I MARKED OUT when this was on ReAction and I REALLY WISH he was more on screen as a character again. I Love Vince Russo. He was with TNA when it GREW. Now he's gone and it's falling yet people still want to say it's "Better" and at the same time say "It's Worse" lol
This is a shoot. I remember the old TNA back in 2000 when AJ was the champion and Russo was his manager and they were chillin' on the beach vacationing smoking weed in a skit....The good ole' TNA days.
Something that pisses me off is that people always give Russo so much shit about his time in WCW, yet will defend Eric Bischoff. Bischoff left that company over 10million dollars in debt when they removed him and brought Russo in. Then they expected Russo to turn a profit miraculously to make it worth keeping the show on the air, while having a dozen or so people constantly putting roadblocks in his way. And no, I didn't particularly enjoy Russo in WCW, but what I'm saying here is fact.
it was wayyy more than 10 million, if they lost 90 million in 1999, theres no way 80 million in debt piled up from sept(bischoff's last month) through the last 3 months of '99.
Hogan & Eric have A LOT to do with it. I've never watched an entire episode of TNA but the clips feel like a generic brand of WWE. TNA chose to imitate instead of innovate. Hogan & Eric debuted the 4-sided ring. The fans chanted "we want 6-sides." Hogan said "4-sides is where it's at." The fans were yelling what they wanted yet Hogan said "u only THINK that's what u want cuz ur not smart enough to know better." Didn't they try to recreate the Montreal screwjob with Hogan, Angle, and AJ?
ok I have watched wrestling for about 20 some thing years and I still don't get how Eric Bischoff gets so much air time? What is his job title? I know Vince is more behind the scenes in TNA the last time i Seen him was When Piper "Shot" on him, so he's writer right? whats eric a black belt Ceo?
Yeah, I read recently that the specific number they asked Russo to make up for was roughly $65million in his first 9 months, telling him they'd close WCW if he failed... And then they took him out of power 3 months later, and brought him back another 3 months later but had to get all his ideas approved. Which by the way means that guys like Bischoff, Nash, Graham, Sullivan, etc, all gave the thumbs up for each and every "infamous" Russo moment from those 5 months.
As long as TNA doesn't go head to head with WWE during the same timeslot like RAW and Nitro did years ago, it's safe to say that both companies are safe. It was the Monday Night Wars that killed WCW.
I Was watching the best of WCW Nitro and the scene with Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff era and they were saying they was screwed buy the Good o Boys. Who are the Good o Boys?
Put Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, and Hulk Hogan in executive roles within a company...yeah, I'm sure that's going to work. Bret Hart was 100% right...when he said they are going to ruin TNA
I agree completely. The thing is that people don't understand exactly how deep that hole already was. I don't think his work in WCW was good, but that's besides my point, which is that his failures are not responsible for the demise of the company. Of course he deserves a lot of criticism for what he did there, but he doesn't deserve to be blamed for the place shutting down.
that was an amazing interview. but one question that shouldve been asked when vince russo was given control of wcw why did he try to make wcw look like wwe
What I don't like about this promo is that Russo is being shown in front of guys bumping and 'rehearsing' in the ring. Why show that? It breaks any suspension of disbelief.
Um eric wasn't even part of wcw during the years that killed wcw, eric was hired again at tail end of wcw and then russo and eric didn't get along, so i didn't work.
I do agree with you on that. But if they had moved Nitro to a night where they weren't competing with RAW after the tide had turned, they would've probably been able to keep enough viewers where they wouldn't have had to sell the company. WWE is in a down period right now, but it still survives because it's not on against a higher rated wrestling program in the same timeslot.
More so Jamie Kellner, taking WCW off was his call. But I'm still happy to know I'm not the only one aware that all these theories about WCW going down aren't true.
vince wants to always lay shit on hulk, but without hulk crossing over wcw never would have made it as far or as big as it has. nWo, i mean come on! the only time they beat the wwf. yeah wcw had some great talent and alot of bs politics but without hulk they would have folded long before. what was the biggest wwe storyline in recent history? oh yeah hulk vs rock, anyone notice the common denominator
Well tna is not getting big ratings they only get over 1 milion viewers. It is diffrent now with tna then wcw because biscoff had turner billions and billion and billions to signed any wwe main eventer on mid carder he wanted in wcw, He doesn't have a unlimtied checkbook of a multi billionaire like turner to get all big wwe names and divas he wants.
