Eric Bischoff SHOOTS On WCW’s Biggest Backstage Incident!

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Ай бұрын

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@InsideTheRopes Ай бұрын

Could WCW have beaten WWF with different management? Let us know in the comments below!

@caballerosalas Ай бұрын

The problem with WCW wasn't "management" but a corporation culture. A corporation culture is built on many layers of people whose main goal is to cover their assess, not to improve profitability.

@youredumb2016 Ай бұрын

yeah if they had pushed the cruiser weight they def would have. people like Chris Jericho would have pushed them to the top. I mean look at who they had and look at were they are today.

@thomashall6288 Ай бұрын

No, because time Warner didn't want wrestling.

@leonfizer1974 Ай бұрын

Arn was grandfathered in, he knew tactics like that was the only way he could get past a Sid, and Bischoff was not going to rock the boat

@wolfiemum461 Ай бұрын

Nope

@Ori0n1975 Ай бұрын

Sid’s second run n the WWF, his Psycho run, was the best work he ever did in the business. He got two title runs out of it.

@bryanmack4054 Ай бұрын

Wish he stuck around a little while longer….he was tailor made for a fued with Kane…or as Mcmahons corporate enforcer against Austin

@AstralWolf86 Ай бұрын

@@bryanmack4054corporate enforcer would have been cool

@ladadavidson7926 Ай бұрын

@@AstralWolf86 No can do, softball season was around the corner. 😄

@arthurmorgan7086 12 күн бұрын

@@ladadavidson7926just wanted to play softball didn’t he 😂

@theeXodusof730 6 күн бұрын

Agreed, but his first title run was a fluke. Vader was supposed to get the belt that time, but HBK vetoed that shit.

@SchnitzelCFC Ай бұрын

Imagine getting stabbed and then you get fired hahahahaha that's just incredible

@Nostalgia9478 Ай бұрын

Sid got SCREWED Arn shouldve gotten fired

@bassclay100 Ай бұрын

@@JMEAUS22 ahh both stabbed each other!!!!!!

@Nostalgia9478 Ай бұрын

@@JMEAUS22 Arn stabbed Sid too, Bro

@petebagwell6666 Ай бұрын

Arn pulled the knife out and stabbed him, he was about to pull out the glock but he realised it was still in america and couldn't, it's all sids fault, he was all stabby stabby

@Youre_Right Ай бұрын

Arn was already an icon in WCW. Sid wasn’t a company man like Arn. So that’s why he doesn’t get fired.

@MrBBDad Ай бұрын

Bischoff daysy he fired Sid because he took it one step further. But management did nothing, so as a wrestler all you can do is either fight the guy, or don't and be seen as a loser forever

@bryanmack4054 Ай бұрын

I remember the fan at Wrestlemania 13 who held up paper scissors with Sid and Arn written on it 😂 I was a kid when I first saw it and didn’t get the reference

@MrJonAkemon Ай бұрын

Arn was bischoffs boy. Politics

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

100%

@matthewreeves8738 Ай бұрын

I remember Ric Flair shooting on this and he said they first were going to fire Arn but, Flair said if you do then I am gone. They decided to fire Sid instead. Don’t know how true that is.

@thatbodymechanic Ай бұрын

Bischoff almost said Rik instead of Arn. So I'm inclined to believe it.

@brodywinrow9222 Ай бұрын

The guy doing the interview might have the worst hair of all-time 😂😂

@RedfishCarolina Ай бұрын

He looks like a 30 year old 8yr old.

@Dr.Meth666 Ай бұрын

I'm dead haahahah

@cookieholiday2534 Ай бұрын

Paul Phoenix

@kRazyyyyyyy Ай бұрын

i still asking myself why and how this 10yr old got this job. i mean most of the guys he interviews he did not even see wrestle because he is too young.

@IdealX-fr4eg Ай бұрын

IT's preposterous

@NicoSleepyLeen Ай бұрын

So Arn harrasses Sid Sid finally confronts Arn, a normal thing back in the day Sid gets stabbed and fired for it? Man i would have punched Bischoff's lights out right there No wonder he lost the war with that level of judgement

@bassclay100 Ай бұрын

flair!!!!!!! n his power

@nicotoscani1707 Ай бұрын

@@bassclay100yeah arn was protected

@bassclay100 Ай бұрын

@@nicotoscani1707 indeed n u can tell he was very well liked ive never heard a bad word on arn but sid jesus hes not liked at all

@TheChodax Ай бұрын

@@bassclay100 and yet Sid was a good guy, just very gullible which left him at the mercy of the ribbers and the shitstirrers. Bret Hart has said as much a few times.

