During the Monday Night Wars, Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff were the greatest of enemies. For a time, WCW Nitro demolished WWE RAW in the ratings and while Vince was ultimately able to win the day - and buy WCW - Bischoff pushed him and his company to the brink.
They'd later work with each other, of course, putting their differences aside to even step into the ring with each other.
Last week, McMahon was hit by a lawsuit which accused him of multiple counts of rape, people trafficking, and sexual abuse. He's since been forced to step down from his role as WWE Executive Chairman and fans and pro wrestling personalities alike have shared their belief he deserves to be jailed.
Now, Bischoff has shared his thoughts on the accusations:
"It's evil and even that word doesn't really do it justice. It's just sick, and I mean mentally, emotionally sick, and evil. The victim, because I know all the haters are gonna say, 'But he didn't say enough about her.' I can't imagine what she's going to go through for the rest of her life. I'll pray for her that she finds the right spiritual guidance and mental health guidance because this is never going to leave her. She will be carrying this memory around for the rest of her life, and I can't imagine that."
"I can't even try to imagine it because self-preservation kicks in and I force myself to stop thinking about it. I feel so bad for the people that are innocent because this is such a dark cloud over everything that's WWE right now. I do believe that's going to change, not sooner than later. It's going to change, but it's going to take time, but there are so many innocent people that are affected by this and at the epicenter, obviously friends and family members, like close friends, close family members of the victims as well as the McMahons."
"I'm friends with Shane, I think of Stephanie in a very high regard right now and Linda McMahon. I mean, these are people that I've met and have worked with and I've seen how they've treated others. They're having to bear this as well. The people that work there, there are so many people that we know that are working hard every day, that are good family people, honest people, contribute to society, help others, I mean really good people that I know there personally, and they're affected by this."
The former WCW boss makes a lot of compelling points here and it is important to remember the alleged victim in all this. What she's been through is horrifying and regardless of how much money she potentially walks away with, that can't undo what McMahon allegedly put her through.
Even Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appears to be distancing himself from the disgraced executive, editing an Instagram post about his newfound status as a WWE board member and ensuring there's no longer any sign of Vince in any of the photos!