Controversy Creates Cash

By Eric Bischoff and Jeremy Roberts

Book Overview

The exciting no-holds-barred autobiography of former WCW president and current WWE Raw General Manager, Eric Bishoff--the only person who was able to beat Vince McMahon and the WWE at their own game.

Eric Bischoff has been called pro wrestling's most hated man. Booed, reviled, and burned in effigy, he's been struck by everything from beer bottles to fists. Though industry critics have scorned his spectacular rise and fall at World Championship Wrestling, Bischoff's influence still resonates. For years, Bischoff kept quiet while industry "pundits" distorted the truth about the infamous Monday Night Wars, basing their accounts on rumors and innuendo. Finally, Bischoff tells what really happened.

Beginning with his days as a salesman for the American Wrestling Association, Bischoff exposes the industry's inner workings, from the real numbers behind WCW's red ink to the devastating impact of the corporate mergers. Among his revelations: How WCW became a national brand and revolutionized the industry. How Hulk Hogan, Jesse Ventura, and Steve Austin shaped WCW, and how corporate politics killed it. And how he found his inner heel and learned to love being the guy everyone loves to despise.

Reflecting on his childhood, his family, and the pressures of notoriety, Bischoff tells how he found contentment after being unceremoniously "sent home." Love him or hate him, readers will never look at pro wrestling the same way again after reading Eric Bischoff's story in Controversy Creates Cash.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416528547
• ISBN13: 9781416528548
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: World Wrestling Entertainment
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Bischoff takes on the Challanges

Eric Bischoff does an outstanding job of being fairly objective while recalling many exciting high points that not only shaped this "outsider's" career but the wrestling industry as we know it today. You won't see any bitter and hate-filled bashing in Bischoff's book, and the former operator of WCW does a great job of taking on issues and myths that surrond one of wrestling's most controversial men.

Good Read

This is a well written book that provides a business perspective to the fall of WCW.

Excellent read

Any WCW fan, or just a wrestling fan will enjoy this book. I have read a number of wrestling books, and this is deffinately in my top 5.

Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash (WWE)

Fantastic book !!!!!! Even if you don't like Bischoff and many don't the book is fancinating reading. He tells it straight up, like it REALLY was & is !!! I would HIGHLY recommend this book to any true wrestling fan....

GREAT BOOK, WORTH THE CASH!!

This is an great book. Its filled with tons of info that none of us would ever know about the fall of WCW if it was not for eric. Yes, it does leave you wanting to know more like another customer pointed out in an earlier review, but overall its worth every penny. I like the fact that he comes out and tells us what really happened between him and jim ross, vince russo, hall and nash and hogan. I thought the story about how Hall almost broke eric in two at the GREAT AMERICAN BASH was Fantastic!!!!! I read the book not knowing what to expect and ended LOVING IT!!! I have not read a book since 2000 and this one is so addictive, I read it in 4 days. For the true wrestling fan......You wont be disappointed!!