Eric Bischoff Pays Tribute to Ted Turner Following His Passing

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Eric Bischoff paid tribute to Ted Turner following his passing at age 87, crediting Turner with changing his life and the lives of thousands of employees at Turner Broadcasting during the rise of World Championship Wrestling. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Bischoff described Turner as hands-off creatively but engaged with weekly ratings, especially when WCW was beating WWE, and said Turner viewed wrestling as fitting into a "middle America mentality" alongside The Andy Griffith Show and Atlanta Braves baseball.