Vince Russo forfeits the WCW Heavyweight Title - 10/2/00

[889976889]

goldberg was the most feared in wrestling

[Darazz]

Fire Russo *clap clap clapclapclap* Fire Russo

[davwuh]

Russo is awesome, all you haters go and watch crap like ROH

[MrStcarroll29]

WCW was bad before Russo arrived. It became unbearable when he started appearing

 on camera.

[hydraIX]

This is WHY WCW died...Russo , Bischoff , Hogan , Nash , stupid storylines and big egos !!!Thank the heavens this asswipe was relieved of his duties in TNA !!!

He even sounds like a moron when He opens his big fat yap !!!

[118DMG118]

Vince Russo > IWC Nerds.

[achayes1985]

The best part of this is Tony Schivanie, Scott Hudson and Mark Madden doing Mystery Science Theater 3000 as Russo is talking

[lopido]

@darkeradicator1990 he did

[robbymac1981]

2nd greatest champ behind Duey

[strang14]

Reminded me of the Micheal Cole crap that was happening a while ago >.>

[Sith8491138]

@strang14 I'll give Cole this much; at least he hasn't put any title belts on either himself or any Hollywood actors...

[strang14]

@Sith8491138 point taken XD

[grupoartv]

It's the Popemobile jajajaja

[YanksR5]

shut up mark madden you are pain in the ass.

[YanksR5]

this was Vince Russo last appearance on nitro after he left Russo went home with post-concussion syndrome for the last six months that WCW was in business.

[CanadienDestroyer]

You know, I honestly miss WCW. Even during 2000 it was fun to watch in an MST3K kind of way.

[paladindarknite]

@CanadienDestroyer funny coming from a mst3k and pro wrestling fan! im one too!

[yeshamandala2]

@CanadienDestroyer I agree, I miss it too.

[CaptainOmarful]

Man what excitement in the crowd

[2011mrkingofkings]

Vince Russo sucks

New York Yankees sucks.

[benchpress265able]

Russo sucks ass the last time i saw him was on TNA and he was crying about having to work under Bishoff and Hogan... What a pussy!!!

[RavenRX]

@benchpress265able i think he still works for TNA....

[benchpress265able]

@RavenRX most likely but since (wrestling matters) on TNA now they don't spend as much time talking to the nobodies anymore (THANK GOD)

[jaryd12345]

I'm hoping that the 34 dislikes are people who think it was absolute bullshit that this piece of trash was anywhere near the WCW title... or wrestling in general for that matter.

[keimeira]

lol JB. I didn't remember JB being in front of a WCW camera. I honestly kind of miss these times really

[justletuslive]

I dont remember this. I remember watching WCW from 1993 to 2000... I remember the last bits of 2000 but not this..

I guess this is when WcW was dying fully - and every one knew its dead?.. Fuck russo.

[TheExpendableMachete]

Was he trying to give Russo a massage? lol

[stali28]

WCW WAS SO BAD AT STORY-LINES N TITLE SWITCHES SMDH

[YanksR5]

@stali28 WCW was so bad from 1999-2001.

[urabusxrw04]

what event did russo win the title at?

[zombee1979]

Vince russo is a cancer to pro wrestling as are Eric bishoff and hulk hogan. F them all

[chm4gsc]

@zombee1979 Russo isn't as bad at present, because i don't see him on TV any more. Hogan and bishoff, couldn't agree more. "Wrestling Matters" Then get out of the ring and let's see some wrestling!!! Don't mind an "imortal" faction, so long as other have the possibility to go over.

[2011CaptainCharisma]

Vince Russo was not responsible for the Attitude Era, Paul Heyman was.

[tomglavinehof1]

@2011CaptainCharisma uh.........you are a moron. Vince Mcmahon and Stone Cold are responsible for the Attitude Era.

[xCeRTiFiieDx]

@tomglavinehof1 If it weren't for ECW there would be no attitude era. Discussion ends here. Point. Blank. Period.

[keimeira]

@xCeRTiFiieDx exactamundo. The entire Attitide Era was one big WWE bitefest

[Swazi4]

Vince Russo represents the lowest points in WCW. His segments rank right up there with RoboCop.

[PeeboTyson]

Russo in his own mobile version of the"Cole Mine".

[thelastshockmaster]

C'mon you've got to admit the Popemobile was funny at least.

