Eric Bischoff: If The NWO Didn’t Get Popular, We Would Have Focused More On The Cruiserweight Division

Eric Bischoff recalls what he would have done if the NWO didn’t do well.

On a recent episode of his podcast, 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff talked about the New World Order and the impact it had on the business. He would say that if they didn’t hit the mark like they did, he would have focused more on the cruiserweight division in WCW.

“By that time, the cruiserweights were really starting to get over,” Bischoff began. “I mean, there was enough steam behind these guys that it would have been a lot easier to tell a story with them. Because their performances and their characters were now over because of the product presentation, and whatever booking went into it. They would have been hot enough in that scenario to take a run with. They were the hottest thing on the show, with the exception of the nWo. So, if the nWo wasn’t there, by default what are you going to do next, or instead? You’re going to do the next best thing, which would have been the cruiserweight division. Those guys possibly could have had those opportunities.”

Bischoff would go on to lose the Monday Night Wars to the WWF before he signed with them years later where he serves as the General Manager of WWE Raw.

H/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.

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