WWE spared no expense in making sure Eric Bischoff was properly disguised during the 2002 ‘wedding’ of Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo.
The segment saw Billy and Chuck get close to tying the knot before revealing that they were not gay and that the wedding for a publicity stunt.
The reverend interjected to reveal himself to be Bischoff, who had orchestrated an attack on the SmackDown duo by RAW’s 3-Minute Warning.
On a recent edition of his “83 Weeks” podcast, Bischoff recalled how WWE went all in on the prosthetics to keep his appearance a secret. He said,
“The company spent a fortune on…prosthetics and all that s**t. They had to spend $50 grand on that s**t. They flew two makeup artists out from LA for three days to put the makeup on and take the makeup off. It cost a fortune. And I had to fly to LA like a month before this to get, you know, fitted, molded for the mask. It was like a bigger deal [than usual]. And I didn’t want to be the one to screw it up.
“Brian Gewirtz wrote the segment, it was a great segment, a really, really great segment, and I was in the ring with a bunch of really talented people. Like, really talented people. So it was such a fun segment as a performer to do, and the payoff was so good. That will always be my favorite.”
The segment also saw Rico (who had orchestrated the publicity stunt) turn heel and join 3-Minute Warning as part of RAW.
Bischoff would get his comeuppance weeks later after being stinkfaced by Rikishi, who had been disguised as an overweight woman for a segment on RAW.
