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From PWInsider:
Former WWE and WCW creative head and current TNA writer Vince Russo has written his second book about his experiences in the business, focusing on his time with World Championship Wrestling.
The new book is titled Roap Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo, obviously a play on the popular opinion in some circles that Russo's creative direction helped play a major factor in the end of World Championship Wrestling.
Promotional material for the book reads:
"Highlighting the athlete renowned as the savior of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the man who destroyed World Championship Wrestling (WCW), this behind-the-scenes autobiography documents the astonishing career of Vince Russo. Chronicling the rise, fall, and eventual rebirth of professional wrestling, this engrossing account answers questions such as How did Vince McMahon win the war between the WWF and WCW? What was Eric Bischoff really like? and Why did Hulk Hogan threaten lawsuits?
Penned by a winner of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, this memoir details the author’s historic face-off with Hulk Hogan in Daytona Beach as well as the legendary Monday Night Wars.
Exploring the inner workings of the sport’s most turbulent era, this memoir speaks from the center of the maelstrom, delivering a fresh and informed perspective on the current pro-wrestling scene.
From the death of WCW to the rise of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling—the world’s fastest-growing and most cutting-edge wrestling promotion—this remarkable narrative demonstrates how a grown man can find peace within the insanity of the squared circle."
Russo's first book Unforgiven detailed his WWF writing career.
The WCW book is scheduled to be released in February 2010.
The entire book will be 1 page, simply stating "My bad."
Chapter 1: Clusterfucks - How to book them and make them completely meaningless.
Chapter 2: Storylines - How to begin them and not bothering to fini...
The Gold Standard
04-30-2009, 09:41 PM
The entire book will be 1 page, simply stating "My bad."
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
James Steele
04-30-2009, 09:42 PM
:lol:
He lost all credibility in the first line:
"Highlighting the athlete renowned as the savior of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the man who destroyed World Championship Wrestling (WCW), this behind-the-scenes autobiography documents the astonishing career of Vince Russo."
To be fair, his career was 'astonishing'.
It's 'astonishing' that it has lasted so long.
Kane Knight
04-30-2009, 10:13 PM
"Why Wrestlecrap owes me their livelihood."q
Jeritron
04-30-2009, 10:14 PM
I like Russo, and credit him with more successes than failures. He is not to blame for the death of WCW. I firmly believe that. A number of factors set in place long before his hiring had that ship destined to sink, and his hands were tied.
Perhaps he was highly unqualified for the job they gave him in WCW, but whose fault is that? The stooges who offer a writer the job of running an entire promotion, or the guy who takes a pay raise and a bigger career move?
I truly feel bad for the blame he gets. I'm not saying he's exempt, or didn't make mistakes, but to credit him with killing WCW is pretty unfair.
I also think the treatment he got from WWE afterwards sorta sucks. A lot of "friends" disowned him because he was taboo politically.
Let us not forget, though, that WWE brought him back onto the creative team after the invasion had ended. Things weren't the same, and both sides parted, but he can't be as bad as they want you to believe if they offered him his old job back.
It'll be as good, if not better than broken lightbulb shards in your cereal.
Jeritron
04-30-2009, 10:33 PM
I don't really have any interest in reading this though.
Only wrestling book I'm looking forward to is Jericho's 2nd book
I'll be honest. Curiosity will get the better of me and I WILL read it...
...and no doubt regret it later.
screech
05-01-2009, 01:19 AM
I'm probably gonna read this.
Maybe someone will buy it for me so if I hate it I wouldn't have wasted my money.
Mr. Nerfect
05-03-2009, 05:04 AM
Signing Russo has probably set TNA back further than they really need to be, and I truly believe that. When Kurt Angle was signed, it was the highest point TNA had ever been. They finally had that big star that they needed to be seen as a legitimate company (before Angle, the best they had was Christian). They ruined that by bringing in Russo.
James Steele
05-03-2009, 08:32 AM
At least Russo is smart enough to keep himself out of the storylines. That shit was horrible in WCW.
Krimzon7
05-03-2009, 08:44 AM
Russo is an ass for penning this shit.
James Steele
05-03-2009, 09:01 AM
I remember being a complete mark and wondering who the fuck was Vince Russo and why was he a big deal...among many other things about the last years of WCW.
The MAC
05-03-2009, 09:04 AM
I'll download the pdf from piratebay if/when someone scans it
Zeeboe
05-03-2009, 09:26 AM
I first read Vince Russo's name in WWF Magazines. He once wrote like a short comic book story within the magazine one time, and I just remember reading his name when it said who it was by. He had his own section one point as well where fans could write in and he'd respond. And I recall seeing him appear on WWF TV from time to time.
When he jumped ship to WCW, I saw it as a score for those guys, not at all realizing that Russo going there was a big favor for my WWF. Infact, maybe Russo was secretly still working for the WWF, and was doing his part in helping to destory WCW.
James Steele
05-03-2009, 09:31 AM
Infact, maybe Russo was secretly still working for the WWF, and was doing his part in helping to destory WCW.
You should talk to the poster Shadow. He always has an interesting theory on TNA and WWE.
Zeeboe
05-03-2009, 10:09 AM
lol. I was actually just joking. Just fyi.
From Chapter One:
My mother was a spanking woman. Often she would take me and my brothers out back and beat us up, one-by-one, using a large frying pan to leave our bottoms red and sore. Then we would get hot chocolate and TUMS for a snack. My Uncle brought us a dog one weekend. It was the happiest weekend ever and we played with that dog until his paws were red and sore. Mother hit him with the car on Easter Sunday. She kissed me and said she was sorry, and gave me hot chocolate and strips of bacon. She was a loving woman.
With my dog dead, there was nothing else left for me in the world but the glorious call of writing for professional wrestling. At the age of fifteen, I left home with a bag over my shoulder, not knowing where the future would take me, but knowing it would take me to the WWE.
I then developed a severe addiction to huffing gasoline from trucks and smoking used cigarette butts out of ashtrays.
Mr. Nerfect
05-03-2009, 11:39 AM
From Chapter One:
My mother was a spanking woman. Often she would take me and my brothers out back and beat us up, one-by-one, using a large frying pan she retrieved from a pole. But before she could climb the pole, she had to climb over a fence around the pole OR use the gate which was, however, padlocked, and she could only get the key by choosing one of four briefcases. One of the three had a fake key, the other a turkey suit that should would have to wear if she opened it, and the other another frying pan that she would have to give to one of us to defend ourselves with. My older brother got the other frying pan one day...and then started beating me with it! Eventually my younger brother got picked up by social services, but then social services also started hitting us with frying pans!
Anyway, that was meant to be the finish to one of my PPVs, but Hollywood Hogan put himself over in the finish, and WCW died.
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