WWF vs WCW - Down for the Count | 6

Business Wars

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History, David Brown, Business, Management

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🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1998 and the slugfest between Vince McMahon’s WWF and Ted Turner’s WCW is reaching a critical juncture.

McMahon’s on a mission to pull wrestling fans back to his TV shows with a strategy focused on maximum controversy. And to help him in his mission, he’s getting back-up from a high-flying TV executive and a bunch of Wall Street bankers.

WCW chief Eric Bischoff is determined to stop WWF’s comeback at all costs. But he’ll soon discover that his most dangerous enemy isn’t McMahon — it’s the executives on his own team.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to Business Wars Add Free on Amazon Music.
0:04.6	Download the app today.
0:07.0	A note to listeners, this episode contains adult content.
0:18.2	It's early 1998 and in a meeting room inside WWF's headquarters in Stanford, Connecticut,
0:23.7	USA Network Executive Bonnie Hammer checks her watch and frowns.
0:28.6	She's sitting alone waiting for Vince McMahon to show up.
0:31.7	He's 10 minutes late.
0:33.8	It's not a great start.
0:36.2	The blonde, fashionably dressed Hammer is USA's new liaison with the WWF.
0:41.9	Not by choice, though.
0:43.7	When they handed her the wrestling brief, her first thought was that her career must be
0:47.5	in trouble.
0:49.5	Suddenly, McMahon bursts into the room looking agitated.
0:54.0	USA might broadcast his flagship show, but McMahon resents the cable network poking its
0:59.8	nose into his business.
1:02.1	He wants to get Hammer out the door as quickly as possible.
1:05.7	I hope this won't take long.
1:07.4	I'm needed elsewhere.
1:09.6	Hammer leans forward and looks McMahon right in the eyes.
1:13.4	Vince, I'm going to be blunt.
1:16.4	Until two weeks ago, I never watched your show.
1:19.4	I don't understand your business, and honestly, I don't care about it.
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