Eric Bischoff SHOOTS On Hulk Hogan Asking To Job To Goldberg!

Eric Bischoff speaks exclusively to Inside The Ropes about when Hulk Hogan called him and asked to lose to Goldberg on WCW Nitro, in Atlanta Georgia! Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews, and don't forget to like and comment too!
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[@InsideTheRopes]

Is Hulk Hogan an underrated worker? Let us know in the comments below!

[@rogueprince1341]

I've seen some of his matches from Japan, and he could work. He just didn't have to here in the States, and that's why he has the rep of being a med level worker.

[@MC-kk8xu]

Hulk Hogan is literally one of the greatest workers of all time. Not an exaggeration. Just look at Wrestlemania X8 with The Rock. Both guys did NOTHING and they had the entire audience in the palm of their hand. THAT is professional wrestling. Audience engagement. That's why Hogan is a greater worker than 99.999% of guys. He doesn't need to really sell, or do huge moves or anything. He doesn't need to do 60 minute classics, he doesn't need to have a masterpiece of a match. He is the absolute master of the art of working. Of course his Andre match at WrestleMania is terrible, who cares? The point is its one of the most important matches ever because Hulk Hogan is a great worker.

[@michaelklingenberg7872]

I've heard of him but nothing comes to mind...did he do that back yard wrestling stuff?? Never really got into it 🤷

[@Krillep]

Hogan lost 4 of his 5 biggest matches. Hogan vs Andre, won, Hogan vs Warrior lost, Hogan vs sting, lost. Hogan vs Goldberg, lost, Hogan vs Rock lost. Hogan was built to be immortal, but he did pass the torch to many guys, and his run back in WWE he lost to Rock twice, Undertaker, Triple H, Brock Lesnar and tapped out to Kurt Angle. I think he's underrated as hell when it comes to losing or working in the right time for his character, he did the job. But lose to much would just hurt his credibility and character. It meant something when you beat Hulk Hogan, and that's why his character as immortal was so important. I think mostly it's about jealousy when it comes to Hulk, because everybody wanted to be the number 1 guy. And he was it. He was the alpha and omega. He built WWE to what it is today and created two wrestling booms. The guy is THE legend.

[@heathwood3471]

Don’t forget his most watched match he lost: in front of 33 million viewers live in prime time (albeit not a clean loss)…

[@Mopar21277]

I remember watching that Nitro live, no DVR, no social media, live time Pro Wrestling at its greatest, what a match that was. Not a match for star ratings, it was an amazing house and the place blew when Bill gave Hulk that huge jackhammer. Heenan on commentary was electric. One of WCW's greatest moments!

[@tonyp9313]

Yeah that's terrible no dvr....I recorded that on my VCR

[@zlinedavid]

Heenan is what made that scene. Some of his best work that didn’t involve comedy. “DO IT…DO IT…..This place will erupt if he picks him up!”

[@LeoWhalen1933]

I remember the announcement on Thunder a few days before. I was a WWF guy but I knew this would be worth it.

[@rogelioarmentasolorzano3848]

That was by far the best damn jackhammer of all WCW/WWE history.

[@erikrupp692]

Bobby Heenan's color commentary during that match was phenomenal. He had so much energy, and he was so on it - it was one of the best moments of Heenan's career (and he had a ton of great moments). What surprises me is that the idea for Goldberg beating Hogan for the title at that point came from Hogan. Hogan didn't put people over all that often. Goldberg and Sting were two guys he had no problem putting over. (Hell, he put Sting over several times - you can tell that he really liked and respected Steve Borden, and Borden respected Terry Bollea/Hulk Hogan.) But this match was lightning in a bottle. The pinnacle of WCW.

[@juice5435]

The greatest thing about the Monday Night Wars was the weekly main events that could have easily been pay per viewed.

[@krillep546]

Every WCW monday nitro was like a PPV. It was amazing. You just never wanted it to end.

[@SameerPrehistorica]

It's nice listening to Eric Bischoff, he is a great storyteller

[@ShadowAngel606]

and a better liar considering how many marks actually believe his nonsense.

[@PenskePC17]

Hogan went 0-4 to Billy fkn Kidman, but no, he'd never put Goldberg over 😂😂😂

[@ShadowAngel606]

@@PenskePC17 How do you come up with 0:4? Hogan got pinned by Kidman exactly once, that was 2 on 1 Handicap match: Awesome & Kidman vs. Hogan, Nitro April 24, 2000 Afterwards: Hogan defeated Kidman at both Slamboree and The Great American Bash 2000 Their only other matches were: Horace defeated Hogan & Kidman in a 3 Way on Nitro May 15, 2000 And Mike Awesome & Billy Kidman & The Filthy Animals vs. Hogan & Nash ended in a No Contest (May 8 2000)

[@nexpro6118]

​@@ShadowAngel606liar...give just 2 examples...WITH evidence/proof that he was lying....I'll wait...

