Eric Bischoff Calls Controversial World Title Win “Bad Comedy”

Eric Bischoff has seen more than his fair share of controversial title changes throughout his career, but it seems that there’s at least one title change that stands out in the Hall of Famer’s mind.

During an episode of 83 Weeks Eric Bischoff was asked about Vince McMahon and Vince Russo booking themselves to become World Champion, and if he would have done the same thing. Russo managed to defeated Booker T to become WCW World Champion when he won a Caged Heat match after Goldberg speared him through the cage.

Bischoff ripped on the title win during the podcast and he held nothing back as he called it “bad comedy.”

“Russo that was like really bad comedy. That’s how painful it was. Do you remember? I know you have because you love comedy and going to comedy shows; it’s like sitting through two hours of bad stand-up comedy. It’s painful,” Eric Bischoff said.

Eric Bischoff then went on to explain why he thinks Vince McMahon’s title win was different, and why he didn’t feel that the decision was a creative sin for WWE.

“No, that would have been horrible. You know, the closest I got to was beating Terry Funk for the Hardcore title, but I held it for about 36 hours. So, no, I would have never done that. You know, it’s a little different with McMahon. It’s acceptable in my mind, creatively, I mean. You can believe it, buy into it because he is Vince, and he has the look, and he has the character, and he certainly has the ability to pull it off on the mic, and he had the ability in the ring. He certainly wasn’t Eddie Guerrero, but he didn’t need to be with his character. And what he did do, he did really well. So, I don’t think Vince McMahon putting the title on himself was a creative sin. I really don’t.”

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