During his appearance on Ric Flair's podcast recently, Eric Bischoff remained virtually clueless over whether or not Brian Pillman worked him back during the mid-1990's. Convincing Bischoff to release him from his WCW contract, Pillman wanted to travel around and cultivate a personality known as 'Loose Cannon'. The madcap character would then return to WCW as a bigger star. That didn't happen. After a brief period in ECW, Pillman signed for the WWF and resumed his career there. The 'Loose Cannon' gimmick didn't become a main event star, but it certainly worked in shunting Pillman up the wrestling ladder. In the WWF, he was part of the revamped Hart Foundation, an angle which saw a lot of success. Tragically, the man would pass away in late-1997 before he could really come into his own under the persona. Nonetheless, it was such a huge departure from his previous gimmick that it was impossible not to pay attention to the man. Nobody watching could ever forget his short-but-sweet feud against Steve Austin, whereby Pillman threatened to shoot Austin after the latter decided to break and enter his family home. It was a controversial angle, one that showed the potential the character had.