Though the biggest fight of Vince McMahon's life came against a team of prosecutors, the biggest fight of his career came against a single man with resources even bigger than Vince. Ted Turner was a billionaire media mogul and a cable network pioneer, but the Monday Night Wars between WWE and WCW were truly spearheaded by Eric Bischoff. The former Executive Vice President of WCW came closer than anyone, including the FBI, to ending Vince McMahon's legacy. Turner financially supported WCW, but it was Bischoff's business acumen and strategies that turned WCW from a company that lost an astounding $23 million in 1993 to one of the highest-rated cable television shows in the world in just three years. Bischoff's command of WCW positioned the company to surpass the sports-entertainment juggernaut that was the WWF as the world's number one professional wrestling promotion. WCW's Monday Nitro defeated Vince McMahon's Monday Night RAW in the Nielsen television ratings for 84 consecutive weeks. Despite the temporary shift in power, McMahon ultimately won the battle against both WCW and Eric Bischoff. McMahon purchased WCW in 2001 when it became clear the AOL-Time Warner merger had resulted in the new conglomerate wanting to remove all pro-wrestling programming from its airwaves. Eazy E eventually returned to the wrestling business and worked for McMahon as an on-screen general manager for several years. Although history says that Bischoff was the loser, he is the only wrestling personality that holds the distinction of legitimately having Vince McMahon on the ropes and close to defeat.