If they turned a profit in 98, it was very marginal. They lost a lot of money with things like the Halloween Havoc incident, plus paying guys like Rodman, Malone and Leno... and if I'm not mistaken, the Leno match was at Road Wild, meaning they paid him all that money for a free-admission event. I believe you, and have no problem admitting if I'm wrong... I'm just saying that imo, any profit they turned that year was probably irrelevant.
It's fair that WCW was in a hole when Russo arrived. But Russo only dug it deeper. Putting the title on David Arquette? All the supposed "shoots" trying to make people think "this is no longer scripted. These guys really do hate each other." The guy kept digging.
Yes Russo did alot for WWF and had a lot of great ideas. But you have to remember that he had Vince there as a filter. Vince didn't let him do EVERYTHING he wanted. When he got to WCW, he had nobody to reel him in, so he could do any off the wall idea he wanted.
TNA fans will hate me for this but I really, really doubt Vince McMahon has any interest in TNA's video library. I'm sure he'd like them to close just so he can pick and choose a few big names to sign, but that's the extent of it in my opinion.
stars were allowed to greatly impress the audience and thats when Vince Russo making his arrival in WCW late 99, wanted to attempt on making WCW wrestling more exciting and interesting to watch by attempting on giving the young stars a chance to shine in the ring but would Hogan allow that HELL NO.
Not true, WCW turn a profit in 1996, 1997 and 1998. It was 1999 and beyond when WCW start going back to old ways of pumping money in the company and not seeing a return
Hogan = Wants Money & Power Bischoff = Wants Power & Huge Ratings Russo = Wants Huge Ratings Dixie = Wants TNA to get better Me = I WANTS DIXIE TO GET RID Russo , Bischoff & Hogan and then you get all Money , the Power & the Rating that you want !!
@idshifter ok so without pointing out all the reasons why ur blatantly wrong i'll just ask you this.you say wcw was beating wwf in the ratings until russo went there right?so if wcw was beating wwf in the ratings why would they sack their lead creative and hire russo in the first place?im no russo fan but posting downright garbish is just ridiculous.
vince russo promised his kids that he would take them to the ice cream parlor but once they got in the car, he took them to the hostel and dropped them there with their bags. SWERVE
Technically it was the Monday Night Wars that got both companies thriving and booming. THey've talked about this plenty before and the fact is is that the competition was good for business. And you can look at it and tell. Look at how successful both were in the thick of it. WCW just fell off because of bad management and and other factors from the heads and such. And WWE now is proof of it being better in the Monday Night Wars/Attitude Era.
You dont know what you're talking about. Time Warner wanted out of the wrestling business. That's why they sold wcw. Ratings had nothing to do with it.
@oldschool6804 It IS fake. It's a worked shoot-you're supposed to think it's real, but it's not. He's done real shoot interviews since becoming a Christian and he doesn't show as much of a 'fuck those guys' attitude in them, iirc. While he's hardly Hogan and Bischoff's best buddy they had a good working relationship in TNA.
@bikerboygeoff Maybe they don't have any "great" young talent. Maybe if the all "great young talent" were really so great, TNA wouldn't have gotten pressure from Spike TV to bring these guys in.
Very true. And the thing is, people forget that WCW only turned a profit TWO years. The change that would have been necessary to save WCW in 2000 would have been practically impossible.
Russo is like milk left in a glass on the kitchen counter. The first hour or so [the beginning of his time at WWF], it tastes like milk, but the longer you leave it on that counter, the worse it tastes, and it begins to spoil, curdle, and other interesting things. Russo is far past that at this point.