@Rj-pw7zs Ай бұрын

Tbf accounts differ alot. I'd heard Sid was chocking Arn, Arn grabbed the scissors and slashed Sid, Sid wrestled away the scissors and repeatedly stabbed Arn. Who's to say what actually happened though?

@Exciteddelirium1 Ай бұрын

Sid gets bullied in front of everyone, decides to confront the bully away from others and serve a receipt..... Gets fucking stabbed and they sack him? More politics behind the scenes, i think went into that that poor decision

@NekoHibaCosplay Ай бұрын

Politics, Bishoff is glossing over the fact that Arn was protected by Ric Flair, who just came back to WCW and reformed the Four Horsemen with him. According to other reports of the incident, Arn was stabbed too but Bishoff doesn't mention it

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

SiD got the last laugh.

@RyanRumbles434 Ай бұрын

Sid is still the Master and the Ruler of the World!

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Over in every company he ever wrestled iI. SiD could have came in at Cena's height and beat him for the title. Crowd would have ate it up.

@Abraxaspowerhour Ай бұрын

So this is my first time learning about this.... And I have to say I am seriously shocked that it wasn't Sid that did the stabbing

@chrismccrae2953 Ай бұрын

Wait … I always thought Sid was the one that had the scissors? And when the titles were taken away when the new blood started Eric said to Sid “what’s the matter - forgot your scissors”

@Kingd21625 Күн бұрын

Nope he stabbed arn after he got stabbed already

@unclelloyd Ай бұрын

As usual, Bischoff glosses over key issues to protect the person (Arn) he likes in the equation. He fails to mention Arn had already initiated physicality by throwing a beer at Sid, and then threatening him with a broken beer bottle in the hallway as Sid was going to his room. Also funny he neglects to mention Arn was nearly killed for his stupidity that night, as Sid got hold of the scissors and stabbed him 20 times in return.

@jonbourgoin182 Ай бұрын

So Arn turned into his brother Ole when he drank

@dirtywhiteboy0828 Ай бұрын

Yeah except they werent really brothers.

@dalegreening6476 Ай бұрын

He’s not lying I’ve seen people change when they drink. Someone makes a joke that normally wouldn’t mean anything but after a few beers it’s fighting talk

@JGD185 Ай бұрын

I had to quit drinking cause I liked it too much, but I was a fun drunk. But I saw drinking would change my brother and dad into really mean people. It can change some people for the worst.

@fmthebaron Ай бұрын

Nash and the nWo most likely really made fun of Arn by dressing up as him with the huge beer belly and cooler of beer because Nash, Hall, and X-Pac were friends with Sid in the WWF.

@donovanbradford8231 26 күн бұрын

I don't know if they did it because they were pals with Sid, but I know Nash admitted the cooler he used was Arn's own cooler that he kept his beer in.

@kevinparsons6065 Ай бұрын

If Arn hadn't started things by run his mouth on Sid, Sid would have never left his room to confront Arn. Arn started the whole thing. He should have been the one fired.

@megamouthspike1930 Ай бұрын

This stabbing incident might be keeping Sid Eudy out of the WWE Hall of Fame.

@JMB1017 Ай бұрын

Wait, I thought Sid stabbed Arn. It’s the opposite?!?

@marcrapaccuiolo2406 Ай бұрын

I thought the same thing

@stepheneldridge3637 Ай бұрын

Arn stabbed Sid first, they got into a struggle over the weapon, and then Sid stabbed Arn.

@Grassyknolldallas Ай бұрын

Sid was one of my favorites in his 96/97 run.

@Geraldo-ro9rc Ай бұрын

Eric forgot that Sid took the scissors back from arn and got arn way worse lol

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Humbled Arn. Nearly killed him too. Never heard much about Arn after that. SiD got the last laugh becoming a multi time WWF champion and being over I very company he ever competed in. Arn did a cool spinebuster on Taker at Mania X8. That's about it.

@wild-strike Ай бұрын

“Arn would try to piss people off and stabbed Sid so I did the logical answer and fired Sid.” Saved you the watch.

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@bsurf9937 Ай бұрын

I feel like they could have just hashed this out in a No holds barred match at Fall Brawl but what do I know.

@jamessunderland7435 Ай бұрын

Scissors on a pole match?

