What If... Eric Bischoff never became WCW President?

But… What if they hired someone else, and not Eric Bischoff?

One of these two guys could have gotten the job Eric Bischoff was eventually hired to do.

We don't really know what Eric Bischoff said in his pitch to WCW President Bill Shaw and WCW Executive Vice President Bob Dhue, in order to convince them to give him the job. But for this scenario, let's assume that Bischoff gave his pitch, and the executives just didn't think he was the right guy for the job.

According to legend, the other two contenders for Eric Bischoff's job were WCW producer Tony Schiavone and Vice President of Broadcasting Jim Ross. Oh, yeah, they were also announcers in the company, too.

Both Jim Ross and Tony Shiavone had the experience and qualifications to, at the very least, get a chance at turning the WCW ship around - clearly more than Eric Bischoff did. Jim Ross might have been more closely associated with Bill Watts than the higher-ups may have liked, but he also could have been a mellower version of him, combining an old-school sensibility with the knowledge that comes from years of working in TV production.

There's a reason Tony Shiavone was the lead voice of WCW until its final day - he understood both pro wrestling and television production. He clearly has less of an ego than the man who eventually took the job (look, I'm pretty sure Eric Bischoff would be the first to admit he's got a heck of an ego, while Tony Shiavone is the kind of guy who applied for a job at Starbucks not because he needed the money, but because he thought it would be interesting to work there), but it's hard to say he'd have the same bloodlust (for lack of a better word) that Bischoff carried into his position.