Jamie Huskisson Nottingham freelance UK PHP, Magento, Wordpress developer

I’ve just finished reading the brilliant book that is Controversy Creates Cash, written by Eric Bischoff with the help of Jeremy Roberts. The book is a autobiography, business and wrestling book all in one. It’s a fantastic read, especially if you grew up during the peaks of WCW and WWE during the ‘Monday Night Wars’.

Not only is it a great insight into how the Turner Broadcasting/Time Warner and subsequent AOL/Time Warner mergers did nothing but slowly destroy WCW from the inside, but also a great insight into how it effected the product and the constraints it placed on what was at the time the top product in wrestling. Eric speaks honestly about a lot of things from his starting out in the wrestling industry to his first time stepping onto the WWE stage as RAW’s new general manager.

What’s inspiring about the book is the complete (and sometimes blind) passion that Eric has for the wrestling business and how this drove his success and made him a multi-millionaire at the end of his WCW contract. How it took him to the top of the wrestling industry and how he was shocked to learn just how much work Vince McMahon did at the WWE.

Anyone who grew up watching either WCW or the WWF during the monday night wars should read this book. Not only does it teach you a lot about the business, but gives insight that only Eric Bischoff could provide whilst giving a behind the scenes view on just what made WCW the company to watch during that period, and just what stopped a company that was seemingly unstoppable.