Talk is Jericho Recap w/ Tony Schiavone – Leaving Vince McMahon for WCW, Working with Bobby Heenan, “What Happened When” Podcast, More!

Schiavone says he called McMahon one of his first days in WCW saying he made a huge mistake and wanted to go back. He was miserable there and would often sit down and cry. McMahon noted that Schiavone had 5 small kids and they just moved across the country twice in a couple of years. He told Schivone to stay there and try to make it work.
Schiavone says he was kept in the dark when it came to the NWO angle. When Hogan turned heel that night fans got a natural reaction from him because he was quite surprised. He thinks the NWO ultimately faltered because it was watered down as WCW Officials tried to make it too big.

He notes that WCW’s undercard was great in the late 1990s. Even when main event matches weren’t good the undercard would make up for it. He notes that the main event was based on notoriety and star power back then, with guys like Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper in those spots. Unfortunately those matches weren’t always good.
Schiavone informs that McMahon was not in his ear during his time working as a commentator in WWE. Bruce Prichard was in his ear for the most part. He says that nobody was in his ear in WCW until 2001, when Terry Taylor started in that position. He says that was a train wreck because Taylor was trying to do too much backstage.