Eric Bischoff Says He’s Thankful He Had Nothing to Do with Disastrous nWo Silver Reboot

Eric Bischoff might be the mastermind behind the original nWo, but when WCW tried to relaunch the faction after Starrcade 1999, even he was glad to be far away from the mess.

During a recent 83 Weeks episode, Conrad Thompson took Bischoff through the wild post-Starrcade Nitro — a chaotic episode that featured Bret Hart, Goldberg, Jeff Jarrett, Roddy Piper, and a reformation of the nWo under the “Silver” banner. None of it made sense, and Bischoff’s reaction said it all.

“I wasn’t [watching]. This is all new to me.”

The episode saw Bret Hart retain the title in confusing fashion, Roddy Piper counting a fall while half-unconscious, and Jeff Jarrett delivering a guitar shot to a dazed Piper just to finish the segment. It was overbooked beyond belief — and the newly reformed “nWo Silver” never went anywhere because Goldberg injured himself days later by punching through a limo window. Listening to the rundown, Bischoff was visibly stunned.

“I was just gonna say, bro, my brain is just starting to melt.”

And then came the real takeaway — Bischoff wasn’t mad they used his idea. He was just grateful he wasn’t involved.

“It’s nice to see something that is such an abomination — like you can’t even explain it. So many moving pieces in it… and hearing it, I can almost tell you how it happened. I’m so glad I wasn’t there for that one. Bill Goldberg might’ve been punching a hole through my head instead of the limo.”

While he admitted that he had made mistakes with the nWo during his own time running WCW, nothing compared to the post-Starrcade disaster.

“Let’s keep it real. I had done a pretty good job of bastardizing the nWo under my watch — let’s be real, right?”

But this wasn’t about defending his legacy — it was about calling out just how far off the rails WCW had gone after his exit. Bischoff said the segment failed because there was no leadership, no accountability, and too many egos trying to book something without any sense of structure.

“That was just such a cluster… I’m serious, man. I’m just grateful I didn’t have my name anywhere near that thing.”

Eric Bischoff has never shied away from owning his creative misfires, but when it comes to the nWo Silver revival, he made one thing clear — he was happy to be on the sidelines.

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