Eric Bischoff Remembers Funny Randy Savage Contract Negotiation Story

Eric Bischoff, former President & Executive Producer of WCW, Raw General Manager, best selling author and new Executive Director of WWE Smackdown Live, sat down in front of a sold out crowd at our Inside The Ropes Live show, and told us an amusing story about a time when he was in Las Vegas for Halloween Havoc and he got a call from Macho Man Randy Savage to come to his suite and negotiate a new contract.
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[@roobear78]

funniest part is knowing randy he probably billed eric and wcw for all that food and beer afterwards

[@dr.floridamanphd]

They were paying for his room so I’m sure they had to cover his incidentals as well.

[@darylchase7595]

Even if they werent im sure he could pick up the tab

[@GigaChadDuPlessis]

Wonder if they paid for all the cocaine he did too😂

[@jleos0095]

@@GigaChadDuPlessis oooooooh yyyyeeeeeaaaah!

[@YogsenForfoth]

@@GigaChadDuPlessis Good lord. Can you even begin to imagine how much yayo the Macho Man did from 1985-2000? It had to have been an absolutely insane amount.

[@GrymmSoul]

Naked-Beer Negotiations Savage: Oh, I'm sorry; did I break your concentration....brotherrr?

[@evolvedcopper2205]

Was that a pulp fiction reference? 😂

[@GrymmSoul]

@@evolvedcopper2205 that, it was. ;)

[@RossMalagarie]

@@evolvedcopper2205 OOOOOOOOOHHHHH YEAAHHHHH! :)

[@joemckim1183]

That's the best way to snap into a Slim Jim.

[@zacharysmith7700]

eric got played; randy feeding him beers, utilizing leverage by being naked is a POWER MOVE.

[@Adamdidit]

I'd argue that its a....MEGA POWER move.

[@MrKastaway66]

Adam Spencer Maybe it depends on a few factors...

[@raryhippohop7065]

Theres a story in 48 Laws of Power of a movie producer getting a film greenlit by MGM by asking the guy in charge whilst he was having a sauna. cos he was naked, the dude just wanted the producer to leave so said yes

[@VagueMemory]

I agree. Some may not realize it but that was very likely a tactic used to make Bischoff uncomfortable and disarm him in negotiations.

[@haydenhodges34]

#11 and #34, respectively, from the Michael Scott list of Power Moves.

[@MilMaska]

"And the cream rises to the top. Oh Yea" - Macho Man

[@TimedRevolver]

Wasn't that from a promo where he kept pulling coffee creamers out of nowhere, and Mean Gene was trying not to lose his shit and laugh?

[@nawlinsdoc420]

Classic promo

[@nawlinsdoc420]

@@TimedRevolver Yep

[@ihavetubes]

The cream of the crop.

[@jameswesten2018]

Ooohh yeah come check out my coinpurse bischoff smooth as butter, the cream always rises to the top oohh yeahh

[@chriswade9871]

Actually like bischoff a lot more than I used to

[@1moreynot]

I still take some of what he says with a massive grain of salt (still better then not trusting 99.999% of what a McMahon says). But stories like this make me at least not despise him anymore.

[@orangemaniabrother2232]

I've listened to hours of Bischoff interviews, I really like the guy. Unless I've missed the thing to hate him for.

[@grabbity]

@@orangemaniabrother2232 he's super likeable, most people who dislike him just don't like it when he lies about verifiable shit lol.

[@mhks68]

Real person vs actor. Why am I not surprised.

[@aceofpittsburgh]

The people who dont like him are just remembering him as the heel on TV. that's all.

[@patrickzipperer178]

I've always liked Eric Bischoff. He isn't liked by a lot of fans, goes both ways for him. Love him or hate him. I enjoy him as character and I could listen to his stories all day long.

[@tarantino0151]

That story sums up, for me at least, why a Randy Savage film should be made ahead of say, a Hulk Hogan film, which Netflix are moving ahead with. His wrestling character wasnt made up, it was actually how he was!

[@chapterblaq]

I personally would watch a Savage biopic over Hogan. I've heard too many stories or racism surrounding Hogan... probably gonna skip anything about him tbh.

