Hulk Hogan Kicked Eric Bischoff Out Of Home Over NWO Angle

During a recent interview with RF Video, former WCW president Eric Bischoff talked for over four hours about his career and primarily WCW. During the course of the interview went into detail about a variety of subjects.

Bischoff said that during a meeting with Hulk Hogan in early 1996, he pitched the heel turn and New World Order angle to Hogan, hoping to salvage his investment which had gone awry.

Hogan’s reaction wasn’t what Bischoff expected, as Hogan dismissed the question by saying, “Brother, I gotta pick the kids up from school, thanks for stopping by. You’ll never know my character until you’ve walked a mile in my yellow boots.” Bischoff said it was the most politely he’d ever been kicked out of a building in his life.

Hogan only had a few television dates remaining on his deal, and was off filming the movie Santa With Muscles. Bischoff was hoping to extend the deal with Hogan, and things weren’t going the way he’d hoped.

As the angle unfolded Hogan asked Bischoff to fly to Los Angeles, where the deal was hatched that made Hulk Hogan the third member of the New World Order.

When asked about Lex Luger, he said, “He just rubbed me wrong. Lex communicated arrogance when he didn’t necessarily mean. He was very arrogant.”

Beginning in 1995, rival wrestling companies World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling battled for television ratings, with the flagship shows of each promotion airing in the same time slot on Monday nights. The era, known as The Monday Night War, was one of the most exciting periods in the history of professional wrestling, and is the subject of a new 20-episode documentary airing Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET on the WWE Network. Hulk Hogan, who left the WWE in 1993 and became the face of the WCW, talked to For The Win about the creation of the New World Order, his shocking heel turn, and the events that led to WCW’s demise.

Some highlights from the interview:

The heel turn

“Yes I knew was going to be intense. When you tell people for 20 years that you love them, tell them to train, say your prayers and eat your vitamins, believe in yourself and then all of a sudden you stab everybody in the back. I knew there was going to be huge reaction.”

WWE

I was praying to God that wouldn’t happen. I prayed to God that we would become the No. 1 wrestling show, and that WWE would thrive and stay the monster that they were. WCW might become a little bit [of a] bigger monster. I never wanted anybody to go away. I wanted two different companies so talent could have a choice where they could work and make big, big money.”

Hulk Hogan Kicked Eric Bischoff Out Of Home Over NWO Angle