[mmscott9]

This'll be TNA in a year

[GregorywithaG]

@mmscott9 Absolutely how long do you think before Russo makes his return back to TV ?? I say before 2012

[WrestlingJackal]

JB is a fuckin stooge

[WrestlingJackal]

Borash is a fuckin fag!

[aaaaaagg2a]

The reason WCW failed was because they did too much talking and the general managers and all that authority figure story line stuff. That's why wrestling is in the gutter these days because they do too much talking and there is always a stupid authority figure angle. There should only be wrestlers on TV, not authority figures. When i watch a NBA game i never see David Stern on the court and the coaches never get 20 minutes of airtime. Wrestling should be the same way.

[ZodiacKillerSFPD]

i am not an athlete naw did i ever claim to be

[Howler15]

WHAT russo using iron man by black sabath?

[whiskeedawg]

who the hell would thumbs up this video?

[THENEWJM0NEY507]

@whiskeedawg erm how about the reason its why they clicked the video and see what they wanted too?

[Kongo001]

No business in the ring? Vince Russo has no business in the fucking Wrestling Industry. TNA needs to fire this piece of shit.

[wogacelli]

hahahaha wow, this is so bad it actually makes me believe those conspiracy theories that Vinny Mac sent Russo to the WCW to put the final nail in the coffin.

Some of the commentary here is excellent though "Russo has slipped a cock" and "He's a real-life Rambo!!" hahahaha quality

[aaaaaagg2a]

@wogacelli

I thought that same thing. I know for a fact Vince McMahon sent Russo to WCW to kill it. That's a good idea. Think about it, why would McMahon give away his best TV writer? Hell, i even bet Russo was still doing the TV writing for the WWF while he was in WCW.

[SRPC21]

"Anything Russo was involved with, I thought smelt like shit"

-Goldberg, 2009.

Wise words my friend...

[anthonykingofkings]

You know what, this is a damn rehash of the McMahon/Austin storyline.

[imlaughing2death]

LOL, at 3:37, it sounds like one of the commentators says "Russo has slipped a cock!"

[kefkasakura]

Great, Russo killed a title prestige by make it winned by someone who has never wrestled in his life (David Arquette, and himself)

[romeokid69]

Hey Vince, try looking at the ACTUAL camera, you stinky DOUCHE!!!!

[mmscott9]

was this from the last episode of Impact?

[TheUnknownHarbingers]

@mmscott9 This is WCW Nitro.. look at the thing in the bottom right corner

[TheFatalFX]

@TheUnknownHarbingers

he is being sarcastic lol

[mmscott9]

@TheUnknownHarbingers I was pointing out that TNA today is almost as bad as WCW in 1999/2000

[zontonerwwe9]

@mmscott9 no its not you fucking idiot,im sick and tired of these lame-ass jokes you retard.do you see a non-wrestler being world champion in tna?

[jfrodriguez91]

@zontonerwwe9 nope, but we see ratings as bad (and worse) than the kiss lip sync segment.

[zontonerwwe9]

@jfrodriguez91 the ratings aren't horrible.1,5+ million viewers every week isn't bad lol.but what the hell do ratings have to do with what im talking about?

[jfrodriguez91]

@zontonerwwe9 about how you try to defend tna not being as bad as wcw was, get over it....wrestling in general sucks today....the only company that actually has de potencial to do something amazing(wwe) chooses not to cause they dont really have a competition(and they seem to do ok with women and kids oriented stuff so.....)

[zontonerwwe9]

@jfrodriguez91 lol,ratings have nothing to do with the quality of a product,jershey shore gets huge ratings but the show completely sucks.same with wwe.ecw used to get low ratings but does that mean their show sucked?hell no.tna doesn't have potential?lol.tna has the best roster in wrestling right now and still has very good matches on ppv but their booking is a mess and they are inconsistant but they DO have potential and they are better than wwe.

[jfrodriguez91]

@zontonerwwe9 nope their not, whatever....i really dont feel like discussing wrestling anymore...in a couple of years there wont even be discussions cause tna wont exist, thanks to russo... anyways, i dont care for wrestling theses days...and arent you a bit old to still be watching wrestling in the first place?

[zontonerwwe9]

@jfrodriguez91 no its not my actual age im 19 years old.

[jfrodriguez91]

@zontonerwwe9 my point exactly....im 19 too....how many 19 year olds do you know that watch wrestling?(plz dont say all my friends.)

