The fall of the WCW was attributed to several different parts and circumstances, and even the documentary “which killed WCW” could not determine a specific reason for why the promotion ended up closing its doors permanently. Speaking of her “What happened when?“Podcast, Tony Schiavone watched the last days of WCW, and working specifically with Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan.
Schiavone watched the WCW in 1994, where he already had the impression that the promotion was on his last legs, but admitted that a major change had allowed them to continue to push. “I really thought at that time that we were-we were a stone’s throw away,” he admitted. “I thought that when Eric came, Hogan came, it raised us and it removed us – or it delayed the inevitable.” The veteran then admitted that he always believed that the inevitable “inevitable” would be the closure of the WCW because they were led by a television company that did not care about them.
“He went bankrupt, Eric just extended this, probably being the smartest guy to lead the business,” added Schiavone. “And the arrival of Hulk Hogan? Later that year? Sell the Orlando Arena that we would never have done without Hulk Hogan … really had fortunes and allowed us to stay in business, What, seven other years. “
While Schiavone attributes to Hogan and Bischoff for having extended the life of WCW, the veteran in the past has identified Starrcade 1997 as the real beginning of the end of the WCW. In addition, Bischoff also identified the people who, according to him, killed WCW.
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