[@ronaldshank7589]

@@chapterblaq I'm not a Hulk Hogan fan anymore, either. Heard too many bad reports about him. Randy Savage, on the other hand... Ooooooo, Yeahhhhh! Randy had to spend waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much time in Hulk Hogan's shadow (Just like everybody else-No surprise there!), and yet, if you go back to Wrestling Tape after Wrestling Tape of both Hogan and Savage, then Randy Savage was the better Wrestler, through and through! He also connected better with the Audience, whether bad or good. The reason that he was forced to live in Hulk Hogan's shadow, was because, simply put, he needed a job in the Then-WWF, and he knew that if he slipped up, he woulda been gone! The Then-WWF woulda threw him out on his ear! After Early 1989, though, things changed for the better, when he became The Macho King. Randy Savage will be remembered by us, the true fans of Wrestling!

[@bigdog3628]

I used to love both of them as a kid. But Yeah, a randy movie would be awesome.

[@houseofleduc5307]

Macho Man The Movie would be the shit. Imagine the Waffle House scene

[@mahaffer71]

Give me ric flair you can have a couple of seasons

[@Gary-tz5qm]

His Randy impression is great

[@staticmetalxbl]

It was low key close to on point 🤣🤣

[@rikiishitoru8885]

Everyone can do it

[@jakelang806]

no it isnt

[@whenthehammerwastthomas1585]

Jake the snake has the best one hands down.

[@venomagent76]

Lanny does the best Randy

[@TheMajor8478]

I could listen to these old school guys tell stories all day long. Edit: I think I will.

[@matsalvatore9074]

I have been lol for days

[@fuzzluvver69]

From 1986 - 1991 Randy was legit the best wrestler / worker in the business bar none.

[@charleswilson4526]

Greatest of all time to me- had the look, gear, promo, could work heel or face and drew $$$ for years - he was so unique as well!

[@charleswilson4526]

Nostalgia Addict1978 Bret drew in the overseas markets, and I think he could draw when used correctly. I love Bret too and always enjoyed his work

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Macho was the total package, he had everything. You could even say he is a contender for the Greatest of all Time. But I can never say he was the best wrestler at any times because his matches were too rehearsed. All his matches were pre-planned move for move. Something that Steamboat hated by the way.

[@asicsjohnson]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 - That's an almost verbatim quote from Ric Flair's book.

[@ricosalvaje5802]

Randy was amazing. He seriously could do anything face, heel great talker.

[@packergeek10]

"He would start preparing two before" HAHA. Macho was nuts. I can just see him looking in the mirror going over lines.

[@allywalka1750]

packergeek10 lines of cocaine?

[@thegoughandbordenfamily8234]

You spelled amazing wrong

[@ivanobacchi76]

Flair and some other wrestlers said Randy was very frugal but clearly Randy knew when to spend his money and who to spend it on lol Rip Macho Man

[@Kenji183]

Wcw paid for all of that

[@rscole89]

Yeah wcw funded his savage heart attack.

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

A naked, Brazilian Randy Savage is automatically at 10/10 story.

[@justjon5945]

Rumor has it that Randy always stayed in character.

[@ronaldshank7589]

Oooooohhhhh, yeahhhhhhh! And-While you're at it-SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!!! OOOOOOOOO YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankbonini9128]

Many Very Close to Him Have Said that It Wasn't a "Character" ... It Was Randy ...

[@ComaAlpha]

Saved Shawn and Marty from going to jail because of it.

[@1980bwc]

Closeted Bischoff was loving every minute of that situation with Macho Man!

[@Papawill13]

The best thing about those Halloween Havocs were you could go in and watch a match, leave get free drinks go to your room smoke some weed and then go back in and watch more matches.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Eric's a good talker...even when not drunk

[@paulkessler9180]

I could listen to Macho Man stories all day. 😁

[@tonedogg9335]

Went to halloween havoc from 1997 to 2000.... Loved it.. Front row tickets costed me $100 each front row.!! Awesome times.

[@evolvedcopper2205]

Randy was a smart businessman, brother

[@SITH_CHAMP]

I miss the Macho Man!!! Oh Yeah!!! RIP Randy Savage

[@slimshead8100]

His death hit me really hard. Macho Man, Piper, Heenan, Mean Gene and Scott Hall. Those deaths hit me harder than any others. I shed some serious tears. Not ashamed to admit it. Eddie Guerrero’s death was really hard for me, too.