[@fibonacchis368]

That match bridged generations watched this match with my grandfather( God rest his soul) I remember this match for sure . Legendary

[@mikekling7144]

That criticism of Goldberg / Hogan not being on PPV only started in the shitty social media era.

[@2beJT]

Yeah, at the time the fans were all stoked to get to see cool stuff on TNT.

[@YogsenForfoth]

No it did not. I remember criticism of it being on cable tv back in 1999-2000 in wrestling magazines.

[@krillep546]

Yes, typical WWE propaganda and history revisionism.

[@YogsenForfoth]

@@krillep546 That’s not true in the slightest bit. People have criticized WCW for making that decision since it happened. I remember because I saw it for myself in wrestling magazine and wrestling forums on AOL back in 1999-2000.

[@wolframvoneschenbach1174]

​@@YogsenForfoth Why would fans complain about being able to watch it for free? Some cunt complaining about it in a magazine means fuck all.

[@jayrr89]

Props to Bischoff for doing this. I was younger when I was into wrestling and my parents couldn’t afford to order the PPVs for me so those Monday Nights were ways for me to find out what happened on those PPVs. The fact that this aired on live TV and I stayed up late to watch Goldberg vs Hogan on my TV was such a moment that I’ll remember as a fan. Sure, it would’ve made sense business wise to hype it up for PPV but I appreciate that they gave that match to us on live TV. Such a surreal episode of Nitro!

[@jakersak2]

As a kid who loved wrestling, and also grew up poor, i never got to see any PPVs. I always had to hear about the results at school the next day from my friends. So getting to see my favorite wrestler Goldberg beat Hollywood Hogan on a regular old Monday Night Nitro and win that title was HUGE. So hats of to Bischoff and mostly Hogan for actually coming forward with this idea which was extremely out of character for him. One of my favorite moments that is forever burned in to my brain is when Hogan stepped out from brhind the curtains, looks directly at the camera and says "I am gonna kick Goldberg's... Butt!". I laughed so hard at that corny line and to this day makes me laugh. It was so bad lmao. Then watching him get what he had coming in spectacular fashion. Spear, jack hammer, 1 2 3 and the crowd goes wild throwing alk their garbage in the ring. Epic.

[@ricdimarco1499]

What does WCW need PPV money for at that time? The point, we’ve all since learned, was generating tv numbers to sell ad space for Turner. Goldberg vs. Hogan belonged on Nitro.

[@neilm2794]

I don’t like Bischoff but he’s exactly correct here. I watched that match on Nitro and I still remember it vividly to this day. Goldberg beating Scott Hall, then beating Hogan on the same telecast. I’ve never been interested enough in wrestling to spend money on a PPV, but seeing this broadcast captured my interest

[@vampirascoffin870]

and look what happened to Goldberg he was in semi main event while Hogan is still closing WCW events loll

[@ricflair9717]

The Time Warner AOL merger was such the failure, the only people who made money were the damn lawyers who put together that horrible deal.

[@keeganhurley119]

My respect for Hogan just went up for putting my guy over clean. Goldberg may not be a Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect. Or Flair and Steamboat. But he put asses in seats, he loves the fans, he got people on their feet, and he made the match explosive. WM33 with him and Brock is my second favorite match because it was violent, explosive, and awesome.

[@josereyes1148]

He had selfish reasons. Eric leaves it out obviously because he's his butt buddy.

[@keeganhurley119]

@@josereyes1148 thanks for being a debby downer

[@chadjustice8560]

​@keeganhurley119 it's about people are over Hogan and tired of people lying to keep him a good light.

[@nexpro6118]

​@@josereyes1148selfish....or....oooorrr....Hogan is smart(as in a smart business man) blows my mind that its ALWAYS the non wealthy/non successful people that ALWAYS bash on the ones who are wealthy and successful because they were smart business minded people....i think it comes down to jealousy....for you(the people) who bash on the smart business minded and successful people, do so because you want to seem/feel morally superior and also as if you're better than these people that way you can pretend to feel good/better about your lives that you deep down wish you didn't have....

[@josereyes1148]

@@nexpro6118 Hogan's politics are well documented. He may have had good business sense FOR HIMSELF. Not WCW. Which is good for Hogan and his short term career, not WCW in the long run. And... And... Look where WCW ended up! IE, this match on free nitro when the tickets were already sold to make it look like Hogan was responsible. When they should of had this dream match on ppv and made the company money. Hogan's shady motives at starcade 1997 that should have put sting over clean. That basically started the downfall of WCW and their hottest period ever. God forbid he put sting over clean though. It's well documented that Hogan was selfish and took from other people. You can call it good business sense if you like. I also find it funny your defense is that I must be unsuccessful. Like you know anything about me. I guess I can form the opinion that you are a weirdo, since you're jock riding for a 70 year old Hogan brother. Lol.

