WWE need to bring back Vince Russo as head writer

[Rusty Brookes]

Cornette hating Lucha Underground for looking "like a ******* movie!" was a red flag for how out of touch he is and likely always has been. Started considering why most of his wrestling life stories end with failure, "f’ed over" instead of success.

95% of what Cornette says is spot on. One just has to look at the ratings (which stink at the moment), the lack of anything approaching a lack of crossover star, etc

Lucha Underground is just that - an underground TV show. He's right - it does look like a movie. It's hardly AAA at their peak, drawing in 50,000+ fans in Mexico or drawing 10,000 crowds in Los Angeles in the 1990s.



If failure is managing one of the top tag teams of all time, participating in some of the biggest matches of all time, booking some of the greatest wrestling of all time, developing some of the greatest of all time, running his own promotion, then sign me up for failure.

Just a few numbers to chew on - Raw's biggest TV audience of 2019 was 3.2 million viewers for the Reunion show which obviously looked to hook in older viewers. Back in 1988 WCW was considered to be in trouble - the Ric Flair vs Sting Clash of Champions match drew a TV audience of 7.8 million programmed against WrestleMania. Modern wrestling is a niche market - it was mainstream back in the 70s/80s/90s.

Most Watched WCW Matches

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He's always backed up any claim with actual evidence.

I get you're not a Cornette fan and yes, he doesn't have much time for modern wrestling (although he very much puts over wrestlers that he does like eg Rhea Ripley). But he knows more about the business than just about anyone.

 

[Freomaniac]

The OP has me convinced. If Russo and Vince can’t kill WWE, than nothing will.

The WWE, needs to decide what it wants to be. Does it want to be a wrestling company, or does it want to be an entertainment company. Once they have decided that, then maybe, just maybe they can make the product more enjoyable. They don’t need Russo to come back, Russo wouldn’t even be a band aid to a broken back, he would be a sledge hammer to the broken back.

Again, Vince McMahon dont give a stuff what anyone thinks.

He is getting money from various forms.

WWE is getting 200 million a year from USA network for showing raw. They are also getting 200 million a year from Fox for Smackdown. They are getting 20-30 million a year for 10 years from those Saudi Arabia shows too

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Cornette ... booking some of the greatest wrestling of all time

What?

 

[Rusty Brookes]

What?

He won the Wrestling Observer Booker of the Year three times (1993 for Smoky Mountan Wrestling, 2001 and 2003 for Ohio Valley Wrestling) - remember that these were small regional promotions so it's not as though this stuff was easy to find. He's credited with developing John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar to the point where they were polished enough to appear on WWE TV.


He was on the WCW Booking Committee in 1989 which means he had a hand in the Ric Flair - Terry Funk feud - which reinvigorated WCW both at the gate (the only five figure crowds WCW drew that year) and on TV (Flair - Funk I Quit did around 6 million viewers). And although the Flair-Steamboat feud didn't quite click at the gate, it produced incredible matches.

 

[Freomaniac]

AEW has a new tv deal.....

its worth 175 million dollars over 4 years or around 45 million a year.

So this will make AEW profitable

 

[Freomaniac]

AEW's Explosive New TV Deal Worth $175 Million

New specifics emerge on AEW's shiny new TV deal.

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Again.... its confirmed AEW signed a 4 year deal at $175 million dollars over 4 years.

 

[BEEG]

Russo is a ******* nut

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Lost all credibility once he went to WCW only good thing he did there was stand up to Hogan's back stage politics

 

[Freomaniac]

Lost all credibility once he went to WCW only good thing he did there was stand up to Hogan's back stage politics

most if his WCW tenure was bad. As I said, he did a few positives. Yes stand up to Hogan's politics was one.

He gave younger guys a push and even gave some a belt reign.

Lance Storm got the biggest push in his career under Russo winning the hardcore belt, the cruiserweight belt and the US belt.

Guys like Booker T and Scott Steiner got a run with the WCW world title even if was brief and it was in the 2nd half of 2000.

You got a massive roster of 60-80 guys on that WCW roster in 2000, so it's impossible to keep every one happy

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

most if his WCW tenure was bad. As I said, he did a few positives. Yes stand up to Hogan's politics was one.

He gave younger guys a push and even gave some a belt reign.

Lance Storm got the biggest push in his career under Russo winning the hardcore belt, the cruiserweight belt and the US belt.

Guys like Booker T and Scott Steiner got a run with the WCW world title even if was brief and it was in the 2nd half of 2000.

You got a massive roster of 60-80 guys on that WCW roster in 2000, so it's impossible to keep every one happy

His promo about Hogan on Nitro was gold

 

[Freomaniac]

His promo about Hogan on Nitro was gold

Dont you mean bash at beach 2000 when he called Hogan a big bald son of a bitch?

 

[Senor M]

He gave younger guys a push and even gave some a belt reign.

Lance Storm got the biggest push in his career under Russo winning the hardcore belt, the cruiserweight belt and the US belt.

Guys like Booker T and Scott Steiner got a run with the WCW world title even if was brief and it was in the 2nd half of 2000.

Russo's favourite wrestler in 2000 was vacant--- had 6 separate WCW title reigns in 2000 alone.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Dont you mean bash at beach 2000 when he called Hogan a big bald son of a bitch?

Yes sorry my bad

 

[winty]

Russo's favourite wrestler in 2000 was vacant--- had 6 separate WCW title reigns in 2000 alone.

Was it Russo who wanted to put the title on Tank Abbott as well?

 

[Senor M]

Was it Russo who wanted to put the title on Tank Abbott as well?

Yep!

He wanted to put the title on Tank Abbott in a battle royal following Chris Benoit leaving to WCW. Because Tank Abbott was a ‘legit’ tough guy.

 

[Freomaniac]

Yep!

He wanted to put the title on Tank Abbott in a battle royal following Chris Benoit leaving to WCW. Because Tank Abbott was a ‘legit’ tough guy.

Yeah well compared to David Arquette and Vince Russo, Tank Abbott is a legit tough guy.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

David Arquette winning the WCW title I remember that.

What a ******* joke made a mockery of the title.