Eric Bischoff Appreciation Post

**Batsu** · 06-23-2005, 01:16 AM

After watching The Stone Cold Truth for the first time... I have to say, Eric Bischoff has earned my respect.

Not only has he been consistently entertaining on RAW as General Manager and almost made me forget about the excess of McMahon on the TV that was killing the product...

...but his job is to basically serve as the post-WCW-mortem punching bag for Vince, WWE, Stone Cold (at least there, it's somewhat justified), and most recently, ECW. You can't help to think that 90% of his positioning has got some personal edge behind it. And yet, the man eats dung and looks like a million dollars doing it. Hell, I think him just showing up on the ECW PPV made it what it was (seeing that Eric Bischoff was sort of the greatest ECW heel that never stepped foot in an ECW venue).

Even though he was part of the machine that allowed the things that really killed WCW to transpire (Hogan et al having their grubby fingers in the creative end, VINCE EFFIN' RUSSO PERIOD, reading the results of WWE programming as it aired), now, I can't be mad at him.

Anyone else feel this way?

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Sidebar: 1997 Stone Cold >>>>>>> the rest of his career, even as WWE Champion. At least in the ring. His match with Owen at SummerSlam 97 was great until the piledriver. Because of the way he was booked (the ultra-brawl into an eventual Stunner, beers galore, etc) it's easy to forget that the guy could -go- with the best of them.

06-23-2005, 01:16 AM	#1
Batsu Capcom's Corporate Champ Posts: 2,571	Eric Bischoff Appreciation Post After watching The Stone Cold Truth for the first time... I have to say, Eric Bischoff has earned my respect. Not only has he been consistently entertaining on RAW as General Manager and almost made me forget about the excess of McMahon on the TV that was killing the product... ...but his job is to basically serve as the post-WCW-mortem punching bag for Vince, WWE, Stone Cold (at least there, it's somewhat justified), and most recently, ECW. You can't help to think that 90% of his positioning has got some personal edge behind it. And yet, the man eats dung and looks like a million dollars doing it. Hell, I think him just showing up on the ECW PPV made it what it was (seeing that Eric Bischoff was sort of the greatest ECW heel that never stepped foot in an ECW venue). Even though he was part of the machine that allowed the things that really killed WCW to transpire (Hogan et al having their grubby fingers in the creative end, VINCE EFFIN' RUSSO PERIOD, reading the results of WWE programming as it aired), now, I can't be mad at him. Anyone else feel this way? -- Sidebar: 1997 Stone Cold >>>>>>> the rest of his career, even as WWE Champion. At least in the ring. His match with Owen at SummerSlam 97 was great until the piledriver. Because of the way he was booked (the ultra-brawl into an eventual Stunner, beers galore, etc) it's easy to forget that the guy could -go- with the best of them.