[@dixienormous2101]

Because Hogan knew how to draw money

[@CraigWeir-q5v]

How did he '' draw money'' for a Tv show , already paid for ?

[@CPSlayer]

​@@CraigWeir-q5v Putting over Goldberg is what he means by drawing money

[@nexpro6118]

​@@CraigWeir-q5vI think he meant, how to draw more money as in making sure that place was packed to the gills and that the TV ratings for their segmant/match would be able to attract more sponsorships/advertisers for when Hogan and or Goldberg have a segment on WCW....the advertisers would have been possibly willing to pay more money to have their products showcased right before and or after a. Hogan segment.

[@LeoWhalen1933]

It was great having it on tv because many fans, like myself and my dad, had to choose which ppv we were going to order each month. This allowed us to get Fully Loaded so it worked out well.

[@tyrooneyfromdababooney7585]

I just luv Eric Bishoff. Just like Flair, Hogan, and others. I would pick his brain on knowledge. Good Stuff 👍

[@brdy85]

Guys a phoney brainless pigeon.

[@mr.legendaryjelly]

one of my fav nitro matches ever

[@sugs1191]

So glad I got to see this live.

[@Sum_Jigh]

Hogan could actually shoot wrestle. He didn't show it that much in the U.S., but he did in Japan! He was trained well.

[@BigRaji1981]

Anyone who thought Hogan couldn't actually wrestle clearly didn't see the warrior match at mania cause he carried him

[@maroof1]

​@@BigRaji1981bad guys always carry 🙄

[@BigRaji1981]

@@maroof1 it was a face vs face match tf you talking about?

[@alphanerd7221]

When a relevant match happens on TV it elevates the entire show. It's absurd to say any match is too good for TV.

[@CraigWeir-q5v]

Wtf you even talking about . Mark.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@CraigWeir-q5v You don't know what a mark is.

[@nexpro6118]

​@@CraigWeir-q5v​@josereyes1148 Eric and Hogan are smart(as in a smart business people) it blows my mind that its ALWAYS the non wealthy/non successful people that ALWAYS bash on the ones who are wealthy and successful because they were smart business minded people....i think it comes down to jealousy....for you(the people) who bash on the smart business minded and successful people, do so because you want to seem/feel morally superior and also seem as if you're better than them, than that way you can pretend to feel good/better about your life, when deep down you wish you didn't have the life you do, but the lives of the ones that you bash on....

[@TheMuldoonFella]

I can think of at least 2 things wrong with the title of this

[@McHenryCruiser]

Not me , what’s wrong with the title?

[@matthewdejoy-wm6mr]

​@@McHenryCruisermaybe they meant. Hulk hogan asking. And hogan jobbing. Lol only thing that makes sense to me

[@andrewft31]

No Hulk was the one behind Goldberg getting his monster push, Hogan was his mentor so he decided to give him the rub.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

@@matthewdejoy-wm6mr Literally what I was about to say

[@2beJT]

My parents never bought PPV. So, I am so glad they did so much on Nitro. It was awesome to get to see things that mattered.

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

I appreciate that Eric has reasons why he did stuff and some stuff he would do differently but a lot he’d do the same cause Turner and Time Warner and AOL killed WCW, not Bischoff or Goldberg or Hogan

[@donniemorton162]

I saw it live

[@Msal19]

Bischoff's achievements in WCW and WWE are underrated. He has a great mind for this business.

[@solidrockofjesuschristmini2423]

I really enjoyed watching wcw nitro etc at night, they were killing it at one point

[@Nicball505]

That was the best shit ever, I remember that match more than any other match ever.

[@Krillep]

Hogan lost 4 of his 5 biggest matches. Hogan vs Andre, won, Hogan vs Warrior lost, Hogan vs sting, lost. Hogan vs Goldberg, lost, Hogan vs Rock lost. Hogan was built to be immortal, but he did pass the torch to many guys, and his run back in WWE he lost to Rock twice, Undertaker, Triple H, Brock Lesnar and tapped out to Kurt Angle. I think he's underrated as hell when it comes to losing or working in the right time for his character, he did the job. But lose to much would just hurt his credibility and character. It meant something when you beat Hulk Hogan, and that's why his character as immortal was so important. I think mostly it's about jealousy when it comes to Hulk, because everybody wanted to be the number 1 guy. And he was it. He was the alpha and omega. He built WWE to what it is today and created two wrestling booms. The guy is THE legend.

[@majicdude88]

That is a very short list and he fought hard to not lose to them, so no. He never passed any torch. Those examples were already made mega stars lol

[@whatthefuckeidos9230]

Never mind that his match with Sting was complete bullshit lol

[@extremeredtv5728]

Agreed and part of the biggest moment in modern wrestling history, being the third man.