To be fair with Vince here Vince Russo wanted to go to the young stars but the way he went about it proves to your point he had no control of that. Hogan's contract he got to do what he wanted with his WCW deal and many of those old wrestlers past their primes that he wanted to get rid of to pave way for the new guy. Russo did amazing in WCW with Vince controlling him but ever he left WWF it was the worst career of his life 3 more years after 99 WCW went out he could of been the best writer
Lol. I love the marks who don't get that without Russo, there would be no wrestling business to talk about. WWE was tanking before Russo took over (Yeah. Genius Vince McMahon was bringing out great ideas like Mantaur and The Gobbledy Gooker.), and WCW was run by an accountant from Time/Warner at the end. Not Russo. Blaming Russo for the downfall of TNA is like blaming the band for sinking the Titanic.
If WCW was making money, they would have stuck with it. You do not get rid of something that's making you money. Look at cigarettes. You know why companies continue to make cigarettes despite all the health issues? Because cigarettes make them money. They don't care that people don't approve of cigarettes, or that cigarettes have a negative image. The profit that they produce negates all of that. Only when it becomes unprofitable as opposed to unpalatable, will they stop.
Wrestling is popular and there are a lot of people who watch it for a lot of bad reasons,not for good reasons.It's popular because it's a cutthroat,backstabbing,lying,heartless,egotistical,jealous,selfish and greedy industry where best friends shouldn't even trust each other.So you had better watch your back in the wrestling business because someone is always trying to stab you right in the back.It's sad but it's true.Wrestling is popular for all the wrong reasons,not the right reasons.
yep, and it's no coincidence that hogan and bischoff are in control of TNA and you got hogan's daughter making more money than the wrestlers, and this aj styles paternity shit, stemming from a supposed affair between him and a drug addict, and fans claim the TNA is better without Russo? No way.
cut the crap tna will fail because of those 2 not because wwe is big, tna has the money to compete. also wwe wants its own network and its so risky that it could derail vince mcmahon and his legacy but if he is successful than wwe will be around for as long as they want to be. its a billion dollar risk with wwe network so you need to understand that
Hire Heyman and build the company around AJ Styles Samoa Joe Pope Desmond Wofle Beer Money and MCMGs. Have Kurt Angle in the same position HBK was in 2004-2010. as well as RVD. fire Bischoff and Russo. Keep Hogan as a guy who promotes the company. tell flair to go be a road agent for WWE. rebuild the Knockouts and X divisions and push more young talent.
I think Eric bischoff / Vince Russo/ an hulk Hogan ruined wcw an tna they need to leave wrestling for good wrestling isn't worth watching anymore I've watched wrestling since the late 1960s now that was wrestling .
What kind of tool are you? Kevin Nash was just as over as Goldberg at the time he broke the streak, not to mention it wasn't a clean win so it didn't make Goldberg look worse, it just ended the streak finally. No one else in WCW should've broke the streak at the time, Nash was easily top 5 draws of WCW at the time. Nash didn't kill WCW, Ted Turner and Vince Russo ruined things for the most part.
HEY HEY HEY, TOWARDS THE END OF WCW LIFE, KEVIN NASH WAS RUNNING THE SHOW. HOW DO Y'ALL THINK GOLDBERGS "STREAK" CAME TO AN END??? COME ON GUYS IT WASN'T JUST HOGAN OR BISCHOFF OR RUSSO, KEVIN NASH RUINED WCW TOO.
WWE and TNA both suck but, no matter what you think, you have to admit that TNA is just a bit better than WWE. and russo is the man who made WWF and killed WCW
Things like this, where Russo talks about something that happened 11 years prior to this, was one of the reasons why I could never watch TNA. It was always about stupid backstage gossip. How is this building into your wrestling show, and sell tickets and try to grab the attention of the audience to buy PPVs? Well the answer was... it didn´t.
and not looked at as a total failure as he is today. Vince Russo is a total failure but WCW had no leadership no BOSS and thats on Ted Turner and Eric Bitchoff ex after firing Stone Cold that end up being the worst thing he ever did in his career that will haunt him for the rest of his career he picked Old over Youth and the youth was Stone Cold, Jericho, Rey,Big Show, Eddie,Beniot and the list goes on how poor WCW was they had the talent to beat WCW... WCW put WCW out period Vince knows it
Vince Russo didn't kill WCW Eric and Hogan did so now make sence Vince Russo didn't kill wcw they did. So TNA sucks and WWE still kick ass. TNA is afraid to go back on Mondays cause wwe will kick there ass.
