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So much credence is given to the theory that Vince Russo was a positive contributor to the wrestling world in 1997-1999 because he had Vince McMahon as his "editor"... but I think that equally as important was that he had the authoritative passionate voice of Jim Ross on hand to explain the convoluted angles and make sense of them, and sell the important points to the audience.
In the hands of lesser announcers, Russo's bizarre overbooked television shows become a confusing mess. With a knowledgable and concise commentator extracting the gold nuggets from the steaming piles of crap and drawing attention to the important stuff, accentuating the occasional strokes of genius or at least the eccentric creativity of Russo, his crash TV starts to make more sense and could even -gasp- be a ratings draw. When people clearly understand what is going on, who screwed who, who is mad at who, who has an issue with who, the rest takes care of itself. Too often these elements aren't clear with Russo booked TV.
Jim Ross was the one guy who made perfect sense out of it during the Attitude era. TNA needs Jim Ross far more than he needs them. They also need him far more than WWE appreciates him.
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