WRESTLER FACTS

Name: Eric Bischoff

Nickname(s): N/A

Real Name: Eric Bischoff

Hometown: Detroit, MI

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 180 lbs

Birthday: May 27, 1958

Marital Status: Married

Previous Identities: Easy E

Biography:

          A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eric Bischoff is also a black-belt martial artist. He began his career as an announcer for Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association (AWA). Eventually, he moved on to WCW to work as an announcer. When the top job there opened up in 1993, Bischoff lobbied hard for and won the right to run the organization. Ted Turner hired him as company president, and the Bischoff era began. By 1995, Bischoff began to lure some of the top stars of WWE to WCW. He hatched the idea for the revolutionary New World Order (nWo) with former WWE Superstars Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hollywood Hogan. Bolstered by the popular faction, WCW’s Monday Nitro beat Monday Night RAW in the ratings war 83 weeks in a row. WWE soon fought back with Stone Cold, The Rock and D-Generation X, and soon overtook the competition from Atlanta. Eventually, Bischoff left the organization, and WWE subsumed its former rival. On July 15, 2002, Mr. McMahon surprised the sports-entertainment world by bringing in his former adversary as RAW’s General Manager. Every Monday night, Bischoff surprises fans with matches that would be unthinkable for regular television. "Uncle Eric" often shocks fans with decisions that usually are in his own interest -- especially when it comes to his nephew Eugene -- but it nonetheless makes for entertaining television.