The mere idea of Eric Bischoff, of all people, being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame is pretty insane to think about, but while you're thinking, you start to realize that it makes more and more sense. The Monday Night War is widely viewed as the "Golden Age" of wrestling. The highest ratings, the most money coming in, the biggest pay-per-view numbers, and so on. Without Eric Bischoff, how much of that would have even happened? Think about where the WWF was before WCW started gaining momentum in 1994. They were a joke. They weren't making much money at all, and their product was behind the times. Bischoff got a wild gleam in his eye and, armed with Ted Turner's large fortune (as well as Ted's complete lack of knowledge about the wrestling business, which allowed him to let Eric make all the decisions), he set out to take the WWF down and out. For all of the crap that Bischoff gets about WCW's demise, it's tough to deny that he had a lot of really good decisions along the way. WCW wouldn't have risen to the heights it did without "Uncle Eric" and the choices he was making. From the formation of the nWo to pushing Goldberg to the production style of Nitro, and everything in between, Bischoff was constantly making decisions to try and take WCW from their regional days to a worldwide powerhouse. On top of what he did in WCW, Bischoff would go on to become one of the best on-air authority figures that WWE has ever had. He was such a good heel, because he's a naturally smug prick that everyone wants to punch in the face, and that translates well on television. Add everything up, and you have a career that should be praised and rewarded a bit more than it has since WCW folded.
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