@Hugh_Morris Ай бұрын

You know fuck all

@akamiguelsanchez9985 Ай бұрын

Tony Khan would’ve disintegrated if he saw Sid and Arn

@donaldlandmeyer148 Ай бұрын

That is hilarious I mean that clown I said he feared for his life what's the incident with CM Punk could you imagine if Tony would have witnessed that stabbing between Arn and sid? Lol. Tony would have had a nervous breakdown and he would have had to commit himself

@leonfizer1974 Ай бұрын

😂🤣

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Lmao😂

@thetek9 Ай бұрын

Arn stabbed Sid 4 times, Sid stabbed Arn 20 times.

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Good

@davidharrison7332 Ай бұрын

Love W.C.W.!!!!

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Arn started a fight. SID finished it.

@xaviersantini8176 Ай бұрын

The villian laugh he has lol

@wjl2068 Ай бұрын

Sounds like an evil tim allen home improvement laugh lol

@iblackfeathers Ай бұрын

the story of armed anderson.

@camilocuba6927 Ай бұрын

Say what you want about Bischoff, but at least he didn’t say he feared for his life over the incident.

@PatrickSacramento Ай бұрын

If WCW was ran the right way, WWE would have won but i believe wcw would still exist.

@drexlspivey5828 Ай бұрын

It's so obvious Arn was a dodgy character, he was 'best friends' with Ric Flair until he retired and then hasn't spoken to him since His career didn't require Flair anymore But Flair is the same...

@martyhogsed5172 Ай бұрын

Offset was the first to do a solo album. His collaboration with metro an savage. And then he had the best selling album out the three. He should be ranked the highest

@RickB.rolling Ай бұрын

Was he defending himself.... both should get fired. Arn sounds like a drunk bully

@Geraldo-ro9rc Ай бұрын

Glad Sid humbled Arn.

@jimsheppard3166 Ай бұрын

Softball season started in 3 weeks anyways, so Eric just let Sid get a few extra weeks of batting practice in before the season started.

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

It's all good, SiD kicked Arns ass and nearly killed him. Doubt Arn ever started any static with anybody after being humbled.

@KelticTim Ай бұрын

Imagine if this happened in AEW, Tony’s head would explode, and then he would show the security tape when Punk, oops I mean Sid, left for WWE

@MB-oc1nw Ай бұрын

He fired Sid because Arn had more stroke being Ric Flair's buddy and an NWA old boy

@tupacchamberlian8556 Ай бұрын

Where was Sid's Trusty Squeegee lol

@bigvanpapi Ай бұрын

😂 I’m dying!

@matthewthomas9194 Ай бұрын

They both stabbed each other from the story i heard. Sid attacked arn when arn opened the door they fought into arns room arn grapped a pair of scissors stabbed sid sid got them away from arn and stabbed him back but sid was hurt worse and was bleeding in the hall of the hotel Vader had to put his thumb in the hole to stop the bleeding. Both vader and 2 cold scorpio tell the same version

@donovanbradford8231 26 күн бұрын

From what I heard Vader grabbed Steve Austin's hand and jammed Austin's finger in Sid's wound and told Austin don't pull that out until the doctors tell you to. But very true because of Vader's quick thinking Sid is still with us today.

@williamfahey4712 Ай бұрын

How do you fire the one that got stabed.

@JGD185 Ай бұрын

Remember in 2000 WCW when they "rebooted" the company and had all the champions give in their titles? Bischoff was trying to get Sid's World Heavyweight Title from him and he was reluctant to hand it over, so Bischoff was like "what's wrong Sid, forgot your scissors???" which was to the get the internet fans talking at the time since casual fans had no idea what he was talking about.

@NoneofYabiz-rx3zi Ай бұрын

Heard that story a little differently. It was actually Sid who made a remark which caused Arn to lose it and start attacking Sid with a beer glass in the lobby. Both were separated and went to their room. The rest is the same. Anyways, the premise was Sid blaming WCW for making old, flabby looking Flair the face of the company which got Arn hot and supposedly ended with him hitting Sid with a beer glass. Also, there was a rumor that both were about to be fired but Flair flat out told them if they fired Arn, he would leave too which led to them only firing Sid.

@regnersario9996 Ай бұрын

Arn was a better talker than Sid and used his skills to try to humiliate him. Sid became angry and went up to his room to confront him with a chair leg, Arn came out of the room with scissors and stabbed Sid. Sid, who is much bigger and stronger took the scissors from him, whipped Arn's ass and went to stabbing a helpless Arn until Scorpio saved Arn's life by stopping Sid. Sid was seriously wounded and ran to the lobby for help and Arn was laying there ass whipped and almost gone until both were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Arn Anderson had a higher position and was in better standing than Sid, plus he got his ass beat to the point of no return so after considering all those factors they fire Sid. Which probably was the best move due to Arn Anderson being a better communicator and easier to get along with than Sid. But according to witness accounts it was Arn who should be blamed.

