Expert: Dave Wolf - 12/11/2006

Question
Hi Dave I am really grateful for your answer. I was wondering if you have seen the WWE Confidential episode from February 2003 with Eric bischoff talking about the history of Turners WCW and what Eric said about what he and Turners role in WCW was after the merger with Time Warner? Also what was Vince Russo's Role in terms of helping Ted Turner when he was in WCW. I also read that Ted Turner ran WCW at the tail end of WCWs run in early 2001 and why did Ted Turner and Chavo Guerrero Junior create a contract for the winner of the ladder match at Starrcade 2000 for the WCW Cruiserweight Title when Time Warner had more control over the company. Dave I truly do not mean to repeat myself but I still do not get the whole picture and would you recommend getting Eric Bischoffs book to better answer many of the questions that I am asking you? Thanks Again:Aaron


Answer
Hi Aaron.

I did not see the Confidential episode which you are referring to.

Other then being an on air GM or whatever he was, Vince Russo was nothing more then a writer for WCW, much like he was for WWE.

I honestly do not recall the Chavo Guerrero contract. I'm thinking it was nothing more then an angle, where Turner's name have come up. I honestly don't think Turner really had much to do with WCW towards the end.  Turner liked wrestling, but he lost a lot of power with the merger.  The higher ups at Time Warner basically did everything they could to get rid of wrestling.

I thought Eric Bischoff's book was very good.  It is totally his point of view, so who knows if it is all true or not.  But he did say he enjoyed working for Turner and speaked highly of him.  The book does devote a good amount of time to what happened to WCW after the merger was announced, and what eventually led to it's downfall.  I would recommend it.

Thanks for the question.

Dave