[allforch17]

@zontonerwwe9 although adam jones was one half of the tna tag team champs and he didn't wrestle shit. The most studipest move in tna, pushing adam jones as a wrestler

[zontonerwwe9]

@allforch17 who the fuck is adam jones?you mean packman jones?so what,wwe made floyd mayweather beat the big show at wrestlemania or had rourke knock out jericho with one fucking punch.wwe has done a lot of shit with celebrities making their wrestlers look like shit.

[allforch17]

@zontonerwwe9 I agree with that, and that they used models to find female wrestlers. But at least there was no celeb winning a title in wwe

[Mizzarrk]

Borash is such a badass ........ russo is a idiot.

[YanksR5]

vince russo is a piece of shit.

[fabiouh2014]

is that jeremy borash

[SCBianchi]

@fabiouh2014 0:14 he clearly asks, 'is that Borat?'.

[lesteralive07]

@fabiouh2014 yes it is

[DeathFromInFront]

@fabiouh2014 He was junior booker at this point.

[awesomecaws]

vince sounds like "the jerky boys"...."i'll take my shirt off and kick your ass"

[ussr206]

wcw is suck a fucking fail i just shit my pants when i watch this and thank that goldberg went to wwe

[660Juggalo]

this aint too bad i like this.better than WWE

[91gt306]

this is the shit that killed wcw, the aol/time warner merger was just what put wcw out of its misery. for people to say this garbage is still better then wwe today is just stupid. i remember trying to watch this and i couldnt sit thru it i had to change it while i can atleast sit thru raw or smackdown today. look at that arena compared to when the monday night wars were going on. those arenas were filled with screaming fans atleast wwe arenas today are still pretty filled.

[theshakter]

@91gt306 yes filled with women and kids lol

[Hartebreaker84]

Russo clams he copi....er made the wwf attitude era lol!

[teddykgb33160]

russo is a cancer and a loser

[tb049]

Who booked this crap? Russo

[topdinero]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSSO!

The most controversial booker out there.

[WrestlingMega]

If jeff Jarrett owns TNA why doesn't he just Fire Russo

[660Juggalo]

@WrestlingMega

he liked Russo but if he wanted to he couldnt of because A hospital owned part of TNA then Dixie's dumbass showed up with Robert Carter's money to buy like 75 percent i think of TNA.

So Russo is a kissass to Dixie,but between you and me TNA was getting good before Hulk Hogan came to TNA.

IF hulk hogan left and Russo and Bischoff could be the writing team and do whatever they want without Dixie's decisions then TNA would be good.i heard Dixie shoots down alot of ideas

[WrestlingMega]

ITS BORASH

[MAMAT314]

vince russo suxxx

[EducatedRebellion101]

Isn't this whole angle kind of ripping off old WWF ? Austin drove the Miller Lite wagon up to the ring, Austin drove a beer truck to the ring, Undertaker used coffin vehicles, Honky Tonk Man & Greg Valentine used pink cadillacs in some of their entrances, etc... Seems like they just thought it would be "cool" to drive a vehicle to the ring, it worked before, so they thought it would work again. By the way, was this before or after Kurt Angle drove the milk truck to the ring ??

[Disfigure06]

in reality, after russo won the wcw title, who the fuck would want to win that title ever again after all its credibility was lost.

[mrkingofkings]

Russo as World Heavyweight Champion is a disgrace to wrestling and WCW.

[dojOdRiFTeR]

russo with vine mmahons diretion is a god russo without mmhaon suks guy needs direction

[massimomoratti27]

russo killed wcw and now he is trying the same thing with tna

[adamV5]

it was 10 minutes you dickhead russo!

[silverbeast75]

ok is it me or does vince sound like a high pitched school boy who got kicked in the nuts?? someone shut him the fuck up!!!

[jettenjetta]

that was jeramy borash lol wow. he was in wcw.

[Shoooooooo81]

I don't remember this at all. I'm glad i don't because this is terrible. No wonder WCW went under.

[YoungBelushi]

Goldberg wins bar fights

[YoungBelushi]

who is he looking at when hes talking? not the camera thats for sure

[guardianshaven]

Thumbs down for Mark Madden's horrible commentary

[wordlifeheel]

Thumbs up for JB being there.

[jenni0202008]

yeah goldberg.. every morning when i read the paper i see u in the damn toilet.. too good :)

[puffykilled2pac]

HIs accent makes him sound mentally retarded.

[ColorsBright]

1 thing that ruined WCW during this time were the sloppy matches. For some reason the matches seemed very weak and random... Around this time the wrestlers seemed like they didnt know what move was coming next.

