''Controversy Creates Cash'' (in logo stylized as ''Controversy Creates Ca$h'') is the autobiography of

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promoter and personality

Eric Bischoff Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, and performer. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) an ...

, written with Jeremy Roberts and published by

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. It was released on October 17, 2006 and debuted at #16 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list,Best Sellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
NYTimes.com (November 5, 2006). Retrieved December 22, 2007. making it the highest-ranked WWE book since Ric Flair's '' To Be the Man'' in 2004. It was also #83 on ''

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''s best-selling books for the week of its release.''Eric Bischoff Book Debuts at #16 on NYT Bestseller List''
WrestleView.com (October 26, 2006). Retrieved December 22, 2007.

Promotion

On the September 25, 2006 edition of ''Raw'', Bischoff delivered a worked

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, claiming that before being unceremoniously and unjustly fired, he signed a book deal with

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(WWE) and that his book was finished. Reflecting on the

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, he stated, "I tell the truth about a lot of things, most of which will piss off Vincent Kennedy McMahon". He then claimed that ''Raw'' in its then-current form would not be possible without him and that

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would not exist without the New World Order.

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(in

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) then cut off Bischoff and had him escorted out as Bischoff hinted at "the truth about Vince McMahon".Zeigler, Zac
"SmackDown beatdown"
WWE.com (September 25, 2006). Retrieved December 22, 2007.

Content

The book's

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details Bischoff's July 15, 2002 debut on ''Raw'' as its new General Manager, and it offers some background on how ''Raw'' came to be influenced by his work on ''

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''.Eric Bischoff Controversy Creates Cash
SimonSays.com (June 5, 2007). Retrieved December 22, 2007. Topics covered in the book include Bischoff's childhood, his involvement in the American Wrestling Association, his work as vice president and president of WCW, and his take on the Monday Night Wars and working for WWE. The book focuses more on the business side of WCW as opposed to details regarding the on-camera action. Bischoff also addresses the problems and politics within WCW, and how he believes that "dirtsheets" have blown them out of proportion and misguided some readers.

References

External links

Eric Bischoff - Controversy Creates Cash
{{WWE Books 2006 non-fiction books Professional wrestling autobiographies