[@chadjustice8560]

Without the likes of Andre, piper and many more, Hogan would be nothing and as we have learned throughout the years its time to stop putting him on this pedestal he doesn't deserve to be on.

[@RG-lr4pk]

​@@chadjustice8560you don't know anything about the biggest and most publicized wrestler ever. How embarrassing

[@samusaran9371]

Love listening to Eric speak!

[@jipsumies3435]

So.. "That works for me brother" ?

[@truthseeker6532]

WOW!!!! While Vince could fight w/o boxing gloves (War of him vs WCW) Ted Turner had WCW having to fight with Boxing Gloves on!!!! To think, WCW almost won being Ted Turner Crippled!!!!! Imagine, if it was a fair fight!!!!!

[@paulavery5889]

I miss the Monday night wars

[@StealthMarmot_]

If I had gotten a phone call from Hulk Hogan where he suggested he LOSE to someone so he can put them over...for the title...I also would have potentially crashed whatever vehicle I was driving. Because I would be questioning reality and wondering if up was down or I had wanted into a portal to another dimension.

[@ironman2326]

It was given away, but sometimes that's not a bad thing. In this case I think it was ok.

[@cogekacc]

I agree with what he was thinking. WCW in 1998 was the biggest wrestling promotion on earth. They could do anything. I just think maybe they could have waited 2 more weeks and sold more tickets. Georgia Dome was a third empty

[@blueblur2273]

What people don't realize is that the WWF also did the same thing back then. They gave away tons of matches for free on TV. That was the thing to do back then because winning the ratings battle in those days meant everything as the product got more exposure on TV then it did ppv and the product on TV is what made the entire business grow.

[@truthseeker6532]

WOW!!!! While Vince could fight w/o boxing gloves (War of him vs WCW) Ted Turner had WCW having to fight with Boxing Gloves on!!!! To think, WCW almost won being Ted Turner Crippled!!!!! Imagine, if it was a fair fight!!!!!

[@JenYouWhine-zg8jk]

Once Austin got momentum there was nothing WCW could do.

[@truthseeker6532]

​@@JenYouWhine-zg8jk While Vince could fight w/o boxing gloves (War of him vs WCW) Ted Turner had WCW having to fight with Boxing Gloves on!!!! To think, WCW almost won being Ted Turner Crippled!!!!!

[@cnote2458]

I never believed Hogan would find anyone that loves him more than himself. But surely Bischoff loves him just as much as he loves himself.

[@drmgiverdrmgiver5335]

You mean the guy who wanted Goldberg to go over him clean? Check your meds buddy.

[@Aizenborgman]

@@drmgiverdrmgiver5335 true some of hogan hater are a Bunch of Liars and a Joke

[@60BloodyChamp60]

And his greatest fear, to this day, is not being Hogan’s friend

[@60BloodyChamp60]

@@drmgiverdrmgiver5335you mean the guy who didn’t want Sting to go over him clean?

[@drmgiverdrmgiver5335]

@@60BloodyChamp60 yeah, because Steve was not in a good place mentally at the time. He would not have been able to carry the role.

[@SSJ4Bass]

90’s Hogan offering to put someone over clean for the belt blows my mind

[@TheLastResort3113]

Well I guess hell did freeze over. Never in my life did I ever consider it to be even a possibility that Hulk Hogan would volunteer to do the job for anyone.😮

[@brianhatcher2799]

Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania 6?

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

I know that **I** enjoyed the HELL out of that Nitro and will always remember it as one of their best ever shows. Even when Goldberg had to first face Scott Hall, that crowd was electric and the excitement was palpable. Giving it away on free TV made and still makes absolutely NO difference to me!

[@jonwolfenden]

That was the last nitro I watched instead of raw. They gave away the biggest match they had with zero build. I still remember JJ Dillon randomly coming out on the prior Thunder to announce the match out of nowhere. Goldberg was in a program teaming with Kevin Greene feuding with Hennig & Giant.

[@garrymclaughlan6433]

Think they did that with most Goldberg matches ppv wasn't announced till about a week before aswell.

[@RhinoXpress]

it didn't need a build, because everyone and their grandmother saw it coming a mile away. Goldberg ran threw the roster at that point. So it was just obv hogan was next in line.

[@jonwolfenden]

⁠@@RhinoXpress Not really Goldberg won the US Title in late April from Raven up to that point he only worked Mongo,jobbers and members of the flock. He faced Saturn at Slamboree & Konnan at Great American Bash.On tv he was working guys like Glacier & Johnny Attitude.He really hadn’t worked anyone on the midcard,upper midcard or main event roster & wcw had a huge roster at that point so that doesn’t scream Hogan is next especially when the only nwo guy he had faced was Konnan. The Nitro before he won the title they announced he would team with Kevin Greene vs Henning & Giant at Bash at the Beach while Hogan was feuding with DDP & Karl Malone.Even Bischoff has admitted that there were no plans for a Goldberg vs Hogan match anytime soon and he was shocked when Hogan suggested it. It was totally out of nowhere based on what they were doing at the time especially since Goldberg had only started working against midcarders in march before that it was jobbers & Mongo.