@jimmccormick6091 14 күн бұрын

Sid may not have been as elonquent on the mic in front of the camera, but, he's no dummy, by any means.

@bobfat3879 Ай бұрын

Anm is very lucky it was only scissors, had Sid got hold of a squeegee again it'd been game over.

@roobear78 21 күн бұрын

arn didnt get fired for one simple reason and that was keeping ric flair happy! Nothing to do with sid starting it or shit like that

@bgowdy3131 27 күн бұрын

Damn why does this sound so familiar 🤔..... (The Bucks decided to go to Cm Punks locker room) in stead of waiting until cooler heads

@brianestrada6883 23 күн бұрын

Interesting to see something similar in modern days, The Elite (and later Jack Perry) prod the bear, being CM Punk. The Bucks are the ones to walk into the room. Punk takes it the step further. And a similar situation happens at All In. Which one is in the wrong (in your eyes) if any?

@jameslonano5659 Ай бұрын

I think the different management i.e. Time Warner is what put the final nails in the coffin and glued the lid in place for good measure. Unlike Ted Turner who liked the 'business', the Time Warner corporate culture and new management seemed eager to bury WCW IMO.

@Provos7777 Ай бұрын

And people want to make a big deal out of a backstage scuffle…………

@allencollins5666 Ай бұрын

Sid Vicious Said The. Biggest Mistake He Ever Made Was Going To The WWE. WCW Had Promised Him Push To The Top. He Was Going To Have A World Title. With $750,00 A Year. The WWE Countered The Offer With He Being Paid Less Money/A Run Against Hulk Hogan. He Took The WWE Offer. He Got Paid $150,00 For Wrestlemania 8. Then He Left WWE. When He Went Back To WCW, He Was Supposed To Challenge Vader For The Title At Starrcade 1993, But He Got Into The Stabbing Altercation With Arn Anderson & Was First.

@jimmccormick6091 14 күн бұрын

You dont need to capitalize every word....

@iceman23ct Ай бұрын

Why is he hammered doing this interview? Tough to watch

@randolphsavage9760 Ай бұрын

First time watching a wrestling shoot interview?

@iceman23ct Ай бұрын

@@randolphsavage9760 he’s doing a shoot by being hammered and slurring his words? In an interview when he doesn’t work for a company…Riiiight 😳🙄🤦🏼‍♂️

@BellofattoBrews Ай бұрын

If you don’t want to be confronted by a man like Sid, then leave him alone. Arn was a dick and should have had his ass kicked.

@frostyjhammer Ай бұрын

Thought Eric was going to get into "disparity of force" for a minute.

@alin81-82 Ай бұрын

Everybody complaining about sid getting fired (he did start it, after all) but it aint like his career suffered. He went to wwf & had his best run there & made good money. He & arn patched things up. All good.

@rickhoward7009 Ай бұрын

Sid was money.

@cerebraltackle Ай бұрын

Arn is Arn. That's why he kept his job.

@jraddd367 Ай бұрын

Arns mouth wrote checks his ass couldn't cash when no body was around.i wouldn't have talked shit to sid back then he was a mad man

@CanineAdvocate_ Ай бұрын

Arm should have been fired!!

@doodleydoo2369 Ай бұрын

Say what you want about Eric, but the dude is likable. You'd want to hang with him.

@jimmccormick6091 14 күн бұрын

1st of, I don't know how much alcohol it would take to get me drunk enough to mess with Sid Vicious. I do know I have never, in all my life, been THAT drunk. Mess with Disco Inferno? Mess with Alex Wright? Maybe (altho I am sure they both would not have any issues knocking me in to next week either). 2nd- Firing Sid only is simply not a sound decision. You just openly and knowingly TOLD us you KNOW Arn instigated the altercation. Arn STABS Sid, and Sid alone gets fired? Lets face it. Back Stage politics played into this. Tell me Arn's standing within the locker room had no effect. Tell me Sid's standing (or lack there of) with the boys in the back didn't make it an easier decision. 3rd- this was all so frikken long ago, how can we even care?

@lukashood25 Ай бұрын

2:33 Cut and dry….

@Allen7 Ай бұрын

Eric, Arn started it so....Arn fault...

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Ай бұрын

Fires the wrong guy. There's no justification for that

@tippaamania1245 Ай бұрын

Stop calling these shoots. He is just talking about what happen. Inside the ropes are the Kings of shit posting

@Idiedin1980 Ай бұрын

Why not fire both? If Arn started shit at that point, how did Eric know it wouldn't happen with another person.

