I mean, come on, hear to his comments through the entire documental. This guy is a sad and pathetic Vince's doggie. As the flick is made by the WWE you can expect some factional opinions, but I think they should have left the Brisco cowboy nonsenses out.
shareYeah. XD, I noticed that *beep* the first day.
"Don't mess with Vince McMahon."
Yeah, except for when you can actually beat him and keep him under for 40 weeks?
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I totally agree - it was as if he was still in character...
I love how he says "Mr Mac-Mahon"!
I really enjoy WWE's DVDs, but Vince has a bad habit of letting the dogs off their leash when he has an axe to grind. Another example is the Ultimate Warrior DVD, which although well-made, consisted of person after person burying Ultimate Warrior. Fair enough, we all know that Warrior and Vince aren't on the most amicable of terms. What got ridculous was when JR (who was interviewed extensively), Ric Flair, Dibiase, men who've had little or no involvement in the ring or outside with Warrior, are bashing the crap out of him on the DVD.
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I totally agree. Brisco was completely biased in this documentary. If you want to make a decent documentary try to get as many un-biased opinions as possible.
Even Bischoff admitted what an ass he was!
I know the WWE paid for this DVD so there is going to be some bias, but that guy was pathetic! I was half expecting McMahon to show up and Brisco give him a blow job!
It's a shame that Bischoff couldn't buy WCW - I think he would have made a great product out of it. Damn you AOL Time Warner for dropping WCW from TNT!
"If I'd have seen Eric Bischoff at the time, I'd want to slap the hell out of him."
lmfao
Well to be fair how many unbiased people are you gonna find when you make something like this? :-)
People in the WWE are gonna be angry because Bischoff nearly tanked them. Some people from WCW are gonna be cocky because they ran the show for 83 weeks, and others like Benoit, Jericho, and Flair are gonna be upset because WCW basically used and abused them.
Truth be told its probably the closest thing we're gonna get to a "true" story of the WCW vs. WWE tale. Your only other options is to look for the "shoot" interviews with older guys or even some current guys that are non-WWE endorsed.
But even then, guys may not tell the whole story simply because they want to keep up good relations. I mean honestly. Who is Gerald Brisco? He's a longtime pro-wrestling associate and he knows the business, but he's not on the popularity of a Hogan or a Savage. If Brisco gets fired by McMahon, he's not gonna be endorsing Slim Jim or starring on Brisco Knows Best (though that would be pretty interesting to see).
It's probably in his best interest to suck up to McMahon a little more than usual, especially because if the WWE HAD gone under, he would've probably been one of the first guys to go.
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Never? I take it then that you like Pirate wrestlers, garbage men wrestlers, hog farmers, baseball wrestlers, hockey wrestlers, etc etc.
Break it down!
i agree i have the dvd and thought brisco was sucking up way too much, "dont mess with vince mcmahon" lol yea thats why bischoff got the better of wwe and made vince worry about being out of business, wwe may have won but you cant not give bischoff credit he did wat he had to do to compete, i laughed when he said if i saw bishcoff id slap him yea isnt bischoff a karate champion
shareBrisco comes off like a complete tool in this DVD. Like someone said before, it looks like he's in character when he's talking. Does he act like this in real life? I find that comment about slapping Bischoff XD worthy, because Brisco is an out of shape old man and, at that time, Bischoff was young, in good shape (watch Starrcade '97; I was surprised at what kinda shape he was in) and an experienced blackbelt. Bischoff would have dropped him in 5 seconds flat.
I also agree that it was a shame that Bischoff couldn't have bought WCW. Yes, he was an ass and yes he wasted millions of dollars for stupid reasons (Big Swoll for $500,000? Are you f'ning kidding me?!), but hell, it would have been better than AOL Time Warner just telling him no and killing off WCW altogether. Perhaps Bischoff would have realized his mistakes (which I think he did) and at least TRY to save WCW. Maybe he could salvage the mess that was made and brought WCW back to some form of glory.
I give Bischoff credit - he always comes off as pretty honest in his interviews. He realizes his dumb mistakes, admits them, but doesn't kiss Vince McMahon's ass, like Brisco. He takes his share of the blame, but also mentions all the BS he had to go through, and also how he had to satisfy investors, etc. I'm not sure what his role is now, but I think Bischoff has a lot more to offer than just being an on-air character. If he's given guidelines, he could probably make some compelling TV.
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Could agree more, waveshock! Brisco's a bigger sycophant than Waylon Smithers!
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