my point is that had WCW had even respectable numbers they would have been able to land on their feet. I think we're arguing semantics here as I know that the real reason the company died was because Time Warner and the Turner networks were giving them the boot, my point is that it would never have come to all of that had the company been doing even respectable numbers. they lost a crapton of money in 2000. |
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Post by heartbreakkid2k3 on Feb 6, 2009 22:49:09 GMT -5
Sorry Jimmy but you're wrong, ratings had absolutely nothing to do with the demise of WCW. Once Ted Turner was forced out of power by AOL/Time Warner, WCW was over since A/T had no interest in having a wrestling company. WCW was Turner's baby and he would have continued to support it even when the ratings were bad. I know about the Turner/Time Warner/Fusient stuff, but my point is that had WCW had even respectable numbers they would have been able to land on their feet. I think we're arguing semantics here as I know that the real reason the company died was because Time Warner and the Turner networks were giving them the boot, my point is that it would never have come to all of that had the company been doing even respectable numbers. they lost a **** ton of money in 2000. No. Even if WCW would have had stellar ratings, AOL/Time Warner wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with a wrestling company. Hence why Turner had turned down a $50,000,000 offer to buy WCW, but AOL/Time Warner sold to Vince McMahon for less than $3,000,000. Eric Bischoff had very little to do with WCW during the last three years the company was in existence. He was a writer for a brief period, then sat at home, collecting a paycheck. |
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 6, 2009 23:15:57 GMT -5
I know about the Turner/Time Warner/Fusient stuff, but my point is that had WCW had even respectable numbers they would have been able to land on their feet. I think we're arguing semantics here as I know that the real reason the company died was because Time Warner and the Turner networks were giving them the boot, my point is that it would never have come to all of that had the company been doing even respectable numbers. they lost a **** ton of money in 2000. No. Even if WCW would have had stellar ratings, AOL/Time Warner wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with a wrestling company. Hence why Turner had turned down a $50,000,000 offer to buy WCW, but AOL/Time Warner sold to Vince McMahon for less than $3,000,000. Eric Bischoff had very little to do with WCW during the last three years the company was in existence. He was a writer for a brief period, then sat at home, collecting a paycheck. My point is that had WCW been doing respectively, I doubt the various deals would have fallen through and that WCW would have been sold to the WWF, even with TNT/TBS giving them the boot. I think it's really shortsided to say that inevitably WCW was going to be sold to the WWF no matter what. Shitty decision making by a lot of people, including Bischoff, led to it's destruction. And three years is an exaggeration. he ran things up until 1999 when he took a short break at the beginning of the year, and then was relieved of his duties a month before russo came in. yeah, from then on he was really just a writer but it was about a year and a half after he was removed that wcw died. |
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Post by Billy the Kid on Feb 7, 2009 0:06:44 GMT -5
No. Even if WCW would have had stellar ratings, AOL/Time Warner wanted absolutely NOTHING to do with a wrestling company. Hence why Turner had turned down a $50,000,000 offer to buy WCW, but AOL/Time Warner sold to Vince McMahon for less than $3,000,000. Eric Bischoff had very little to do with WCW during the last three years the company was in existence. He was a writer for a brief period, then sat at home, collecting a paycheck. My point is that had WCW been doing respectively, I doubt the various deals would have fallen through and that WCW would have been sold to the WWF, even with TNT/TBS giving them the boot. I think it's really shortsided to say that inevitably WCW was going to be sold to the WWF no matter what. ****ty decision making by a lot of people, including Bischoff, led to it's destruction. And three years is an exaggeration. he ran things up until 1999 when he took a short break at the beginning of the year, and then was relieved of his duties a month before russo came in. yeah, from then on he was really just a writer but it was about a year and a half after he was removed that wcw died. So tell me, how does Eric Bischoff being a writer a year and a half before WCW was bought out have to do with him being responsible for the death of the company? The product, the ratings, the "cancer" had NOTHING to do with the sale of WCW. Christian Bale's Short Temper said it best when he said AOL Time Warner wanted nothing to do with the company hence why it was sold. If they did want to keep WCW around, I am betting on WCW still being around today. It had nothing to do with Ted Turner, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo, product, ratings, or whatever else you want to try and blame the death of WCW on. |
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 7, 2009 1:24:34 GMT -5
My point is that had WCW been doing respectively, I doubt the various deals would have fallen through and that WCW would have been sold to the WWF, even with TNT/TBS giving them the boot. I think it's really shortsided to say that inevitably WCW was going to be sold to the WWF no matter what. ****ty decision making by a lot of people, including Bischoff, led to it's destruction. And three years is an exaggeration. he ran things up until 1999 when he took a short break at the beginning of the year, and then was relieved of his duties a month before russo came in. yeah, from then on he was really just a writer but it was about a year and a half after he was removed that wcw died. So tell me, how does Eric Bischoff being a writer a year and a half before WCW was bought out have to do with him being responsible for the death of the company? The product, the ratings, the "cancer" had NOTHING to do with the sale of WCW. Christian Bale's Short Temper said it best when he said AOL Time Warner wanted nothing to do with the company hence why it was sold. If they did want to keep WCW around, I am betting on WCW still being around today. It had nothing to do with Ted Turner, Eric Bischoff, Vince Russo, product, ratings, or whatever else you want to try and blame the death of WCW on. i give up. i stand by my opinion that wcw was horribly run and that millions of bad decisions are what led them to the point of being bought out. if wcw was making anywhere near the money the wwf was, there's no way time warner would have just sold wcw on the cheap to the wwf. it's easy to say now that they were cancelling wcw no matter what, but we don't know it because the company sucked and had been sucking and it was killed. and the fact is that from 1998 to when he was relieved of his duties, Bischoff did a poor job running WCW. There. feel free to go back on topic. or call me an idiot, whatevs. |
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Post by j2dacversion3 on Feb 7, 2009 1:30:22 GMT -5
He's all about it.
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