10 Times WWE Were OBSESSED With Pointless Power
8. Chief Morley
The Eric Bischoff of the Monday Night Wars was but a vague memory at the start of 2003, having barely made it half a year before being booked to quiver in the presence of Vince McMahon due to poor performance or whatever tripe they dared to promote as great pro wrestling television at the time.
The story called for McMahon to drive 'Easy E' to measures beyond desperate. Bischoff was going to fool Stephanie McMahon into sleeping with Scott Steiner only to get the signature with the promise of a title match against Triple H. The Raw General Manager was going to rehire Stone Cold Steve Austin and take a beating he'd been owed since their WCW days all to keep the Chairman happy. The former WCW chief was going to...give Val Venis an office job.
It was a repackaging so moribund that it was too inoffensive to fail, but too profoundly useless to be any good. Venis asked to go by his real name as Bischioff's "Chief Of Staff", before becoming a Tag Team Champion thanks to his connections. Whatever power he actually held was barely made clear before he lost it anyway - Bischoff fired him just a few months later.