Russo is an idiot.

I'm pretty sure I got into a debate about Russo's booking with Russo himself on another forum. The poster had signed up only in the wake of this Cornette stuff, and was obsessed with all the stuff said about Russo. Probably not, but I'm going to tell myself that, haha.

There are a lot of Russo myths that need to be busted. Whether to be contrarian or just because they grew up in the Attitude era, and believe the Russo-propelled idea that he had a lot to do with the WWF's ultimate success and turn-around, people tend to make absolutely rubbish defenses of him.

So many people lately have been telling me that WCW PPV tanking under Russo doesn't matter, because he was only hired to do TV. They also say stuff like Russo saved WCW's ratings in 1999 (in actuality, he didn't even increase them beyond the average established under Nash or the yearly average), and believe the Russo line about the censors holding him back (yes, because what WCW needed during Russo's stint was more swearing and more abortion angles).

What's your favorite Russo myth?

The Cornette-Russo feud took another twist recently since Cornette is going to start selling autograph copies of his restraining order as a way to raise funds for a children's charity called WHAS Crusade for Children.

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I will say, the ONE decent booking thing Russo did was that he booked mid card guys to actually mean something in the attitude era. and by that I mean D'Lo Brown. That's it. That's the only good thing he ever did.

Did Cornette just twist Russo's exploitative "we'll do it for charity, bro" attempts to get Corny into a debate with him into a way to legitimately raise money for children off Russo's back? Cornette is still a master worker.

I'm glad you specified D'Lo Brown. The thing is, people often cite this quality of Russo's as a good one, but if everybody is doing something "important," then what is truly important? It took me a long while to come down off the idea that angles need to always be happening and guys always need to be doing something in order to stay relevant.

Cornette gave D'Lo his break in Smoky Mountain, so I credit Corny for D'Lo more anyway.