[@RhinoXpress]

@@jonwolfenden he was mowing through people. Youre forgetting that that his win streak also included house show matches as well so there was a good portion of wrestlers that he went through in house shows on the roster that people didnt see. He started in late 97 by the time hogan came around it was june of 98. your talking around 8 or 9 months worth of wrestlers he was going though on the roster. hogan was on the short list of him to wrestle, because there weren't that many wrestlers left by the time hogan and him wrestled that he hadn't wrestled yet. He practically went through the roster when he got to hogan in that timespan. Besides, since when did goldberg in wcw ever have a real build up with anyone other than maybe hart and even that was short lived. His whole gimmick was to bulldoze people.

[@jonwolfenden]

@@RhinoXpress WCW was a tv product if it didn’t happen on tv that meant most of their audience hadn’t seen it. Most people didn’t go from wrestling Konnan on ppv & Glacier on Nitro to then the next week beating Scott Hall & then Hogan for the world title on nitro. Did it seem like eventually like one day he would face Hogan? Ofcourse but that did not seem evident seeing at that point in 98 Hogan had only worked Sting,Savage,Piper,Giant and was currently feuding with DDP & Malone. Goldberg felt way closer to the beginning of his journey than the end and beating Hogan should have been the end. It felt like such a waste to give away possibly the biggest match they had with zero build completely out of the blue with both guys in other programs in the ppv the following sunday. Goldberg win the title and then is facing Henning in a middle of the card title defense on the ppv. He’s on tv defending against Brian Adams & working in a battle royal the next ppv. He’s not even on fall brawl and it isn’t till Halloween Havoc they give him an actual ppv main event title match. If you wanna have Goldberg win the title why not build it up so it means way more and have stuff ready for him. It killed my interest when he won the title and was treated like a midcard world champion while Hogan main evented with Rodman,Malone and Jay Leno the next few ppvs. When Sting beat Hogan at Starrcade it should have been a changing of the guard but it wasn’t. Goldberg winning should have ushered in a new era but it didn’t and it killed my interest in wcw.

[@samgreenwell-tg7eo]

greatest moment in wrestling

[@CraigWeir-q5v]

lmaoooooooo nowhere even close to being top 10

[@azapro911]

Crazy that they threw this away just to get one Monday ratings win.

[@CraigWeir-q5v]

it isnt though as raw vs nitro was more than PPV buys

[@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi]

Wasn't PPV under a different entity? Turner Sports if I recall correctly, which means WCW didn't profit off of PPV revenue.

[@nexpro6118]

You obviously completely missed the brilliant business move they did for having the match on Live cable TV....thank God you are not a business person (it's obvious that you're not)

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Couldn’t lose clean to Sting though, a guy that actually payed his dues in the business smh.

[@LRM5195]

Nahhhh man Sting wasn’t tan enough, remember? Lol

[@TL2354]

@@LRM5195Remember Sting said he was bad with the pills the ? Did you leave that out intentionally or too stupid to know anything?

[@TL2354]

OMG did you really “shake your head”? Amazing! Next time shake it off your neck

[@extremeredtv5728]

@@LRM5195That no tan jabroni isn't losing to me, brother.

[@Aizenborgman]

he lost to sting clean many times even in TNA he lost Clean so stop Crying

[@AnsonBeeker]

I wanted Hogan to win.

[@waylinvanhalen]

Hogan is the goat

[@josereyes1148]

Please. Wasnt this nitro attended by turner executives or something in Atlanta. Hogan knew that a main event vs Goldberg would get over huge and would make him look like the ratings and numbers were all for him. It was just political menuvvering Hogan was known for.

[@jessboysen1976]

Such a humble guy

[@cjaquilino]

No one complained back then. We fans loved that it was on Nitro for free. Did it make the most money it could've? Probably not. Did I care? No.

[@McPoshSquatch]

LOVE watching these videos and hearing Eric's POV, but I'm a little miffed that they're like four, five, six minutes and yet Bret Harts are well over ten minutes each.

