10 Cruelest WWE Superstar Exits Ever

Vince McMahon won the Monday Night Wars when he put WCW out of business, and he won all over again when he hired Eric Bischoff as an employee. Bischoff showed up on Raw in 2002 and was immediately announced as the General Manager of the show.

For two and a half years, Bischoff played the heel authority figure on Raw, alternating between annoying fans and being humiliated by babyfaces (and Vince McMahon). At the end of 2005, the company opted for a change in direction, so Bischoff was "fired" from his post... but not without fanfare.

The December 5, 2005 episode of Raw hosted "The Trial of Eric Bischoff." Throughout the evening, cut scenes showing Bischoff in a courtroom with McMahon as judge were aired. Heels such as Chris Masters and Jonathan Coachman testified on behalf of Bischoff, but McMahon ended up ignoring what they had to say.

That all built up to the end of the show, where Bischoff was brought out to the ring to face the verdict. McMahon, still clad in his robe, fired Bischoff, then threw him in the back of a garbage truck for good measure. Though Bischoff would make later appearances on WWE TV, that bit of grudge-settling marked his end as a full-time character.