Eric Bischoff Doubts D-Generation X Would Have Lasted Without X-Pac
Eric Bischoff thinks X-Pac was key to D-Generation X's longevity
Back in 1998 on the Raw after WrestleMania 14, X-Pac was drafted in to join the ranks of D-Generation X, stepping in to fill the void of Shawn Michaels who was to be ruled out for the next four years with what was believed to be a career-ending injury.
Over the years, X-Pac ended up being one of the lesser prominent members behind the likes of the New Age Outlaws, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels, though he still had an important role. Eric Bischoff is someone who believes X-Pac to be one of the glues which held the group together. Speaking on his 83 Weeks podcast, he went into this topic after stating that Sean Waltman (X-Pac) was arguably more of a bigger turning point in the Monday Night Wars than Mike Tyson;
“Waltman, because he was part of the NWO and the NWO was such a dominant part of wrestling at that period, that when Waltman left the NWO, I think that was as an important piece of the puzzle for WWE than anything else. As any other one thing. I'll go even further, and I know this is going to piss some people off, I don't think D-X would have lasted four months at that point. Waltman is the reason D-X worked. Not taking anything away from anybody else, great group of talent that would go on to become huge stars in the business, and obviously Triple H is kind of at the top of his game, but at that time, I think Waltman made that D-X invasion work more than anybody else. More than Triple H, more than anybody else, Waltman made that work. That was a real shot across the bow. If I reacted to anything, I reacted to that.”
He further explained that X-Pac going to DX felt like it was a nWo defection of sorts. Bischoff said that he personified nWo in many ways despite being less of a forefront member than the main trio of Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall.
H/T Fightful