[@midnightsplusnoonsis730LEO]

Eric was/is still fantastic for the pro rasslin business. Highly intelligent, articulate, cool. Big picture awareness. Still. WCW was so awesome. Eric is as much a reason for that as every other major player in that crew. I love pro wrestling for over 40 years. Wouldnʻt have been quite as awesome without Eric Bischoff. But in the words of Shieky Baby ... he is still another son of a bitch. 🤣🤙

[@geneanthony3421]

The main thing that seems odd is that they didn’t even build it up over weeks. It was announced days before. Even if Goldberg won you would think it would have been a DQ or something to build up another thing for later. Was just so different

[@nexpro6118]

I think it's was because they wanted to have that match in the stadium that was approaching....a stadium...not a regular building...but a stadium....that fit around another 15 to 20k people in it. They wanted that match to be on live TV to showcase the MASSIVE crowd and how the crowd (again, MASSIVE) going wild and how loud that place got because of all those people in it. If they decided to advertise their match for weeks, the match would have ended up at a place that sat up to 20k less people in it. Also, it was Goldbergs home town/where he played football. So....that crowd was 10000% all for Goldberg and ALL of the lost their damn minds when Goldberg hit Hogan with that spear....what's funny is that Goldberg didn't hold back/pull a bit on his spear on Hogan. Goldberg acted like he needed to spear through Hogan's body lmao 😂

[@geneanthony3421]

@@nexpro6118 you can have a match with hogan and Goldberg, but you can still protect Goldberg and Hogan. Goldberg spears hogan, but before he gets the jackhammer hogan is pulled out and the nwo does its attack but Goldberg runs through them. Goldberg gets the DQ and the streak is protected. Goldberg says every win has been by pinball except 1 and chases Hogan who puts up roadblocks. Goldberg faces hogan at Starcade where it’s no DQ and no count out. You get to stretch it out. Hell this is a company they built up sting vs hogan for a year and a half. The biggest issue with babyfaces is they need mountains to climb. People get bored with them on top. Giving Goldberg the belt that quick was silly. Plus since it has no buildup people would have been ok with it.

[@nexpro6118]

@@geneanthony3421 if you can help get me back on track because I'm lost...lol 😂 your response was just an add on opinion and wasn't in response to what I posted? Or, am I just seriously retarded and completely missed what your response has anything to do with what I wrote lol

[@60BloodyChamp60]

What about him asking NOT TO JOB TO STING which is what everybody wanted? You were printing money in 1998 but losing it before the end of 1998.

[@mider9996]

I saw that live…Goldberg won the U.S. title from Raven then went on to fight Hogan.

[@reniervandervyver]

Eric made money but how much did he spend on the same date

[@SeanyEllo]

Triple H tanking WWE did NOT age well.

[@chrishendrix4805]

Why couldn’t Hogan put Sting over clean at Starcade 97’?

[@darylrogers6659]

Someone should bring this guy in on an MMA Promotion.

[@FreeThinkAlways]

So wcw just like wwf in their minds werent interested in pròducing wrestling. Good grief. Its no wonder Cornette despises guys like Russo and Kevin Dunn

[@nanya524]

Wait, it was HOGAN who said he was going to put Goldberg over?! But I was told that Hogan NEVER put ANYONE over for any reason and kept everyone down.

[@louismoore512]

WCW gets so much flack about putting Goldbug vs Hogan on Nitro for Goldbergs first Championship. Shouldn't we be saying the same about the WWE when they had Mick Foley's first Championship on Raw?

[@JoeyPHENOMPhee]

PHENOMENAL ✌️ 😇 🤙 WORLDWIDE

[@oswaldopadilla3128]

I watch this channel and a lot of old school wrestling shoots. I haven’t seen this video yet but I’m willing to bet Hogan hit bischoff with the “doesn’t work for me brother”

[@bryancronbaugh4265]

Wwe has proven you can make money and please the the fans. But fans aren’t going to buy into the product if it’s just a television program and not a wrestling experience. I can watch tv all day but I want wrestling because it’s different and special.

[@stuartday1330]

Well maybe if you did run it like a wrasstling stow you'd still be in business.

[@garrymclaughlan6433]

I feel more inclined to believe this if it was anyone else other than Bischoff.

[@jondee7454]

Why is Jimmy Neutron interviewing Eric Bischoff?

[@walterclark3198]

Hogan knew Goldberg was going to be a star so there was no problem jobbing to Goldberg. The real question is how come Hogan never had a match with Brett Hart in Wcw?

[@Shipyhammer]

the only time he thought about the company and not about himself.

[@gojakla12]

Why they were building Sting vs Hogan for Starcade for so long when it was just the television company??

[@adriand817]

The anticipation for seeing Sting save the day every week. It was a tease but that tease got ratings and ticket sales.. they squeezed the crow Sting as much as they could and had to put him in a match with Sting. The worst mistake they made was allowing him to speak lol the mystery was there

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

Hogan could put over Goldberg clean, but not Sting.

[@JS-sy8do]

It was a huge moment and so electric back in the day. Personally, I didn't like it cause Goldberg was beating the whole nWo and making them into clowns. Hogan was on his knees begging even against smaller guys like Flair. Things got stupid.

