25. Eric Bischoff

Unlike the average wrestler in WCW, Bischoff first joined as an announcer. He was always active behind the scenes, too, and eventually became Executive Producer. Later, he was promoted to Executive VP. Always climbing the corporate ladder, Bischoff became President.

He substantially grew the WCW budget to compete with WWE and helped develop the concept of The nWo. He also created Monday Nitro and won for 86 straight weeks. In the wake of The nWo’s success, Bischoff premiered as its evil dictator, thus becoming the first villainous authority figure in wrestling.