[jaykhunter]

It's like watching a slow motion car crash. It's horrible but I can't look away! It is pretty funny but this is bush-league comedy, not for your main event storyline.

[countbloodula]

YANKEES SUCK!

[anthonykingofkings]

Why was Vince Russo the WCW Champion? Oh god!

[prototype00000]

russo is the man...the wrestling journalists are just jelous wanting to take wrestling back to the dark ages. they should criticise wwe creative more then tna but i think wwe creative sell inside info about wwe to the journalists so they dont attack the wwe. its all media crap.

[jenni0202008]

it s entertainment and funny!!! i like it!!!!

[rmathew2]

Russo had a cool theme song

[SausageKnee]

Russo didn't kill WCW, it was already close to death when he got there. This is still 10x better than anything WWE have put out in the last 6 years

[ESSJ333]

@SausageKnee i agree russo didnt kill wcw

[mistanderson]

@SausageKnee For the last 6 yrs LMFAO u might wanna change that number because 2004-06 was great. yeah it wasnt better than 1998-02 but it was great.

[7LucasCabrera71]

JB? holy fucking lol

[rmathew2]

@7LucasCabrera71 haha yeah I cant believe that is the same Jeremy Borash in TNA

[dennnis2781]

This idiot is clearly reading off a script in plain view and he still sucks at acting!

[rmathew2]

@dennnis2781 he does suck at acting but as far as being a dick and a corrupt executive who sucks at booking matches, that was completely him.

[Thatsomebootychatter]

This is so ridiculous that it's good. I actually think that the ironic value of this infinitely better than the WWE's current state of staleness, or TNA's plain awfulness. Very funny to see Russo continuously looking down at his script during his monologue at the beginning of the bit. Would have been cool to see Goldberg take in 174 guys in one night. Long live WCW!

[joeyblack1980]

this idiot tried to copy the mcmahon-stone cold feud........russo sucks

[edge1rated2superstar]

He speaks like a idiot

[BCEagle73]

WTF was Russo still doing in WCW in October of 2000?

[DeGenerationY1989]

Jeremy Borash always looks the same... always looks young lol

[zzDzCzCzz]

I was a WWF fan back in the day, but to see WCW go down to crapper like this was just sad. Wrestling has never been as good as it was during the ratings wars of the late 90's

[Lfdjake91]

Vince Russo is a complete douchebag w/ no buisness being in wrestling. His putting the WCW World title on himself was the single worst angle ever! Even David Arquette's title run was better and thats saying something.

[GalaxyVoyage1]

Russo has no business being in wrestling. He doesn't even look like someone who know what the sport is all about.

[MrSarge0327]

Ballrash sucks!!!! what a fucking tool

[Chrisdrumz]

By this time WCW was drawing an average of 15 people at shows. The crowd noise is dubbed and most of the audience are paid actors.

[nintendojuggalo]

@Chrisdrumz Not funny.

[Chrisdrumz]

@nintendojuggalo Not supposed to be.

[Wirespeak]

@Chrisdrumz Of all the small crowds that WCW had, this San Francisco one takes the cake.

The arena's so dark ... it seems like they're doing a Saturday Night taping.

[dennymon27]

@Chrisdrumz nah, nobdy paid to see this crap, lol!!!!!

[YanksR5]

bischoff is better than russo

[Lfdjake91]

@YanksR5 Yeah, he is but they both still suck!!

[Cornelio101]

81,336 views on youtube... that's probably more people than watched wcw at this time.

[PookeoResurrected]

This is what Russo should've said.. "Last week on Nitro, I realized I screwed WCW"

[enigma2010grad]

russo is a big pile of shit thanks asshole for killing wcw

[Leg3ndKilla687]

""russo has slipped the cock"""

[Vishal13692]

WCW <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<­<<<<<<<<WWF

[selfhighfive]

Anyone notice Russo talks like Criss Angel?

[wrestledon]

damn this was awful plain n flat out awful, wcw 2000 = plain out garbage n utter crap n this just proves it i mean what the hell was meng/haku doin there he was way past his time that old jobber and goldberg, well russo could have re-built the messed up wcw he could have rebuilt it entirly around goldberg n maybe if russo did that ratings might have gone up a lil but no what did he russo do insted he went n made peeps like steiner n jarret world champ man what a waste!!!

[Mathisbrothers1]

LOLZ MArk MAdden is hillarious during this time But only 5 more months till the demise

[countbloodula]

goldberg sux on the mic

dont know why so many fans find him interrestnng?

