During an appearance on the Ariel Helwani Show, Eric Bischoff talked about the impact the late Ted Turner had on professional wrestling.
The WWE Hall of Famer credited his former WCW boss for allowing so many people to live their dreams:
He was indeed a great guy. I don’t want to make it sound — because I wasn’t close to Ted, we didn’t go out and have steak dinner together or anything like that. But I did have a chance through working with him to get to know who he was and watching how he operated.
Look, he changed my life. He changed the lives of my children. None of us would be where we are today — I would not be involved with Real American Freestyle were it not for the opportunities that Ted Turner provided to me. And I’m just one guy. Think about all of the people that worked at Turner Broadcasting. The thousands of people who, just like me, got opportunities and got to grow and got to pursue their careers because of the entrepreneurial, groundbreaking vision that Ted Turner had when it came to the media landscape.
Source: F4WOnline