[@breauxcewayne1971]

Hogan didn’t do it out of the kindness of his heart. He knew he would eventually have to drop it to Goldberg. Goldberg was hotter than anyone in the history of the business and so it was probably gonna happen at Starrcade. Hogan dropped it to Goldberg on that Monday because the following Sunday was Bash at.Beach with Hogan/Rodman vs DDP/Malone which was gonna be the main event and get main stream press. The following month at Road Wild Hogan/Bischoff wrestled DDP/Leno which gained more mainstream press. So Hogan dropped it to Goldberg but he was still the center of attention and he knew it would hurt Goldberg in the long run. Goldberg still ended up being a major star but imagine if they had the proper build and hype. They had 40,000 at Georgia Dome and the match was announced 3 days in advance. 3 fricken days. I like Bischoff but just because you hit your forecast doesn’t mean you start doing illogical booking. To pop a rating??? Nitro was already getting huge ratings. Now compared to the disaster that was Starrcade 97 because of Hogans behavior this ended up not being that terrible of a thing because it was a memorable moment but it completely killed what could of been a storyline that could of went on another 6 months. Look how WWE launched Austin brought in Tyson for WM 14 and the rest was history. Starrcade 1998 could of been Goldberg winning the title and they’d had ton of momentum going into 1999. He would of had 6 more months of experience to get him more ready for it. Instead he’s losing at Starrcade 1998 and it was all downhill from there because the company had no direction storyline wise. Thats why it was the wrong move.

[@drexeldragon1723]

So the owner of the network also being the owner of the wrestling company killed everything?

[@Nasdupree9090]

This guy beats the 83 weeks to death.

[@stonecoldmorris1518]

ill never understand how eric bischoff can tell a perfectly well detailed story with hulk hogans balls in his throat

[@TL2354]

Zzzz

[@antology7]

Lots and lots of practice.

[@davidjones6470]

REALLY, REALLY!!!!!!!!!

[@BDK1994]

So Hogan put Goldberg over clean, but had an issue with putting Sting over clean??? SMH

[@jameswesten2018]

2:10 so what in the hell happened?

[@EBaldwin85]

How can he look back and say it was the right decision! It was the wrong decision! He should’ve did like wwf did and put them in a tag match. Should’ve been something like Hogan and Nash vs Goldberg and DDP. You give NWO the win on nitro and wcw the win at the PPV

[@nexpro6118]

You obviously didn't pay any attention as to why they decided to not do a PPV with this match....*slaps forhead* ​ Eric and Hogan are smart(as in a smart business people) it blows my mind that its ALWAYS the non wealthy/non successful people that ALWAYS bash on the ones who are wealthy and successful because they were smart business minded people....i think it comes down to jealousy....for you(the people) who bash on the smart business minded and successful people, do so because you want to seem/feel morally superior and also seem as if you're better than them, than that way you can pretend to feel good/better about your life, when deep down you wish you didn't have the life you do, but the lives of the ones that you bash on....

[@jamaali2358]

Why did Hogan put Icy Hot in Goldbergs eyes if offered to do the honours, is Eric Bischoff lying?

[@SaviorInTheSun]

It's decisions like this that prove he had no idea how wrestling works and was ultimately the wrong person to run ANY wrestling company. You do that match on tv, 100%. HOWEVER, you do not put the title on Goldberg on tv. Goldberg should have beaten up Hogan exactly like he did, except you have the NWO run in and get a DQ. Meanwhile Goldberg beats up everyone who ran in and Hogan runs away with his tail between his legs BUT keeps the title. Now you have the setup for the PPV. You get insane ticket sales and ratings for the episode of Nitro, but you also have everyone knowing that Goldberg is going to beat Hogan for the belt at the PPV. I'm a moron who is just a wrestling fan, and even I know how that is supposed to work...

[@Buckdawg]

He only put over Goldberg so he got out of putting over Bret Hart at Havoc 98. Let's not give him more credit than he's due here... He just did not want to give Bret the rub. Again.

[@hopalong829]

Elizabeth was sexually assaulted by Goldberg (storyline) in the parking lot outside the super dome in 1998 when he beat hogan or 1999 for the finger poke of doom? I can’t remember but that storyline for the first 2.75 hours was worse than anything Russo could ever think of. Watch those episodes of Goldberg trying to convince officers he didn’t Rword miss Elizabeth. It’s difficult to watch. It’s not good. Click. That’s why the show should get heat but who do u blame? Berg? Schoff? Watch it. It’s super bad.

[@p__wing]

No one actually believes this, right? Hogan had to be begged by Eric

[@MrRodzilla]

he tried to make it out that hogan did this out of the goodness of his heart, he did this in exchange for a shiny new contract upgrade

[@claytron3000]

Hogan signed his new contract in April. It took effect the next month. This conversation took place in late June.

