Eric Bischoff

“There's a way of getting heat that works for you, and there's a way of getting heat that works against you.”

“WWE had years to develop and train their staff. WWE makes sure the production team got exactly what Vince McMahon was looking for and how he wanted it.”

“You're going to have haters no matter what you do.”

“I have a lot of respect for the folks over at WWE, and I have a ton of respect for what they've accomplished within the industry.”

“People are finally figuring it out that, at the end of the day, that WCW created some of the best talent in the history of the world. It was a great run.”

“When I came out for the 25th anniversary of Raw, I got a great reaction, and it made me feel very good, but as amazing a moment as that was, I know, after two months, fans would want to move on.”

“When I created the Cruiserweight division in WCW, nobody called them cruiserweights in the industry at that point. That was a boxing term, not a wrestling term, but I did not want to call them junior heavyweights, light heavyweights, or anything that made them sound diminutive. I wanted it to sound special and cool.”

“A lot of respect for Ric Flair; he's just a great guy.”

“One of the reasons The Bullet Club is what it is, while it may be kind of a wink and a nod to the nWo, it's also young, fresh guys of a new generation.”

“I don't reflect back too much on moments in my career.”

“When you hang on a little too long, you disappoint your fans, and deep, deep down inside, you're disappointing yourself, and that's the part that hurts you the most.”

“Mr. McMahon the character is a very effective heel.”

“By the time my attempt to acquire WCW fell apart and Time Warner decided they didn't want anything remotely associated with wrestling near their networks, once that happened and really cut the cord, it was in my rear view mirror and didn't care or think about it too much.”

“People always said during the Monday Night Wars that the only way we were able to compete was due to a large checkbook and deep pockets. That's not very true at all. That is a false narrative designed to shape history. WWE had significant advantages over WCW and vice versa.”

“Take the main event of WrestleMania and put it in front of 75 people, and it will dramatically affect the way everyone watching feels about it.”

“Bumps often require giving yourself completely to the talent you're in the ring with, and that's what makes wrestling such a performance art that is different from every other.”

“I'd like to manage someone, a young talent that maybe doesn't have the mic skills.”

“DDP was the common guy, the everyman, a blue-collar guy from New Jersey. He represented something that the average person could believe in, in a way that was a little unique.”

“I had zero exposure to creative in WCW up until 1993, 1994. Even then, I was at a distance.”

“Anybody who comes along and wants to sell a wrestling show, guess who you are not gonna sell it to? You are not going to sell it to FOX and any of its affiliates, and,oh, by the way, you are not going to sell it to NBC Universal or any of its affiliates.”