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The Rock'll tell you what. Of all people you throw out of the building, of all people, live TV, you throw out the Rock? No wonder WCW went out of business! (To Eric Bischoff, calling out Bischoff's judgment call of throwing the Rock out of the arena in Rock's hometown, Miami, and parallels it to Bischoff's judgment calls resulting in the downfall of WCW)

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker criticizes an executive's decision by linking it to a past company failure.
In plain terms
Firing me shows why your company failed.
What can you take from it?
Use past failure to criticize current decisions.

Where it applies

  • corporate dispute
  • criticism
  • drama

Putting it to work

  • doubt decisions
  • create conflict
  • highlight failure

Questions to consider

  • Does this hold weight?
  • How to respond to this?

Another view

It oversimplifies complex business outcomes.

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