Bischoff: “Vader could be difficult to work with”

Nov 7, 2018 - by Steve Gerweck

“Vader could be difficult to work with, and I understood it. Center Stage was a small tiny, stinky little building with no air conditioning and there wasn’t enough room for everybody. Vader was a big guy. Traveling was a pain in the a– for a big guy like Vader, just felt the grind. I get it. I get a guy losing his temper so that I am not holding against him. But I had also seen Vader bully people when he was in a bad mood, so the whole f— you I am not in the mood to do what you want me to do, and saying that to Paul Orndorff, who I also knew and trusted I could see how that went bad. I wasn’t there so I can’t validate or discredit the blow-by-blow that Vader gave, I will just let it sit where it sits and allow people that were there to describe it. But I made the decision to let him go because I believe Paul Orndorff, I knew Vader so I can see how it went down. I decided to let him go (release him/fire him) because there was a pattern there. I saw it too often. He could be a big teddy bear and he can be the kindest, sweetest guy you ever met, or he can be a bully. So, I had to make a decision, and it boils down to who am I going to believe, and I talked to enough people who were there that saw it and basically said the same thing and that was when I made the decision that I made.”

Sources: 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff, wrestlinginc

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