The first meeting of McMahon, Bischoff, and Paul Heyman in the same
ring was pretty surreal. However, they butchered history so much
that I'm not even sure what the truth is anymore.
For starters, Eric Bischoff and World Championship Wrestling were not responsible for the death of Extreme Championship Wrestling. Some combination of poor money management, InDemand taking an eternity to get the company the pay-per-view money it was owed, and WWE striking a deal with the network now known as Spike TV (which hosted ECW television at the time) contributed to the company's demise... depending on who's telling the story. Honestly, I can't even guarantee that all of those factors were truly responsible for the company's downfall, but I know that WCW didn't kill ECW
single-handedly.
Despite the creative spin on history, the angle between Vince, Bischoff, and Heyman came off well. Heyman was able to chew out Bischoff and establish what his company was truly about, and there was enough name dropping that fan interest in the pay-per-view has to be growing.
Obviously, the highlight of the segment was the promo that Heyman cut on Bischoff. It was good to see Heyman finally get the chance to take credit for the many concepts that WCW and WWE took from him. Paul might have been screaming in Bischoff's face, but some of his comments were directed at that other guy who was standing in the ring!!
PS- jessicajoanne... thanks for adding some spice to this thread!!!