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Paperback
Publisher: World Wrestling Entertainment
Eric Bischoff has been called pro wrestling's most hated man. Booed, reviled, and burned in effigy, he's been struck by everything from beer bottles to fists. Though industry critics have scorned his spectacular rise and fall at World Championship Wrestling, Bischoff's influence still resonates. For years, Bischoff kept quiet while industry "pundits" distorted the truth about the infamous Monday Night Wars, basing their accounts on rumors and innuendo. Finally, Bischoff tells what really happened.Beginning with his days as a salesman for the American Wrestling Association, Bischoff exposes the industry's inner workings, from the real numbers behind WCW's red ink to the devastating impact of the corporate mergers. Among his revelations: How WCW became a national brand and revolutionized the industry. How Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, and Steve Austin shaped WCW, and how corporate politics killed it. And how he found his inner heel and learned to love being the guy everyone loves to despise. Reflecting on his childhood, his family, and the pressures of notoriety, Bischoff tells how he found contentment after being unceremoniously "sent home." Love him or hate him, readers will never look at pro wrestling the same way again after reading Eric Bischoff's story in Controversy Creates Cash.
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| nice read |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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a nice read. i love wwe and like to know a little back room stories
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| Great book |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This was a very insightful book on Bischoff, a definite must read if your looking for something to read on the monday night wars and the rise and fall of wcw and his career.
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This was one of the best books I've read in a long time but that may be because I watched the "Monday Night Ratings Battle" between WWE and WCW. The best part of the book is that Bischoff really lets you see his personality and who he is throughout the book. You get the feeling he is writing this with no holds barred and letting you into the perspective he has on the whole business. He even clears up (from his point of view) controversial issues such as the firing of Steve Austin from WCW which has been told a lot of different ways throughout the years. He also talks of some of the guys he respects, who he's had problems with, and how him and Vince got together and worked together for those few years after WCW we bought out. I really liked how just about every chapter was interesting for a wrestling fan. The book is written with a great flow and is what I call and easy read. It's not the controversial read it claims to be, it's more of an honest record of what actually happened. recommend this to any wrestling fan who knows the story of WWE/WCW and wants the details from someone who was right in the middle of it.
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| Defensive, self-congratulatory |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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If you buy this book for a behind the scenes look at the world of pro wrestling, you'll probably be disappointed. Bischoff spends much of his time discussing the corporate politics of Ted Turner's empire, or reflecting on all the great ideas he's come up with. He does take the time to attack people who use the internet for wrestling information at least once a chapter, while providing no real information that isn't already public knowledge. The book is a quick, easy read, but disappointing and, like WCW in its final days, out of touch with its intended audience.
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| Bischoff is amazing |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Bischoff is amazingly honest about his failures.Bischoff has an ego that's hard to miss
he tells what he achieved with WCW in its heyday.and tells about why wcw fell. he talks about his time with
the awa wcw and wwe. and his early life. the book is really good i loved it
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