I MARKED OUT when this was on ReAction and I REALLY WISH he was more on screen as a character again. I Love Vince Russo. He was with TNA when it GREW. Now he's gone and it's falling yet people still want to say it's "Better" and at the same time say "It's Worse" lol
vince rules i was a regular at his video store as a kid
HE TRIED TO TELL US.....
This is a shoot. I remember the old TNA back in 2000 when AJ was the champion and Russo was his manager and they were chillin' on the beach vacationing smoking weed in a skit....The good ole' TNA days.
Something that pisses me off is that people always give Russo so much shit about his time in WCW, yet will defend Eric Bischoff. Bischoff left that company over 10million dollars in debt when they removed him and brought Russo in. Then they expected Russo to turn a profit miraculously to make it worth keeping the show on the air, while having a dozen or so people constantly putting roadblocks in his way.
And no, I didn't particularly enjoy Russo in WCW, but what I'm saying here is fact.
wcw made 55 million in 98
and lost 65 million in 2000
its good to hear his take on things
it was wayyy more than 10 million, if they lost 90 million in 1999, theres no way 80 million in debt piled up from sept(bischoff's last month) through the last 3 months of '99.
Hogan & Eric have A LOT to do with it. I've never watched an entire episode of TNA but the clips feel like a generic brand of WWE. TNA chose to imitate instead of innovate. Hogan & Eric debuted the 4-sided ring. The fans chanted "we want 6-sides." Hogan said "4-sides is where it's at." The fans were yelling what they wanted yet Hogan said "u only THINK that's what u want cuz ur not smart enough to know better." Didn't they try to recreate the Montreal screwjob with Hogan, Angle, and AJ?
That’s exactly what Dumbshit Dixie wanted, TNA to be WWE lite, Eric and the Hulkster happened to share her vision.
ok I have watched wrestling for about 20 some thing years and I still don't get how Eric Bischoff gets so much air time? What is his job title? I know Vince is more behind the scenes in TNA the last time i Seen him was When Piper "Shot" on him, so he's writer right? whats eric a black belt Ceo?
was this on TNA Reaction? I missed this
Yeah, I read recently that the specific number they asked Russo to make up for was roughly $65million in his first 9 months, telling him they'd close WCW if he failed... And then they took him out of power 3 months later, and brought him back another 3 months later but had to get all his ideas approved. Which by the way means that guys like Bischoff, Nash, Graham, Sullivan, etc, all gave the thumbs up for each and every "infamous" Russo moment from those 5 months.
This man knows the business
As long as TNA doesn't go head to head with WWE during the same timeslot like RAW and Nitro did years ago, it's safe to say that both companies are safe. It was the Monday Night Wars that killed WCW.
lol
I Was watching the best of WCW Nitro and the scene with Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff era and they were saying they was screwed buy the Good o Boys. Who are the Good o Boys?
Put Vince Russo, Eric Bischoff, and Hulk Hogan in executive roles within a company...yeah, I'm sure that's going to work. Bret Hart was 100% right...when he said they are going to ruin TNA
Take Russo out if this. He was there since the beginning and it was fine.
I agree completely. The thing is that people don't understand exactly how deep that hole already was. I don't think his work in WCW was good, but that's besides my point, which is that his failures are not responsible for the demise of the company. Of course he deserves a lot of criticism for what he did there, but he doesn't deserve to be blamed for the place shutting down.
@DacoTestosto I meant back in 2002.
that was an amazing interview. but one question that shouldve been asked when vince russo was given control of wcw why did he try to make wcw look like wwe
Hogan wants money.
Bichoff wants power.
Russo wants to suspend random objects above the ring.
So Russo...'people don't change, and they haven't.' Are you describing Hogan & Bischoff, or yourself with that statement?
if I had the oppurtunity for vince russo to leave tna tomorrow I would take it
I remember this
where do you think Hogan learned that from?
@727Superstar I hope that was intended to be a joke...
