10 WCW Stars Who Did WWE Gimmicks First

10. Eric Bischoff

The Mr. McMahon character was everything Steve Austin needed to bounce off of during his march towards immortality as 'Stone Cold'. As an evil heel authority figure, McMahon was in his element, and there's no doubt he played it perfectly.

Not first though.

That smug, punchable face belonging to Eric Bischoff beat him to it when 'Easy E' became mouthpiece for the breakaway nWo group. Bischoff went from pleasant announcer to thundering as*hole seemingly overnight, and he was damn good at it. His antics as the most easy-to-hate non wrestler around predated Vince.

WWE wouldn't like to admit that. They regularly skirt over Bischoff's important role in the nWo's rise and attribute most of their success to Hulk Hogan (whenever he's not on frosty terms with Vince himself). The truth is that Eric got in there first.