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He was there when the ratings started to shift, but it wasn't untill Vince Russo showed up in October of 1999 that the shit really hit the fan. Hel don't get me wrong, Eric Bischoff is an asshole, and that's no joke. Everyone seems to hate Bob Holly and about 20 other guys for being such a dick backstage, The Bisch is probably the worst and has more enemies then anyone else I could think of...but he knew what to do for good business. With Eric Bischoff in control at the start of 1999, ratings were at 5.7 at one point, then he lost control of the company on September 10, 1999 (WCW's darkest day), then about half a dozen bullshit bookers came and went with the blink of an eye, but here comes Russo and the highest ratings ever got after Russo took control was 3.5...which by the by was Russo's first appearance. So let's seriously think here...what killed WCW? The nWo or Judy Bagwell on a Pole...Goldberg or David Arquette...
Another interesting note...Bischoff's last Nitro scored a 4.1, the VERY NEXT WEEK, it scored a 3.3...and it would never pass the 4.0 mark ever again...infact after Bischoff leaves it would never pass the 3.5 mark, it would land dead on once, but never again. On another side note, RAW last week scored a 3.8...odd how Bischoff's ratings at one of the lowest points of his career are just as good as the flagship of the strongest brand of wrestling today...hmmmmmm
Now, who killed WCW?
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