@brocksmith2298 Ай бұрын

Really you blamed this on Sid smh you let that type of environment happen period!! Many many wrestlers would’ve confronted Arn if they were pushed far enough and him stabbing someone he should’ve been gone immediately!! You obviously had issues with Sid so just say that!!

@josephsnider8190 Ай бұрын

Arn told Sid he sucked at softball 🥎 😂

@Majaro Ай бұрын

pretty garbage take to say sid escalated when a guy pulls a weapon and uses it because he didnt want to get his ass beat justifiably so.

@mexmexican8619 Ай бұрын

Arn shouldn’t have started shit

@franknbeans7745 Ай бұрын

ERIK

@user-iw8cq7fu6w Ай бұрын

this is the same person that said why did tony khan fire cm punk from aew? what a loser. cmpunk should have minded his own business and none of that would of happened but cmpunk chose it and got fired and im so happy for that

@chriswalker3138 Ай бұрын

You screwed us english fans on that tour, not 1 major star was at men arena when they came over

@TheFinalBossEngaged Ай бұрын

Psycho Sid 💀😭

@camronmoses8956 Ай бұрын

Went through 9 ads to watch this video. Smh

@Parlimant_Strifey Ай бұрын

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@Awesomemd001 Ай бұрын

App with no ads

@philbeasley7316 Ай бұрын

I thought sid stabbed arn

@Parlimant_Strifey Ай бұрын

not tough, you fire both. Like the last time with Dusty's boy and that former Demolition hire. They both have labelled themselves as dangerous individuals in the workplace, need to let em both go for the safety of the other talent.

@nicotoscani1707 Ай бұрын

getting fired for being stabbed though.. bit unfair

@michaelbull4344 Ай бұрын

Crazy to think arn started the whole thing cause ended up being the victim …but sid did escalate it by harming an almost killing arn with the scissors

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Arn brought the scissors to the fight. SiD finished the fight

@087Joshu Ай бұрын

Can this interviewer ever just ask the question and let the guests speak? He’s gotta talk for 3 minutes and has to say errmmm every other word

@jasonnapier2942 Ай бұрын

Both should have been fired

@Mjmarconi77 Ай бұрын

Both should of been fired and fined

@opinionatedWrestling Ай бұрын

Tony khan take notes lmao

@PappyClappy 8 күн бұрын

Lool wat bullshit. Arn was wrong, sid was a real man.

@kazman_6899 Ай бұрын

This thing gets repeated ALL THE TIME! How about Hogan changing an entire show? Savage refusing to go out? Rushing to put the belt on a departing Benoit? Tell those tales.

@eltubster14 Ай бұрын

Absolutely pathetic from Bischoff. Obviously it was Flair who made that decision and not him.

@Xxrocknrollgod Ай бұрын

We’re still on the wcw shit

@Silent_Shadow Ай бұрын

It's wrestling history dude. It will apways be a conversation. Don't see the issue here

@bb-gc2tx Ай бұрын

yeah i cant wait hear the story about ted turner giving eric the go ahead to start nitro for the millionth time 🤣 talk about beating a dead horse all these stories have been told a million times especially with confrauds podcasts that claim cover different subjects and ppvs and its all the same tired stories

@Rschr101 Ай бұрын

Still more interesting than the last 2 decades of lame wwe

@MirokuLovesMetallica Ай бұрын

Eh... I oddly agree with Eric's decision here. There was no reason for it to escalate to violence. He could waited and gone to Arn when they were both sober and said "hey, that was a bit over the top, even for you." instead, Sid went to kick Arn's ass. So Sid ended up being the aggressor.

@LS-fd6tl Ай бұрын

And Arn grabbing the scissors was the far greater escalator, completely disproportionate response from a drunken fight to, let's face it.... possibly attempted murder!

@PappyClappy 8 күн бұрын

Def gets a downvote, the whole outcome makes 0 sense.

@phr3dmcc0y 22 күн бұрын

Easy E. WCW Wasted all his work. WWE was no match for him. Time warner fucked everything up. so sad.

@mateo7650 Ай бұрын

Not really backstage is it

@SynjynB Ай бұрын

SOOooo, Eric promotes bullying and disciplines people who stand up to bullying. What a joke.

@pimpofmadison7755 Ай бұрын

AA bully’s him and then he finally stands up to him gets stabbed and fired 😬😬

@SuperNuttyPuddyBuddy Ай бұрын

That's way worse than the CM punk incident in AEW.

@Danndann596 Ай бұрын

Nah that's bullshit! So he's getting bullied, he confronts the bully away from the public and in private and the bully stabs him so you have to fire him. Bullshit