[@MrRodzilla]

@@claytron3000 hogan signed the contract in June 1998, so my timeline is correct

[@nexpro6118]

Oh....I didn't know you were there(present for the phone call that Hogan and Eric had) that's so cool! Can you talk more about what was said during that phone call? I'm so excited what you have to tel us(me)! I can't wait....

[@MrRodzilla]

@@nexpro6118 the conversation took place like Bischoff explains except he left out that hogan was doing it to smooth over his own contract upgrade, he signed the contract that same month don’t believe the lie that it was done in April Hogan is the jay leno of wrestling, he doesn’t put anybody over, in fact jay leno did something similar and agreed to put Conan o brown over in his own contract negotiation

[@nexpro6118]

@@MrRodzilla ok. Can you please post the link(s) that show Hogan saying that? Or were you just there in the room when Hogan was saying that to people? If so, how badass that you were there lol 😂

[@RG-lr4pk]

This is the real reason that Butt Hurt hates Goldberg. Not the fake injury that he gave himself by being careless.

[@michaelmartinez5217]

And they say russo was paid by vince m to take down wcw... And hogan is the one who acted as if he was in Vince's pocket...lol

[@shadycnetwork]

This destroys the snowflake narrative of hulk Hogan

[@donjulio4025]

ran the company in to the ground in the end. terrible management by him

[@nexpro6118]

Ummmm...Eric wasn't there in the end(he actually was only a advisor role (his type of contract he negotiated since Eric saw the writing on the wall) at the end of WCW. Nobody in particular ran WCW into the ground....the second that the merger happened is when WCW was doomed.

[@SirBrown91]

Considering wcw went bankrupt....smart idea

[@nickonomicsTV]

Still gave it away waaaay too easy though.

[@bgowdy3131]

Man I like these interviews but some of this stuff at this point he needs to just accept the fault of what happened because he had thr control

[@seanwebb605]

It's such a trash business with such trash people who are so incredibly dishonest and believe their own B.S.

[@johnneil14]

Hulk Hogan was always the hottest guy in wrestling. I'd bottom so hard for him. My number 1 guy other than Lee Hoyland, of course.

[@McHenryCruiser]

You would let hogan penetrate you?

[@nickrowat4461]

Great wcw planning right here, use up the one massive match they have with no build on free tv, lose the entire Goldberg title chase, as usual no clue what to do with him as champion. Opinion of EB just went way down

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Wcw. Best year was 98. 99 and 2000 and 2001. Was awful 👋

[@nexpro6118]

For all of the so called, "wrestling experts" (lol 😂) that gives, Eric a ton of crap for not having the, Goldberg vs Hogan match on PPV, youre ALL obviously not business people and certainly not successful business poeple and probably not successful at all with anything in your lives and certainly not successful financially. So...some advice ill give to you all for free(since i doubt you can afford to pay for any advice) tell yourself that its time to grow up and to start to act like an adult. Example, stop trying to coonvince yourself that you know EVERYTHING and get rid of all of your, personal biased opinions/feelings/views AND for things that you dont actually have any experience, training in, go do some research and go do some learning (lol) you can ONLY learn things if you are 1st willing to admit that you dont know what youre talking about(whatever topic that may be)

[@samueldavids3704]

Thank God for this comment. The amount of people who think they know what’s best for business. It’s hilarious every time I read comments from fans who think anything about what should have happened in wrestling. It puts things into perspective when talking about Cody Rhodes ba Roman Reigns. It’s obvious to anyone who understands business as to why things are playing out the way they are. Yet fans are so oblivious to what is actually happening.

[@allencollins5666]

🤚✋

[@allencollins5666]

☝️

[@gameof2483]

I'm not sure how Eric bischoff sits up there giving interviews without any shame. He talks like an expert, but he failed miserably in the business, and most of the wrestlers specifically blame him. Literally saying he was the worst ever. He seems so full of it too when he takes 10 years to answer simple questions. The answer Eric should give when asked why did you do that, is because I'm stupid and don' t know what I'm doing.

[@nexpro6118]

Eric and Hogan are smart(as in a smart business people) it blows my mind that its ALWAYS the non wealthy/non successful people that ALWAYS bash on the ones who are wealthy and successful because they were smart business minded people....i think it comes down to jealousy....for you(the people) who bash on the smart business minded and successful people, do so because you want to seem/feel morally superior and also seem as if you're better than them, than that way you can pretend to feel good/better about your life, when deep down you wish you didn't have the life you do, but the lives of the ones that you bash on....

[@HellCow420]

Wtf? Brotha

[@chrismemphis8062]

Eric never drew a dime

[@monsterheel4895]

83 weeks is all he is, wcw was destroyed and lost the war.

[@nexpro6118]

What do you have? Lol Eric made tens of millions in the business....and still collects checks from that work and makes a good amount of coin with his podcast....how much money have you made in the wrestling business?