WWE: Eric Bischoff - Sports Entertainment's Most Controversial Figure DVD Review

5. WWE Eventually Go Light On Bischoff's Part In WCW's Downfall

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Following that vicious start, complete with negative comments aplenty, it'd be easy to imagine that Bischoff gets a bum rap for his part in WCW's downfall. To presume this misses the fact that Bischoff is a WWE friend today, a far cry from the loudmouth who was challenging Vince McMahon to fights on live pay-per-view.

When it comes time in the documentary to talk about WCW's failure as a company, Eric is given a light sentence by WWE. Things could have been so different, but then again Bischoff wouldn't be the subject of a WWE DVD if he wasn't on good terms with the organisation now.

The downfall of WCW is explained as AOL/Time Warner seizing control of Ted Turner's operation, discarding wrestling as an unwanted commodity in their corporate portfolio. That's a familiar story, but it's notable that Bischoff isn't scrutinised more heavily.

He admits he was burned out badly by 1999, having put all of his energy into WCW becoming a juggernaut. There's a subplot here of a man coming to terms with how fast and how hard he had been running.

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