Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, professional wrestling booker, on-screen personality and occasional wrestler. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw and Smackdown brands. Bischoff is currently signed to WWE The E-Fed where he serves as leader of Team Bischoff. With an amateur background in taekwondo, Bischoff also sporadically performed as an in-ring competitor, and is a former WCW Hardcore Champion. He wrote an autobiography, titled Controversy Creates Cash, that was released in 2006 under WWE Books.
Professional wrestling[]
World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE[]
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Personal life[]
Before getting into professional wrestling, Bischoff had a number of occupations. He owned a successful landscape construction company, worked as a veterinary assistant, competed as a professional kickboxer, and ran a butcher shop, where he sold meat via van delivery. Hulk Hogan would famously refer to this time in his life during his heel promo at the end of the 1996 WCW pay-per-view event Bash at the Beach in Daytona Beach, Florida, saying, "If it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff would still be selling meat from a truck in Minneapolis."
Bischoff also appeared in a training video for bank loan officers that covered prohibited lending practices.
Today, Bischoff lives in Cody, Wyoming; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Los Angeles, California with his wife, Loree. He has two children: son Garett (born April 20, 1984); and daughter Montanna (born November, 1985). Garett, under the ring name Jackson James, made his debut for TNA Wrestling on November 7, 2010, as a referee at Turning Point, before later becoming a wrestler under his real name.
On May 5, 2011 Eric Bischoff announced (via Twitter) that he was starting a brewing company in Cody, Wyoming. Their first beverage, called Buffalo Bill Cody Beer, featured the tag line "The Spirit of the Wild West". Eric also tweeted that he had been working at this project for a couple of years.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Hail to the Chief (Stunner)
- Roundhouse kick
- Superkick
- Nicknames
- Easy "E"
- Wrestlers managed
- Scott Hall
- Entrance themes
- World Championship Wrestling
- "Rockhouse" by Frank Shelley (used while a part of the New World Order; 1996–1999)
- "White Train (Showdown)" by Tito & Tarantula (1997–2000)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- "Running with the Bulls" by Dale Oliver (2010–2012)
- "Immortal Theme" by Dale Oliver (2010–2012)
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- "Back in Black" by AC/DC (2002)
- "I'm Back" by Ted Nigro (2002–2007; 2012–2013)
- "Immortal Theme" by Dale Oliver (2013–present)
- World Championship Wrestling