The Naitch
12-22-2010, 03:36 PM
Do you think he gets or doesn't get enough credit for the success of the WWE? Is he a slimey, greasy douche? Do you like the guy? What are your general thoughts on Vince Russo?
For those that aren't familiar with Vince Russo, here's a general summary of his book:
It comes across that he thinks he doesn't get enough credit for the success of WWE's turnaround with the Attitude Era. He doesn't think Vince McMahon is the creative genius that he claims to be.
He says that no superstar is bigger than the WWE, not even Austin. Austin grew paranoid, always wanting to know a week ahead what was in store for his character. He refused to work with Jeff Jarrett because he made a reference to his Austin 3:16 shirt. He never forgave Owen Hart for breaking his neck. It's all in the writing, comparing it to Seinfeld. Why did Jason Alexander's show fail? Why did Elaine's show fail? It's all in the writing. Just look at TNA. Hogan ain't bigger than the WWE. Just watch TNA. It's awful. Nobody cares about Mr. Kennedy (or whatever his name is in TNA). Guys like Kurt Angle and even Flair. They're not the same anymore without the "machine" behind them. (ie. Main Event Mafia? LOL)
He claims to have had a hand with Sable's success. Goldust was mainly his idea. It was his idea to put Shane and Stephanie on TV. The Montreal Screwjob was all his doing. It was his idea to bring in Mike Tyson and to have Shawn Michales rip his shirt revealing a DX shirt underneath. "It wasn't about what we could do for Tyson?", it was "What could Tyson do for us?" He was spending 9 hours writing RAW every week. As much as you'd like to believe that there was a booking committee, there wasn't. There was no "writing team". It was all Vince Russo. Vince McMahon would just add his two cents here and there after Russo submitted the script. Basically making no major changes to the original draft. McMahon would agree with whatever Russo came up with that week. Basically it was the Vince Russo show.
In the WWE, he was "protected" by Vince. He said the reason why he "failed" in WCW, was because he didn't have the protection he had while he was in WWE. Bischoff never trusted Russo (when Bischoff agreed upon the Bash At The Beach 99' finish, they left in their limo, only to find out that Russo went back into the ring and did his infamous shoot on Hogan)
He quit WWE because he felt that Vince McMahon didn't care enough about him personally. He actually had a breakdown crying about it. He doesn't talk about his stint with WCW, but says that he's happier working at his CD store and his new found relationship with Christ. He was never happy when he was with the WWE. He was always trying to fill the void, with the next chase.
http://davecunning.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/russo.jpg
For those that aren't familiar with Vince Russo, here's a general summary of his book:
It comes across that he thinks he doesn't get enough credit for the success of WWE's turnaround with the Attitude Era. He doesn't think Vince McMahon is the creative genius that he claims to be.
He says that no superstar is bigger than the WWE, not even Austin. Austin grew paranoid, always wanting to know a week ahead what was in store for his character. He refused to work with Jeff Jarrett because he made a reference to his Austin 3:16 shirt. He never forgave Owen Hart for breaking his neck. It's all in the writing, comparing it to Seinfeld. Why did Jason Alexander's show fail? Why did Elaine's show fail? It's all in the writing. Just look at TNA. Hogan ain't bigger than the WWE. Just watch TNA. It's awful. Nobody cares about Mr. Kennedy (or whatever his name is in TNA). Guys like Kurt Angle and even Flair. They're not the same anymore without the "machine" behind them. (ie. Main Event Mafia? LOL)
He claims to have had a hand with Sable's success. Goldust was mainly his idea. It was his idea to put Shane and Stephanie on TV. The Montreal Screwjob was all his doing. It was his idea to bring in Mike Tyson and to have Shawn Michales rip his shirt revealing a DX shirt underneath. "It wasn't about what we could do for Tyson?", it was "What could Tyson do for us?" He was spending 9 hours writing RAW every week. As much as you'd like to believe that there was a booking committee, there wasn't. There was no "writing team". It was all Vince Russo. Vince McMahon would just add his two cents here and there after Russo submitted the script. Basically making no major changes to the original draft. McMahon would agree with whatever Russo came up with that week. Basically it was the Vince Russo show.
In the WWE, he was "protected" by Vince. He said the reason why he "failed" in WCW, was because he didn't have the protection he had while he was in WWE. Bischoff never trusted Russo (when Bischoff agreed upon the Bash At The Beach 99' finish, they left in their limo, only to find out that Russo went back into the ring and did his infamous shoot on Hogan)
He quit WWE because he felt that Vince McMahon didn't care enough about him personally. He actually had a breakdown crying about it. He doesn't talk about his stint with WCW, but says that he's happier working at his CD store and his new found relationship with Christ. He was never happy when he was with the WWE. He was always trying to fill the void, with the next chase.
http://davecunning.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/russo.jpg