1. Eric Bischoff Talks About WWE Allowing CWC Competitors To Use Their Real Names & Acknowledging Their Past
During a recent edition of Eric Bischoff’s podcast, Bischoff talekd about WWE allowing CWC competitors to use their real names and this move being similar to what he did in WCW. Below is what he said:
“I think it harkens back to 1995 when I launched Nitro. This isn’t about me but I can’t help it when you ask me a question that’s going to be near and dear to my heart. One of the things that I did to be different than WWE is let guys use their own name. I wasn’t interested in repackaging and giving someone a brand new gimmick and dressing them up in different colored outfits and trying to create a whole new character like the previous one didn’t even exist. That wasn’t my goal. Bill Goldberg was Bill Goldberg. Scott Hall was Scott Hall. Kevin Nash was Kevin Nash. Konnan was Konnan. Eddie Guerrero was Eddie Guerrero. Part of that is the believability and the reality. When I talked previously about bringing reality in to the wrestling business back in 1995 one of the little things that we did was start allowing guys to use their own name and not giving them “gimmicks.””
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