What I don't like about this promo is that Russo is being shown in front of guys bumping and 'rehearsing' in the ring. Why show that? It breaks any suspension of disbelief.
I wonder what Jim Cornette thinks about all of this....
Fuck this company?
Um eric wasn't even part of wcw during the years that killed wcw, eric was hired again at tail end of wcw and then russo and eric didn't get along, so i didn't work.
I do agree with you on that. But if they had moved Nitro to a night where they weren't competing with RAW after the tide had turned, they would've probably been able to keep enough viewers where they wouldn't have had to sell the company. WWE is in a down period right now, but it still survives because it's not on against a higher rated wrestling program in the same timeslot.
More so Jamie Kellner, taking WCW off was his call. But I'm still happy to know I'm not the only one aware that all these theories about WCW going down aren't true.
Why does Criss Angel look like Russo?
vince wants to always lay shit on hulk, but without hulk crossing over wcw never would have made it as far or as big as it has. nWo, i mean come on! the only time they beat the wwf. yeah wcw had some great talent and alot of bs politics but without hulk they would have folded long before. what was the biggest wwe storyline in recent history? oh yeah hulk vs rock, anyone notice the common denominator
Well tna is not getting big ratings they only get over 1 milion viewers. It is diffrent now with tna then wcw because biscoff had turner billions and billion and billions to signed any wwe main eventer on mid carder he wanted in wcw, He doesn't have a unlimtied checkbook of a multi billionaire like turner to get all big wwe names and divas he wants.
If they turned a profit in 98, it was very marginal. They lost a lot of money with things like the Halloween Havoc incident, plus paying guys like Rodman, Malone and Leno... and if I'm not mistaken, the Leno match was at Road Wild, meaning they paid him all that money for a free-admission event. I believe you, and have no problem admitting if I'm wrong... I'm just saying that imo, any profit they turned that year was probably irrelevant.
my friend said vince russo is a nice guy in real life.
It's fair that WCW was in a hole when Russo arrived. But Russo only dug it deeper. Putting the title on David Arquette? All the supposed "shoots" trying to make people think "this is no longer scripted. These guys really do hate each other." The guy kept digging.
Yes Russo did alot for WWF and had a lot of great ideas. But you have to remember that he had Vince there as a filter. Vince didn't let him do EVERYTHING he wanted. When he got to WCW, he had nobody to reel him in, so he could do any off the wall idea he wanted.
Russo always tries to build new stars .eric hold guy back to keep hogan happy
He give belt to guy past thejr primé
TNA fans will hate me for this but I really, really doubt Vince McMahon has any interest in TNA's video library. I'm sure he'd like them to close just so he can pick and choose a few big names to sign, but that's the extent of it in my opinion.
You are completely right great comment
Whatever Russo. Excuses are like assholes....everyone has one and they all stink.
If Russo needs to support his family, why didn't he take the offer from WWE to work for them as a consultant for $100,000 per year?
he didnt wanna work with uncreative assholes like stephanie mcmahon because Steph treated Russo like Amateur
LEGENDARY IceMan Amen
"Money money money money moneeeey"
stars were allowed to greatly impress the audience and thats when Vince Russo making his arrival in WCW late 99, wanted to attempt on making WCW wrestling more exciting and interesting to watch by attempting on giving the young stars a chance to shine in the ring but would Hogan allow that HELL NO.
Kevin Nash says that a lot.
@Fultonfalcons86 lol, yeah, that was my point :)
Not true, WCW turn a profit in 1996, 1997 and 1998. It was 1999 and beyond when WCW start going back to old ways of pumping money in the company and not seeing a return
I don't trust a guy who utters every statement as a question. "You'd like to think people change? But no matter how much older we get?..." Good grief.
Y’know
@HGeneAnthony, yeah basically Russo can take credit for the Rock.
Hogan = Wants Money & Power
Bischoff = Wants Power & Huge Ratings
Russo = Wants Huge Ratings
Dixie = Wants TNA to get better
Me = I WANTS DIXIE TO GET RID Russo , Bischoff & Hogan and then you get all Money , the Power & the Rating that you want !!
