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Were we reading the same book? Because what I got out of "Death of WCW" was the overlying message that the biggest reason for WCW's downfall was its unwillingness to change its formula and create new stars when it was at its peak (during the nWo era). And that was totally under the purview of Eric Bischoff. EB spentso much time cowtowing to the whims of guys like Nash and Hogan that he allowed all the major undercard stars on his roster waste away and eventually go on to become bigger stars in the WWE.
He was directly responsible for firing/releasing/allowing to leave: Austin, Foley, and Jericho. And the book said it best when it talked about the Starcade where Hogan made Sting look like a fool and Bret Hart debuted as a ref in a Bishoff match against Larry Zbysko: it was huge money but it was a model of what was wrong with the company and a sign of the bad times to come.
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