[@soliddead]

I love Eric. I always listen to 83 Weeks and it's given me some insight into what kind of person he is. I think it's really cool that he's Executive Director of Smackdown now.

[@Laraque27]

Eric Bischoff remembers. That alone is a headline.

[@CP-kb1du]

Legend Pro Wrestler ...memories seeing Randy do Studio Wrestling in the Mid Seventies ..for Grand Prix Wrestling ..... one of kind ...

[@samleemasters2k971]

I miss wcw

[@uriel4274]

The Dvd Dawson i thought wcw and wwe we’re the same thing

[@superdemonboy]

No, it wasn't. Companies have a tendency to go up and down. It's an expected trend. Look at the console wars and just consider what would've happened had Nintendo gone out of business in the Gamecube era. Business would never have skyrocketed for them with the Wii. Anyway, it was the lack of competition that has made the WWE go downhill as well. Competition is absolutely healthy and speaking as a huge AEW fan, I would never want WWE to go out of business - as much as I dislike them.

[@BAF-ch4ts]

@Gen. Lee Interested Absolutely, AWA, World Class, Mid-South, they were all great and different.

[@devinodriscoll]

The ultimate wrestling fan No, you don’t. You’re lying.

[@mikedepue]

Thank you guys SO MUCH for lowering the gain on the sting at the beginning of your videos. Saves my ears. ❤️

[@chrism6315]

And sentence that follows this pattern 'Its not x, its not y, its just business', is always the first few things.

[@michaelbull4344]

Bishoff is one of the most underrated minds in wrestling dude gets no credit for his creativity and good buissness sense

[@edwardedmunds9321]

Love his Hogan impression 😂😂

[@InsideTheRopes]

Eric Bischoff, former President & Executive Producer of WCW, Raw General Manager, best selling author and new Executive Director of WWE Smackdown Live, sat down in front of a sold out crowd at our Inside The Ropes Live show, and told us an amusing story about a time when he was in Las Vegas for Halloween Havoc and he got a call from Macho Man Randy Savage to come to his suite and negotiate a new contract. Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@jbasti227]

Lmao that impression was great

[@Pbarwik]

Mr Bischoff can spin a tale I must say :D

[@AndyArmstrong88]

Oooohhhhh yeah I’m naked brother take a good look at it, and I want 3 million dollars a year

[@blairjayson]

Savage and Hogan both had some sorta disease that made them refer to everyone as "brother".

[@BadDayLp]

I dont know what you mean, brooother.

[@ReeseMan]

Eric said 8am in the morning i have to reach in my pocket to find my liver lol

[@kjadfhgioaudbfvilaeu]

That's a solid azz line...I'm stealing it. XD

[@ericgilbert56]

The Headline Read... "Come hell or high water, Bischoff makes a deal!"

[@MnMs002]

Eric was afraid people was goona think he was porking the Macho Man HAHAHA!!!

[@karl1091]

Nothing will beat Randy Savage wwf contract negotiation "Vince, its simple, you either give me what I want or will stop pulling out of Steph and give you a little macho grandson" 🤣

[@ronaldshank7589]

I'm behind the times on this one, although I heard something about the whole Macho Man/Stephanie McMahon "Tryst" within the past couple of years. Is it really true that Stephanie McMahon and Randy Savage bumped uglies?!? There is a rumour that she was definitely active (In a "Certain" unspecified, but very intimate, way) with at least some of the Wrestlers. That, the whole Gay scandal, and the Steroids stuff, isn't surprising to me anymore!

[@karl1091]

@@ronaldshank7589 always been rumours Macho slept with a, then underage, Stephanie Thats why booted n never even discussed a return. One scenario is, with the way it was then, tgey dare not report it as macho would obvs have evidence of steriod use, underage, pat patterson forcing young ring boys or young talent to do him "favours" etc. Would have killed the company as most of the talent and owner be in prison

[@ronaldshank7589]

@@karl1091 If they were doing all that, and had been found out, and if that would've led to the destruction of the company, then it would've served 'em right!!! You'll know one thing about me:When it comes to answering a text like this, with all due respect to you-I don't play around! Companies that have any kind of illegality going on, if and when they're found out, then- 1:Shut 'em down! 2:Throw all of the guilty parties involved in illegalities in Prison! I don't care who it was that did the wrong-PUNISH THEM NOW! 3:Is it any wonder that WWE is in a slump, to where their ratings are so low, that they're barely existent? Many people have apparently found out just what a bunch of crooks some people have been in WWE. I'm not saying that everybody is guilty. However, single out all of the guilty parties, and get rid of 'em! I rarely watch WWE Programming anymore. I've done kind of a gradual switch to AEW Wrestling. With all that has gone on over the years, I've just about had it with WWE!