@idshifter ok so without pointing out all the reasons why ur blatantly wrong i'll just ask you this.you say wcw was beating wwf in the ratings until russo went there right?so if wcw was beating wwf in the ratings why would they sack their lead creative and hire russo in the first place?im no russo fan but posting downright garbish is just ridiculous.
To anyone who doesn't know Russo wrote himself on the show to shoot about Hogan & Bischoff. His ego is so big he had to write this into reactions!
vince russo promised his kids that he would take them to the ice cream parlor but once they got in the car, he took them to the hostel and dropped them there with their bags. SWERVE
Technically it was the Monday Night Wars that got both companies thriving and booming. THey've talked about this plenty before and the fact is is that the competition was good for business. And you can look at it and tell. Look at how successful both were in the thick of it. WCW just fell off because of bad management and and other factors from the heads and such. And WWE now is proof of it being better in the Monday Night Wars/Attitude Era.
Poor Dixie. Russo, Hogan and Bischoff in her company.
As much as everything he is saying is technically true, this interview is still a worked shoot, something Russo is infamous for.
I love that TNA lets their employees say what they want.I love Russo,Hogan and EzE...but I know Russo doesn't like Hulk or Eric
Hogan, Bischof...Vince Russo....Get with the fucking times TNA!
@Ilubrasslin Hi Vince.
Vince russo Is the best
You dont know what you're talking about. Time Warner wanted out of the wrestling business. That's why they sold wcw. Ratings had nothing to do with it.
I agree with vince russo on some points.
People don't want to give Russo any credit, because he is not afraid to call anyone out. I admire that about him.
After a certain age, people stay the same, lawls!
@MasterLiaoHuaOfShu This, This so fucking hard.
All of the above.
@oldschool6804 It IS fake. It's a worked shoot-you're supposed to think it's real, but it's not. He's done real shoot interviews since becoming a Christian and he doesn't show as much of a 'fuck those guys' attitude in them, iirc. While he's hardly Hogan and Bischoff's best buddy they had a good working relationship in TNA.
No they didn't bischoff said there was extreme tension
@bikerboygeoff Maybe they don't have any "great" young talent. Maybe if the all "great young talent" were really so great, TNA wouldn't have gotten pressure from Spike TV to bring these guys in.
Very true. And the thing is, people forget that WCW only turned a profit TWO years. The change that would have been necessary to save WCW in 2000 would have been practically impossible.
*5 years
Russo is like milk left in a glass on the kitchen counter. The first hour or so [the beginning of his time at WWF], it tastes like milk, but the longer you leave it on that counter, the worse it tastes, and it begins to spoil, curdle, and other interesting things. Russo is far past that at this point.
To be fair with Vince here Vince Russo wanted to go to the young stars but the way he went about it proves to your point he had no control of that. Hogan's contract he got to do what he wanted with his WCW deal and many of those old wrestlers past their primes that he wanted to get rid of to pave way for the new guy. Russo did amazing in WCW with Vince controlling him but ever he left WWF it was the worst career of his life 3 more years after 99 WCW went out he could of been the best writer
Lol. I love the marks who don't get that without Russo, there would be no wrestling business to talk about. WWE was tanking before Russo took over (Yeah. Genius Vince McMahon was bringing out great ideas like Mantaur and The Gobbledy Gooker.), and WCW was run by an accountant from Time/Warner at the end. Not Russo.
Blaming Russo for the downfall of TNA is like blaming the band for sinking the Titanic.
If WCW was making money, they would have stuck with it. You do not get rid of something that's making you money. Look at cigarettes. You know why companies continue to make cigarettes despite all the health issues? Because cigarettes make them money. They don't care that people don't approve of cigarettes, or that cigarettes have a negative image. The profit that they produce negates all of that. Only when it becomes unprofitable as opposed to unpalatable, will they stop.
work
Hulk just wanted the pay and control
Tna are going the exact same way as wcw
That's a work.
