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I've always been a big fan of Eric Bischoff since his glory years in WCW, then things got real once he made his shocking appearance in WWE as Monday Night RAW's General Manager. Ever since, I've listened to his podcast, 83 Weeks, and I have read this book already, buy regrettably sold it to make space for home. Now it feels so nice to have it back here, and possibly there will be a chance where he'll be at a Convention or Fanfest in my hometown. The book itself is an autobiography about a pro-wrestling promoter and personality and delivers his years of experience before and after he made it to WWE. It's actually an interesting topic he runs through in the novel with his personal grudge with Ric Flair, and speaking the truth about how he made Raw watchable, and as stated in the past that D-Generation X wouldn't have existed without the New World Order (nWo). There's more to this book like his personal life and his run through WCW before it got crushed and burned in the 2000's. As a long time fanatic to pro-wrestling and even the non-fictional stories told from people who formerly worked with Vince McMahon, it's an enjoyable read and an interesting concept. If you're a big fan of Eric Bischoff or the true stories about the WWE behind the curtains, I more than recommend checking this book out. Whether if it's hardcover, paperback, or kindle, more than worth the money.Read full review
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I started reading this book holding the common impression that Eric Bischoff was a total jerk who ran WCW into the ground. I came away impressed with how honest the book was. While I certainly think that he made mistakes (not pushing new talent, ignoring Ric Flair, etc,), he explains his decision well. Most of them are at least reasonable, and he is willing to admit when he makes a mistake. His humility in being ablr to work for the WWE in his usual sleazy heel character is also impressive. This book presents a very unflattering (and very accurate) description of how corporate decisions are made - all of the players jockeying for influence with the top bosses. Bischoff rightly took cridt for much of what happened on Nitro - nWo cruiserweights, etc. He took cheap shots at the competition, and didn't mind gerring them back. He (and Ted Turner), found the Billionaire Ted skits funny). The main flaw in this book is sloppiness, the proofreader didn't seem to bother doing his job. Names are spelled incorrectly, and at one point, there is even a mention of "Kevin Hall and Scott Nash".Read full review
Bischoff gets a lot of mixed reviews in wrestling but having read the book I'm convinced he did what he could with what he had and there was far more to the demise of WCW than NWO or the other hobby horse issues commonly talked about.
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I watched a lot of WCW wrestling and loved this behind the scenes look at the business. Bischoff had Vince quaking in his boots and I actually believe he wrote most of this book himself.
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great book
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