Eric Bischoff Says Jim Ross Didn't Want Him At WWE

Eric Bischoff recently made claims of Jim Ross not being happy over the prospect of his signing with WWE in the early 2000s. Ross, now at AEW, worked as WWE's Head of Talent Relations at a point whilst still with the brand and called Bischoff in 2001 about appearing on Raw.

Eric Bischoff recently made claims of Jim Ross not being happy over the prospect of his signing with WWE in the early 2000s. Ross, now at AEW, worked as WWE's Head of Talent Relations at a point whilst still with the brand and called Bischoff in 2001 about appearing on Raw.

Bischoff declined the offer but would take up an on-screen General Manager role the following year. A guest on Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, the former WCW chief said he didn't feel like Ross wanted to bring him on based on the way their conversation went.

Related: Eric Bischoff Thinks AEW Is On Its Way To Being A Legitimate WWE Competitor“I tried to get some information out of Jim. Jim wasn’t very forthcoming, and I understand that. You don’t want to lay out an entire storyline to somebody if you’re not sure they’re even on your team," he recalled (H/T Sportskeeda.com).

"But Jim also had kind of a bad taste in his mouth about me. He wasn’t happy to make that call… I could tell. You know when someone’s anxious to talk to you and you know when someone’s doing it just because they have to, and Jim was doing it because he had to."

Vince McMahon Was More Convincing

Bischoff and Ross have since become friends but the latter's bitterness likely stemmed from the former taking him off as a commentator at WCW.

In any case, Bischoff agreed to work for WWE after getting a call from a "super gracious" Vince McMahon.

“Vince called himself and I knew within 45 seconds of saying ‘hello’ that I was going to work for him," he added. "He was super gracious, I won’t repeat what he said to me, but he was very, very gracious, more gracious than he needed to be. He laid it all out to me and I said, ‘Absolutely, man, let’s do it.’ Our conversation was probably no more than four minutes, tops five, and I made up my mind I was gonna come to WWE,”

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