No it wasn't bischoff admits they don't like each other
Wrestling is popular and there are a lot of people who watch it for a lot of bad reasons,not for good reasons.It's popular because it's a cutthroat,backstabbing,lying,heartless,egotistical,jealous,selfish and greedy industry where best friends shouldn't even trust each other.So you had better watch your back in the wrestling business because someone is always trying to stab you right in the back.It's sad but it's true.Wrestling is popular for all the wrong reasons,not the right reasons.
yep, and it's no coincidence that hogan and bischoff are in control of TNA and you got hogan's daughter making more money than the wrestlers, and this aj styles paternity shit, stemming from a supposed affair between him and a drug addict, and fans claim the TNA is better without Russo? No way.
i did my best BROTHER !!!!!!!!
@MasterLiaoHuaOfShu this guy knows what he's talking about lol
why cant we smoke weed and get along?
cut the crap tna will fail because of those 2 not because wwe is big, tna has the money to compete. also wwe wants its own network and its so risky that it could derail vince mcmahon and his legacy but if he is successful than wwe will be around for as long as they want to be. its a billion dollar risk with wwe network so you need to understand that
Why was he involved he is a disgrace. He is the problem. He should be selling blame it on some one else cds.
They wanted out because WCW was losing them money due to poor ratings.
Hire Heyman and build the company around AJ Styles Samoa Joe Pope Desmond Wofle Beer Money and MCMGs. Have Kurt Angle in the same position HBK was in 2004-2010. as well as RVD. fire Bischoff and Russo. Keep Hogan as a guy who promotes the company. tell flair to go be a road agent for WWE. rebuild the Knockouts and X divisions and push more young talent.
@ToxieDogg i think it describes all 3 of them russo is a no talent hack eirc and hogan are death to any promotion they enter.
I know I should hate Russo but Im just so damn attracted to him!!!
I think Eric bischoff / Vince Russo/ an hulk Hogan ruined wcw an tna they need to leave wrestling for good wrestling isn't worth watching anymore I've watched wrestling since the late 1960s now that was wrestling .
What kind of tool are you? Kevin Nash was just as over as Goldberg at the time he broke the streak, not to mention it wasn't a clean win so it didn't make Goldberg look worse, it just ended the streak finally. No one else in WCW should've broke the streak at the time, Nash was easily top 5 draws of WCW at the time. Nash didn't kill WCW, Ted Turner and Vince Russo ruined things for the most part.
hes a vegetarian now.
this is not a shoot
HEY HEY HEY, TOWARDS THE END OF WCW LIFE, KEVIN NASH WAS RUNNING THE SHOW. HOW DO Y'ALL THINK GOLDBERGS "STREAK" CAME TO AN END??? COME ON GUYS IT WASN'T JUST HOGAN OR BISCHOFF OR RUSSO, KEVIN NASH RUINED WCW TOO.
I THINK RUSSO CHANGES !!!!!!!!
WWE and TNA both suck but, no matter what you think, you have to admit that TNA is just a bit better than WWE. and russo is the man who made WWF and killed WCW
ric flair
"Hogan and Bischoff don't care who they step on to get what they want." LOOK WHO'S TALKING, VINCE!!!!!
Things like this, where Russo talks about something that happened 11 years prior to this, was one of the reasons why I could never watch TNA. It was always about stupid backstage gossip.
How is this building into your wrestling show, and sell tickets and try to grab the attention of the audience to buy PPVs? Well the answer was... it didn´t.
alot a of marks on youttube I see
and not looked at as a total failure as he is today. Vince Russo is a total failure but WCW had no leadership no BOSS and thats on Ted Turner and Eric Bitchoff ex after firing Stone Cold that end up being the worst thing he ever did in his career that will haunt him for the rest of his career he picked Old over Youth and the youth was Stone Cold, Jericho, Rey,Big Show, Eddie,Beniot and the list goes on how poor WCW was they had the talent to beat WCW... WCW put WCW out period Vince knows it
Vince Russo didn't kill WCW Eric and Hogan did so now make sence Vince Russo didn't kill wcw they did. So TNA sucks and WWE still kick ass. TNA is afraid to go back on Mondays cause wwe will kick there ass.
Mr showtime they did not . it was AOL . dont lie ok
except they never were successful like WCW. That is the big difference.