Lead Writer for Raw and Smackdown FIRED

[#BROKEN Hasney]

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That sure is some curious timing. Hmmmm

[Frank Drebin]

Neeeeeear
Faaaaar
Whereeeeeeever you are
Trump will hear and your job won't
Go ooooooooooooonnnnn.

Heeeeeeeelllll staaaaaaaayyyy
Foreeeever this way
You are safe in Vince ' s arms and
Your job will go on aaaaaaaaanndd oooooooooonnnnnnnm

[ClockShot]

Well if it's the head writer. Ok, I guess.

But if it was the guy in charge of putting Smackdown together, we'd have to go to DEFCON 1.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Never voice your politics at work.

Fuck him anyways, the wriiting sucks. Too bad it's because of the 4th Reich.

[Black Widow]

The writing is garbage regardless him not liking Trump/being gay.

Good Riddance

[slik]

They probably let him go b/c the writing sucks tbh.

[Emperor Smeat]

Only real concern is how much of a hit the women's division is going to take if their most influential person in Creative is now gone.

Even though the feud has been dragging on, RAW has done a good job at making Sasha-Charlotte feel special while Smackdown has done a good job with Becky-Bliss and their division as a whole.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

They probably let him go b/c the writing sucks tbh.

The writing is garbage regardless him not liking Trump/being gay.

Good Riddance

Its been garbage for more than his whole tenure, so I'm doubting that.

[RP]

When the talent has to build walls around there buttholes, you gotta go.

[Destor]

Baseless accusation. Pure speculation.

[Emperor Smeat]

Former lead writer ended up debunking those rumors on his Twitter account. Seems to be more of the WWE just getting rid of that job position and him getting burned out being in charge of Creative.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What &quot;more&quot; on the story,or me,is there? They eliminated my position. I said,&quot;ok&quot;. They save money &amp; I move on to next thing. NEWSWORTHY. <a href="https://t.co/d5sJxW1Zh9">https://t.co/d5sJxW1Zh9</a></p>&mdash; Tom Casiello (@tommiecas) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommiecas/status/807701877349646337">December 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Observer implying the tensions built up backstage regarding the main event for Hell in a Cell ended up being the final straw. Vince was upset he didn't have his way for the main event and the match itself not ending up being as great as everyone else was expecting. Since Vince wasn't going to blame himself nor Triple H for the problems, he put all the blame on the next guy down on the totem pole..

[Mr. Nerfect]

Not that getting rid of this guy will make things better, but it's not like he was doing a great job anyway. I haven't cared about the women less -- the Charlotte/Sasha feud is just them trading the belt back and forth with Ric coming out and getting humiliated by Charlotte; and the Becky/Alexa verbiage has been terrible.

Has there ever been a period with "writers" that has been actually good in such a noteworthy way?

[Emperor Smeat]

Probably the "Smackdown Six" period of the early first brand split era. Before that might be the time Creative's boss or lead writer was using storyboards to make sure stuff was done correctly.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Chris Kreski I believe was the guy in 2000. The last year with consistently good writing and it showed in the ratings. Wrestling wasn't even a "fad" anymore in 2000, it was just so fucking good and the writing so cohesive that people watched it.

Smackdown Six was good for the length it lasted (too fucking short) because it was Heyman. And he ran in with Stephanie and she is literally one of the worst wrestling minds around. I get she's a "good" performed but the bad FAR outweighs the good.

*awaits CyNick to tell me I'm a Meltzer sheep*

[Big Vic]

I wonder who Trump will appoint in his place.

[Evil Vito]

Chris Kreski I believe was the guy in 2000. The last year with consistently good writing and it showed in the ratings. Wrestling wasn't even a "fad" anymore in 2000, it was just so fucking good and the writing so cohesive that people watched it.

Smackdown Six was good for the length it lasted (too fucking short) because it was Heyman. And he ran in with Stephanie and she is literally one of the worst wrestling minds around. I get she's a "good" performed but the bad FAR outweighs the good.

*awaits CyNick to tell me I'm a Meltzer sheep*

Meltzer sheep,,,,,

[Evil Vito]

SmackDown Six was the fucking goods. Still doing my 2002 watchthrough and need to resist temptation to just give up on 2002 Raw so I can marathon through SmackDown instead.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I wonder who Trump will appoint in his place.

Alec Baldwin

[The CyNick]

Chris Kreski I believe was the guy in 2000. The last year with consistently good writing and it showed in the ratings. Wrestling wasn't even a "fad" anymore in 2000, it was just so fucking good and the writing so cohesive that people watched it.

Smackdown Six was good for the length it lasted (too fucking short) because it was Heyman. And he ran in with Stephanie and she is literally one of the worst wrestling minds around. I get she's a "good" performed but the bad FAR outweighs the good.

*awaits CyNick to tell me I'm a Meltzer sheep*

Ratings would suggest the 2000 time period was still part of the boom period, so yeah, ratings were good. But it would be easy enough to look up week by week ratings to see how the storylines did in terms of retaining or growing the audience.

