It may seem curious to say, but World Championship Wrestling do not get enough commendations for just how close they ran Vince McMahon to the ground. It's easy to point to the eventual result, McMahon buying the company, and rest on those laurels, but the fact remains that Eric Bischoff and his band of merry men almost finished the then-WWF off for good. WWE simply could not compete with the creativity in WCW from 1996-1998. McMahon should count his lucky stars that the nWo didn't happen in 1995, otherwise he may well have been done for. Even without competition, WWE was on shaky ground, and not exactly hitting the ball out of the park in regards to giving fans what they wanted. Attendances were down, TV ratings were low, Pay-Per-View numbers were sagging, business as a whole sucked for WWE in '95. If Nash and Hall had jumped ship then, and formed the hot nWo faction, the industry today could be a hell of a lot more different. Eric Bischoff smelled blood by the time he convinced Ted Turner to fund WCW Monday Nitro, going head-to-head with Monday Night Raw. Giving away results of the pre-taped Raw show was perhaps the first shot fired in the Monday Night Wars. Make no doubt about it, it was Bischoff who started it, something he's fully admitted since.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
