The act of WCW poaching talent from WWE reached its peak during the Monday Night Wars and the start of the nWo. Apart from the three founding members all making their names in WWE, several other wrestlers who joined the group were also best known for their time with WCW's chief competition.

One of those names was Ted DiBiase who was the fourth member of the nWo and acted as their manager and spokesperson of sorts. DiBiase was retired from in-ring competition and he never seemed to be a good fit in the nWo, or WCW as a whole. Eric Bischoff discussed DiBiase's time in nWo and why it didn't work for both sides.

"Ted DiBiase was probably the worst idea when it came to casting the nWo," Bischoff saidabout any of them."

DiBiase lasted just a couple of months in his role with the nWo until Bischoff replaced him with himself as the talking head of the group. After making a face turn and managing the Steiner Brothers and then Ray Traylor, DiBiase left WCW in 1999.

The creation of the nWo may be Bischoff's final legacy in WCW, apart from the company going out of business. Bischoff says that the nWo wasn't just a hit on tv and in ratings, but it also helped bring life to WCW's struggling merchandise sales.

"It was anemic, and non-existent," Bischoff said of WCW's merchandise sales prior to the nWo. "It was so bad that it almost didn't even make sense to bring in a staff or hardware tables and displays. It