[@NationOfMasturbation]

Hate him or love him, Bischoff is good at telling stories

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

That was the absolute biggest power moves in professional wrestling.

[@LburgVAGuy]

I love that Lesner,Lashly,Bautista,Cena and Ortan all came from OVW and all got called up at the same time

[@jessaphillips2846]

Eric does the best Randy Savage impression I have ever heard

[@IrishCarney]

Bruce Pritchard's is even better

[@jerryjanik480]

Savage stories I love Randy Macho Man Savage stories so much I can listen to him all day second of all I used to be so mad at Eric Bischoff when WCW ended now I'm kind of like I now kind of hate respect him and like him at the same time

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Oozing charisma Easy-E!

[@daschwah]

Sounds like Mach was the literal hot-dogger, this time around.

[@mitchellberndt6857]

Who else grew up hating Eric as a kid but know love this guy wish he would go back

[@danielmallory4687]

He was a good heel

[@asicsjohnson]

Pretty sure he *is* back. He's the new, like, director of SmackDown Live... whatever that means.

[@DexDiamond4]

Bischoff is a cool cat now! Was a cocky prick in the 90's...Detroit represent. lol

[@showd300]

Dam Eric bishof randay saveg stories is really special but in the kind of situations he got him slef in man 10/10,for that

[@user-ny7tc2vl5f]

Everyone forgets the one man that screwed Vince McMahon.....Ultimate Warrior owned his ass and got an instant 500K for one match haha and Vince ate it and had no choice.

[@del7538]

Hogan put Vince over a barrel more than once. WM9 springs to mind. You better let me win the world title in a main event I'm not even booked in or I won't work the mid card tag match that I am booked in. Classy.

[@chrisbills7076]

Bischoff more of a babyface than a heel these days.

[@garrymclaughlan6433]

Its a good impression, fair play to Bischoff

[@jasonpegram2114]

Yeah i'm pretty sure it was a phone call not a text LOL!!!

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

A hungover meeting at 8 a.m. with the Macho Man... Oh Yeah.

[@craigusselman546]

Eric saw Randys Slim Jim ohhh-yeahh.

[@onmitsukid5342]

Controversy creates cash afterall, eh?

[@savagei6130]

A giant table filled with Slim Jims!

[@eltigre1374]

Context Is King.

[@greggdarby6610]

Love this story

[@AJ-oj5eu]

Guys, if you're ever in an argument with the missus (and by argument I mean disagreement, not full on yelling and screaming match where she's already throwing things),but if your having an argument, and she's pushing to get something out of you and won't listen to sense just start removing your clothes. By the time your completely naked, her train of thought will be so derailed, she will shake her head and either walk away, give up or both. You can then be left alone to continue with your day.

[@garydarnell3117]

Everyone can do a Randy Savage impression. Just pretend you're trying to shit out a pineapple.

[@Narrate918]

It’s funny all these wrestlers were so intimidated by Vince but they treated Eric like a flunkie lol can you imagine a wrestler calling Vince and telling him time to be somewhere?

[@Thor-Orion]

Big difference. Eric wasn’t the one signing their checks.

[@Marc_Araujo]

The true GOAT.

[@bobjob66]

Easy E said text or phone call...good thing WCW had enough money to have texting that didn't exist...gotta love that Ted Turner check book.

[@mikeattard3543]

Well, the event was at the MGM Grand from 1996 to 2000. Pretty sure they had texting at least as early as 1997. It's not clear which specific Halloween Havoc he's referring to, though.

[@outdoorcasey]

@@mikeattard3543 dude nobody was texting in 1997. He just misspoke

[@Adamdidit]

@@outdoorcasey that's just not accurate not many people were but it wasn't nobody

[@jonmccormick8683]

Some pagers could text.

