17 Things We Learned From Eric Bischoff On Legends With JBL (Part 1)

10. Becoming The Boss

With Watts gone WCW needed a new head honcho and Bischoff got the job. JBL calls this 'the most ineresting' part of Bischoff's career, as he went from a fourth string announcer, being below Jim Ross and Tony Schiavone in the pecking order, to being their boss. Bischoff said that Schiavone was never a communicative guy but took it in his stride. Bischoff basically said that the timing was right and that he was at the right place at the right time. Furthermore, Turner didn't want to go with another 'Southern wrasslin' type because they'd had so many negative experiences in the past and wanted a fresh start. Schiavone might have been at peace with it, but JR certainly wasn't...