Are we talking about during the lawsuit with Bischoff?
Man, at that point, my self-confidence was all gone. I had two lawyers and a lawsuit against WCW. If I had stayed out, I would have made so much money because as everyone knows, Bischoff went in front of 80 people and threatened to bury me. I would have been rich.
The other side of it was the WWF called me and wanted me to come to the PPV in the front row with my son Reid, and they were going to interview my son about winning the national championship, but I was still loyal to the WCW guys. It would have been really cool, but had I kept the lawsuit it would have taken years to resolve, but one thing everyone knows about Turner is that they always pay their bills and I would have been rich.
Sitting out those two years would have cost me my chance to return when I did, and to have the experiences I had.