WWE Alum Eric Bischoff Details Firing Missy Hyatt From WCW

Missy Hyatt, a well-known wrestling valet in the late 1980s and 1990s, managed stars like The Nasty Boys and Scott and Rick Steiner during her time in WCW. However, her tenure with the company came to an abrupt end in 1994 when she was fired by then-WCW executive Eric Bischoff. On a recent episode of his 83 Weeks podcast, Bischoff opened up about the circumstances surrounding Hyatt’s departure.

“I fired her — she turned into a complete b***h,” Bischoff candidly stated. He explained that the tension escalated after he brought in another notable figure, Sherri Martell. According to Bischoff, Hyatt reacted poorly to Martell’s arrival. “Missy saw Sherri and just went ballistic. ‘Why is she here? What is she doing here?'” he recounted.

However, Bischoff clarified that the heated reaction alone wasn’t enough to warrant firing Hyatt. The breaking point came when the confrontation took place in front of other WCW staff members. The public nature of the incident, in Bischoff’s eyes, gave him the justification to remove her from the company. He also suggested that Hyatt’s eventual sexual harassment lawsuit against WCW was motivated by her firing, dismissing the legal action as “a joke.”

Hyatt, however, has a different take on the situation. She has mentioned that her relationship with Bischoff was amicable early on, but it began to deteriorate after she ended a relationship with her boyfriend, who was friendly with Bischoff. Hyatt claims that this breakup changed how Bischoff treated her professionally. She recalled instances like Bischoff allegedly telling her she couldn’t cut her hair short, adding to the strained dynamic.

Just before her dismissal, Hyatt discovered a nude photo of herself hanging in CNN’s offices, reportedly taken after a wardrobe malfunction at a WCW event. She brought the issue to Bischoff’s attention, but she claims he did nothing in response. After escalating the matter by going over his head to higher management, Hyatt alleges Bischoff became upset, and that’s when he decided to fire her.

The conflicting accounts paint different pictures of the events leading to Hyatt’s departure, but both highlight the tense atmosphere in WCW at the time and the personal and professional disagreements that ultimately led to her firing.