[WWEMANIAC316]

Goldberg shouldve became HUGE

[Regemgadevideos]

Vince Russo:

"Last week on Nitro,

I prove to the entire world,

That in any given time,

I could become,

The WCW champion."

Nostalgia Critic: "Just like I prove, to TNA that I can, Making good PPVs, I'm acting."

Seriously though, Russo can't manage WCW for shit.

[nintendojuggalo]

@Regemgadevideos NC is the bomb.

[havelockify]

@Regemgadevideos russo is a son of a bitch cos of him wcw went under i hate his voice aswell

[manbearpig8402]

"Vince slipped a cock!"

[RhysDaBeast100]

What A Dick

[nintendojuggalo]

History repeats itself. A while ago Vince McMahon took the ECW title and nowadays he books his stooges in matches who nobody wants to see. Damn.

[Dud512]

@nintendojuggalo wats the difference between russo as WCW champ and McMahon as ECW Champ?

[nintendojuggalo]

@Dud512 None. Both ruined the legacy of the titles they held and had no business being wrestlers.

[Dud512]

@nintendojuggalo wasn't vince also wwf champ?

[nintendojuggalo]

@Dud512 Damn, you're right. That title isn't worth shitall anymore either.

[Dud512]

@nintendojuggalo well i know me personally the only 2 world titles that i truly like are the NWA world Championship and the World Championship but the WWE title isn't like it used 2 be cuz Cena holds the title when guys like shelton benjamin and somethin don't even get a shot

[napalmwedding]

@Dud512 God, I hope you're not talking about that stupid spinner belt...

[Dud512]

@napalmwedding no it was before then

[Vishal13692]

@Dud512 vince is better than russo

[Lfdjake91]

@nintendojuggalo McMahon was way better then either Bischoff or Russo.

[nintendojuggalo]

@Lfdjake91 Wow, you're a genious now. Eat a bowl of McMahon's cock.

[Lfdjake91]

@nintendojuggalo Right after you swallow more of Russo's shit that you been gobbeling up for years. Then you can follow it up w/ some of Bishcoff's sperm as well shitbag.

[mwcarolina]

@Lfdjake91

Bischoff's character on television wasnt bad though, McMahon's was better (of course), but Bischoff had a good character, Russo was just dull.

[dennymon27]

@Dud512 what about McMahon as WWF champ?

[Inediblehulk]

There were only two groups that killed WCW: nWo fans and smarks.

[DragonDDT]

God, every time I get nostalgic about WCW, I go back and watch this...and I'm glad it died.

[hbk4eva1]

this man is a joke -_-

[90BL3174]

who wouldve known both of these would end up in TNA lol

[5590ERS]

Who won the match between Jarrett and Steiner, by the way?

[WrestlingBiz]

It was AOL who wanted nothing to do with it. Ted Turner was 100% behind WCW till the end. He would have never allowed WCW, the Hawks or the Braves to be sold.

Also you do realize that when the WWE was losing to WCW that WWE had to give away thousands of free tickets for every show to get the arena's filled. When a company is growing or struggling it's considered normal.

[WrestlingBiz]

Turner was against AOL / TW merger from the start. Once AOL had control of all of Time Warner they started to look at the divisions of the company. AOL wanted NOTHING to do with pro wrestling and ordered WCW to be shutdown and sold off. AOL also ordered to have the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks sold as well. WCW going under had nothing to do with WWE, Russo, EB and Hogan.

[DragonDDT]

@WrestlingBiz And losing $7 million in 1999, and $70 million in 2000 had NOTHING to do with that decision, right?

[WrestlingBiz]

WCW was owned by Ted Turner. Ted Turner merged his companies with Time Wanrer and became the majority share holder in Time Warner. WCW fell under the Time Warner umbrella and was under there for a long time. AOL came along and merged with Time Warner and Steve Case the CEO of AOL bought out enough shares that he was able to force a buyout of Ted Turner and thus removed Ted Turner from power.

[Marty2Hotty]

You guys that bash Russo take it too seriously. Russo is playing a character, a heel.. in real life he is not like this. He played a great heel and obviously it worked

[Lfdjake91]

@Marty2Hotty The problem was his character sucked!

[OCcrazy1]

did goldberg beat the recorded

[simpkin15]

Vince Russo really helped kill wcw he thought everything he did was right when everybody knew it didn't work he sucks