The big problem with your statement is about Stephanie. This is where you reveal that you are a Meltzer sheep because it's the type of ill informed rhetoric that comes out of his rag of a publication. My guess is you've never drawn a paycheque from WWE, much less been in the inner circle where the real creative decisions are made. You may have read or heard some glorified errand boy claim to know who made the major calls, and you may believe where so called journalists recount this stuff as fact, but I know that most of the stuff reported related to creative is without factual evidence.

What we do know from people in the know (guys like Bruce Pritchard) is that creatively the buck stops with Vince. It did in 1990, in 2000, in 2010, and likely in 2020. So everything good with the creative should be credited to Vince, and everything wrong creatively should be blamed on Vince.

[The CyNick]

Former lead writer ended up debunking those rumors on his Twitter account. Seems to be more of the WWE just getting rid of that job position and him getting burned out being in charge of Creative.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What &quot;more&quot; on the story,or me,is there? They eliminated my position. I said,&quot;ok&quot;. They save money &amp; I move on to next thing. NEWSWORTHY. <a href="https://t.co/d5sJxW1Zh9">https://t.co/d5sJxW1Zh9</a></p>&mdash; Tom Casiello (@tommiecas) <a href="https://twitter.com/tommiecas/status/807701877349646337">December 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Observer implying the tensions built up backstage regarding the main event for Hell in a Cell ended up being the final straw. Vince was upset he didn't have his way for the main event and the match itself not ending up being as great as everyone else was expecting. Since Vince wasn't going to blame himself nor Triple H for the problems, he put all the blame on the next guy down on the totem pole..

I would be shocked to hear that The Observer would take a story, ignore the facts and make up a sensational story to sell subs.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Meltzer sheep,,,,,,,,

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, CyNick still taking that line.

[Evil Vito]

My guess is you've never drawn a paycheque from WWE, much less been in the inner circle where the real creative decisions are made.

Have you?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Have you?

Of course he has, bro

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/prowrestling/images/e/ee/VinceRusso.png/revision/latest?cb=20131101180159

[Mr. Nerfect]

Oh man, that would make sense.

[The CyNick]

Have you?

Never said I have our haven't. But I also don't claim to know whether Stephanie has sound ideas or not.

For the sake of discussion on this forum, I like to rely on people who have worked closely with her.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Never said I have our haven't. But I also don't claim to know whether Stephanie has sound ideas or not.

For the sake of discussion on this forum, I like to rely on people who have worked closely with her.

BREAKING NEWS: From now on, CyNick will only respond to TPWW poster rollermacka.

[BigCrippyZ]

Oh man, that would make sense.

Wait, Russo is so critical of Vince and creative. Or is he? :shifty:

[BigCrippyZ]

Never said I have our haven't. But I also don't claim to know whether Stephanie has sound ideas or not.

For the sake of discussion on this forum, I like to rely on people who have worked closely with her.

So, basically Vince and HHH then.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Wait, Russo is so critical of Vince and creative. Or is he? :shifty:

My point exactly. It would also explain the obvious gaps in logic and bravado.

[The CyNick]

So, basically Vince and HHH then.

Bruce Prichard, Kevin Dunn. Certain top guys. Not the guy who got the coffee for the writing team and calls himself one of the lead writers for the show.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If Vince pays these writers not to write, than he isn't the financial genius you claim him to be.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I personally trust the coffee guy. His word is as good as anyone's.

[Big Vic]

BREAKING NEWS: From now on, CyNick will only respond to TPWW poster rollermacka.

This post is pretty funny.

[The CyNick]

If Vince pays these writers not to write, than he isn't the financial genius you claim him to be.

He pays them to contribute to a team. He's always open to ideas. But the buck stops with him and he generally lays out the key storylines for the year. My issue is the dirt sheet writers take third hand stories about how smart someone like Stephanie is to the business to push their own agenda. When all they have to do is talk to someone like Bruce Prichard who was at a high level of creative. Not some random geek.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm not going to feed the troll...I won't...I will resist...

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Saying out loud you will not feed the troll is feeding the troll.

[BigCrippyZ]

Do it, Noid... do it.

[The CyNick]

Saying out loud you will not feed the troll is feeding the troll.

And since I'm not trolling, it's just responding to a point.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I think the coffee guy is going straight to the top

[Mr. Nerfect]

Saying out loud you will not feed the troll is feeding the troll.

Nah, not really.

[Rebecca Reigns]

He should be fired for taking the Universal Title off my hubby Roman!

[DAMN iNATOR]

Nah, not really.

Come on, guy...#Rule14!

[Ruien]

Nah, not really.

Stand by to be STD CORRECTED.

[Vastardikai]

I'm not going to feed the troll...I won't...I will resist...

So when it comes to feeding Trolls, will you...

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Side note: This would be an awesome theme song.