[@magilla2282]

Moral of the story, if you negotiate a contract, do it naked.

[@mrdanielaiello]

This is beyond funny

[@danfors1333]

I bet room service was in on it along with Macho to make Eric even more uncomfortable.

[@travismurell5228]

Eric Is about like Bruce. Would be Interesting If you could believe them.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Randy died on my 29th birthday just down the road from where I grew up.

[@JadisAmalthea]

I think my bus, 65, goes past the tree he hit every day..... I can't be sure, but it's the only tree in that area with stuff on it and beat up old flowers at the base. He died in 2011, and I would've been 21, working at Kmart on Missouri at that time.

[@TylerMorganShow]

Great storytelling.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

Wonder if there was any Slim Jim's up in there.

[@BoereViking]

The naked man works 2 out of 3 times...

[@E_l_l_i_e]

With that detailed description, I think he looked waaay too long.

[@biglakebulliesadamg.8715]

Oooowe YEEEAAAAAH!!!!!! DIG IT!!!!!!

[@MrWoodMan23]

A little something to think about. Who started using "brotheeer" first. Hogan or Savage?

[@thepunditspundit1776]

DanDaMan2019 Savage. Hogan used “daddy” for the first part of his career

[@TheLoStBoYs89]

@@thepunditspundit1776 it was daddio you fk nut stop tryig to be funny

[@MrWoodMan23]

So Savage always used brother during his entire career is what I am assuming.

[@mac10watp31]

DanDaMan2019 Super Star Billy Graham is the first guy a remember using it in promos And Hogan copied him Brother

[@MrWoodMan23]

@@mac10watp31 very cool. Thank you for telling me the real story, brotheeer!

[@TEAMGETHELP]

SAVAGE

[@christopherbako]

Definitely.

[@jakelang806]

I call him Randal.

[@BeeBumper]

I negotiated my last salary naked

[@leescott2069]

Elizabeth down that isle!

[@carcity2156]

All those beers on ice and room service I thought savage was the cheapest guy ever

[@IrishCarney]

Worth it in the big picture if that was even his money. But he probably charged it to WCW or Turner, to make it top level power move

[@Shoreline71]

“chin to toe” Beard gone? This story sounds like time filling/killing bullshit.

[@AJ-xv7oh]

I don't recall.

[@Phildo8]

Bischoff as a regular man not in character and just being himself like this I think could’ve helped him a lot in the NWO era more so than his whole acting like a “tough fan boy” did

[@MeMe-td1ye]

Eric & comedy don't go together - at least not intentionally

[@stobesy18]

So he was having a party

[@Shinobi33]

Looks lile a totally different person now

[@xxxs8309]

Hahah

[@rainski5721]

Wow now Eric is going to be inducted into the HOF

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Eric, it could have been much worse. The Macho Man could have gone Pat Patterson all over you.

[@Shorty40101]

Idc what anyone says he was the best gm on raw

[@stephenseverino6650]

Fab story except for one thing, Bischoff mixed Savage's and Hogan's style in his mind. Randy never called ANYONE brother, that was hogan's thing

[@TheWinstonSlip]

They all used brother back then

[@killuminati3034]

Good content.. Can u interview ICP about wcw wwf ecw tna run

[@billieboybuddha4238]

Your pretty privileged if you get to see Macho's Slim Jim :)

[@beatngu9469]

Mothering was UNBEATABLE in the WWE games

[@Danny-xx3oy]

😂😂

[@allywalka1750]

Is it me or does Eric look just like Ricky the Dragon

[@fjccommish]

AKA why WCW lost millions.

[@uriel4274]

fjvideo really how

[@fjccommish]

@@uriel4274 Negotiate while drinking.

[@uriel4274]

fjvideo I thought wcw and wwf/wwe were the same

[@RedfishCarolina]

So, Randy Shavage?

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

He left the part out when they made out

[@nick56677]

I miss WCW, had it not been for Hogans, Nash's bullshit politicking, Russo coming in with shitty storylines etc, we would still have WCW today, even after the AOL merger. If WCW was the great money magnet it was in 96-98, another network would've thrown themselves at WCW to put them on TV

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

Chin to toe...