10 Times WCW Was The CRAZIEST Promotion Ever

1. Eric Bischoff Challenges Vince McMahon

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Time for another inconceivable mental image.

What if Tony Khan wandered out on Dynamite and announced that he was challenging Triple H or Shawn Michaels to a match at AEW Full Gear? Social media would be shook, but nobody would take it seriously. Rewind to 1998 and Eric Bischoff was laying down the gauntlet to Vince McMahon ahead of WCW's Slamboree show.

'Easy E' produced several training vignettes ahead of the show too. WCW even went so far as to have Bischoff come out and Michael Buffer announce him as the winner by forfeit. McMahon hadn't showed face, so Eric was king. That was WCW's message, and it was madness.

The company dedicated pay-per-view build and pay-per-view minutes to a ghost match that was just never going to happen. It was a publicity stunt, albeit one that started to make WCW look more desperate than rebellious.

When else was WCW madder than a box of frogs? For more wrestling, check out 15 Wrestling Pics So Strange They Look AI Generated and 10 Wrestling Matches With Backstories You’ll NEVER Believe!

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