Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff who is the first ever General Manager of Monday Night RAW recently talked about his decision to split the nWo during the dying days of World Championship Wrestling and how it turned out to be.
The nWo was a revolutionary concept of WCW which came into reality back in 1996. Three of the biggest names of WWE decided to leave the promotion and joined WCW. Those names include Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall. Together they formed the group The New World Order, The nWo.
Eric Bischoff Recalls His Decision To Split The nWo
The nWo change the course of WCW forever. On the earlier stage of the Monday Night Wars, WCW became the more dominant force and it started to dominate the TV ratings almost every week. Needless to say, the nWo what’s the biggest reason behind the ultimate success of WCW during the time.
With nWo being one of the biggest and must watch storylines of the 90s, the rise of Stone Cold Steve Austin and his feudes with Vince McMahon and the Rock where becoming bigger attractions than the nWo. WCW was desperate to keep the nWo a big thing and they made new experiences but ultimately they failed.
Eric Bischoff who is the first ever General Manager of Monday Night RAW recently spoke on where he talked about his decision to split the nWo during the dying days of World Championship Wrestling and how it turned out to be. He said;
“I guess the frustration that existed at that time, and especially from Kevin (Nash), was that there was no progression. It wasn’t going anywhere. Now, Kevin didn’t articulate it that way, but that’s what was happening. There’s nothing happening with the NWO that feels any different than what we have been doing for quite a while at that point.
“I think Kevin was smart enough and had the instinct enough to start recognizing it, and I know Kevin pretty well and I knew him pretty well back then. Kevin’s not going to quietly just do what he’s been told to do or asked to do.
“Kevin’s going to speak up, and Kevin’s presentation when Kevin’s starting to get frustrated, he doesn’t say, ‘Hey Eric, let’s go and have a nice dinner. I got a couple ideas I want to share with you and let’s just riff a little bit.’ That’s not Kevin. Kevin comes at it a little differently a little more aggressively and by aggressive I mean blunt. Not angry, but just blunt.
“That bluntness and that was a result of the frustration of, there’s no logical progression of the story. It was in a stalemate creatively. That’s what created the frustration and some of the vocal things that Kevin said that got out or that people were reacting to.
“There was still a ton of respect between Kevin and Hulk it wasn’t a personal thing it was a frustration and hey we got this fast horse and you got it tied to a tree let’s untie this horse we’re gonna figure out a way to get the horse running again and it was really Kevin I think it was Nash’s idea to split it up. Now, and not for political reasons but to progress the story and if you think about it and I didn’t think about it then because I didn’t have the same experience or knowledge or interest really in detailed storytelling…”
Quotes via 411 Mania