As for why there was so much bitterness in the WCW front office at the time, especially towards him, Bischoff thinks it was due to him taking power within the promotion after being an outsider. Though Bischoff had worked for WCW for two years before becoming WCW’s Executive Producer, he had begun his career in Verne Gagne’s AWA in 1986, working there as an announcer till the promotion closed in 1991.

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“I think any time someone comes in either from the outside…to take over and be in control, the people that were there long before them, to varying degrees, are going to be resentful, because ‘It should’ve been me,'” Bischoff said. “Or ‘It should’ve been my friend over here.’ Or ‘It should’ve been this guy. He deserves it more. She deserves it more.’

“It’s human nature, unfortunately, but it’s also one of the reasons why, when executives come in or when companies acquire other companies, it can be a bloodbath. A bloodbath. Not a literal one, a figurative one. And I think I should’ve had my own bloodbath in the beginning, but I didn’t.”

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