10 Biggest Things WWE Stole From WCW

That's right; without Eric Bischoff, there was no Vince McMahon.

18 November 1996 marked the first time an evil authority figure would rule the post-territorial landscape of the professional wrestling. Almost an entire calendar year before the 'Montreal Screwjob' would out Vince as WWF's owner and give us the Mr. McMahon character, Eric Bischoff revealed his alignment with the nWo, turning heel in the process. As if intrigue in the New World Order wasn't already enough, getting the boss in on the action only pushed WCW further into the war's winning side.

WWF's success without the crucial Mr. McMahon character might be one of the biggest questions left to history's wayside. If Vince wouldn't have screwed Bret Hart and became the on-screen boss, would WCW have ended up winning the Monday Night Wars? Maybe so, which is why one might consider it a sort of poetic justice that Vince used Eric Bischoff's own genius against him to win that war, given Bischoff's dirty, results-revealing tactics.

Vince wouldn't only take the heel authority figure role and use it in the WWE's most successful storyline of all time, but the model would be passed on and used countless times over the years. Hell, Baron Corbin's position right now as Acting General Manager of Raw is entirely influenced by Eric Bischoff's original idea.

McMahon just knew how to use it better.

Well, not with Constable Corbin, but you get the idea.