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- Publisher: Pocket Books
- ISBN: 1416528547
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100924415
- Release Date: June 5, 2007
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Controversy Creates Cash" by Eric Bischoff and Jeremy Roberts to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Controversy Creates Cash"Browse more products related to "Eric Bischoff and Jeremy Roberts"Publisher's noteEric 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." AnnotationIn this sports entertainment memoir, Eric Bischoff, the former president of World Championship Wrestling, recalls his life on the edge, presenting key chapters in the history of the one-ring circus that is televised wrestling. Bischoff recalls his childhood in Detroit, the early days in the business, and how, as a savvy businessman and hated on-air personality, he helped make World Championship Wrestling the first choice of many fans. He also gets to retell anecdotes about the great stars he worked with, including Lex Luger and Hulk Hogan, and his legendary rivalry with Vince McMahon, another savvy businessman and hated on-air personality. Though Bischoff's show, RAW, and McMahon's show, Nitro, made Monday nights a fan's delight, and created cash for both, the WCW eventually ran into financial troubles and was bought up by McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment. Savvy businessman McMahon found a place for Bischoff in the franchise, after first tossing Bischoff into a dumpster on the air, and saying he was "taking out the trash." Editorial Reviews
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