Given the fact that people that disagreestrongly with Vince Russo don't tend to stay long on his writing staff, why would he be surprised that no one spoke up against one of his ideas?
I belive anyone , ANYONE , can write better material for wrestling then this guy. I am talking about anyone who cares about wrestling. I have heard and seen FANS come up with better ideas then him. And yet HE is the one in the wrestling bussiness. He is wrestlings biggest shame.
@Rodgerinho You know FOR A FACT? And how is that? Let's see you post a video where you show paystubs from WCW showing you worked for them, or a picture of you standing with them while the idea is come up with. You don't have to BELIEVE him, but you have no way of "knowing for a fact" - so quit being such a tool.
To this day this asshole cannot admit that it was a terrible fucking idea. I've tried reading his book a ton of times and he's such an arrogant asshole that I just can't get past a third of the book.
Everyone involved is to be blame, actually the least blame falls on Arquette who,as a wrestling fan, knew that by putting the belt on him would kill its credibility and he even turned the opportunity down on numerous occasions. Everyone had and opportunity to say no but they all sat in silence which is just as bad.
@ChippyOkenKiken, That's the ironic thing about the Arquette debacle, he actually had respect for the belt and the wrestling history behind it, while Russon didn't give two shits.
On a side note, this dumb schmuck wants to talk about publicity and actors. There are other ways to do that in pro wrestling without PUTTING THE F'N TITLE ON THEM! Look up Andy Kaufman some time! That would have been a good angle to do. Have Arquette come in as a heel, talk smack about wrestling on Nitro. Then book the angle for Thunder where a babyface does him in in a match to prove to him that he's wrong. Arquette in a neck brace or in an ambulance...hey there's your publicity!
If Schiavone of all people said that then he was screwing with him because Tony Schiavone would never have legitimately wanted to see David Arquette as World Heavyweight champion. Say what you will about Schiavone, most of it is likely not fair to him, but one thing he was was proud of wrestling tradition and what that title meant to professional wrestling. Vince Russo has done more to ruin our sport than any controversy, scandal, or crime ever has.
Russo is so fucking stupid and delusional that he is a genius coming from the other direction.
Example of his 'skill': I have never seen anyone bring down a company that had so much success and so much going for it all the way to snail-shit level so fast and so brilliantly. TNA was sliced and diced very thoroughly and very well by Vince Russo.
I actually hate Mcmahon more than Russo. Vince R is just a prime example of what happens when you allow a complete fucking retard to run your company.
It was Vince Russo idea to put the WCW championship belt on David Arquette for the publicity!
okay maybe at the time no one at the committee disagreed with it and didn't say to him no this is a bad idea; well then in the words of cm punk you shouldnt have had douchebag yes men in the committee
@jaymantube nah the wcw was completely worthless way before aurquette won it. If ou look back the wcw changed hands in 1999 12 times and 2000 19 times. So basically every week you would a new world champion. And it started with nash laying down for hulk hogan becuase of the finger poke of doom.
He's pulling people down with him. You didn't need the EXTRA publicity,that damn B list guy was already there to promote Ready To Rumble,but nooooooo,he just had to plug the microwave to the generator and PHOOOM,blew a fuse
Fuck you Russo, putting the blame on Terry Schiavone. The biggest fuck-up of a writer and booker throws somebody under the bus, big shock there. He lied through his teeth in this video just like he lied to get hired by both WCW and TNA. This man does not have a shread of integrity or actual knowledge of how to book wrestling in his entire body. Dixie needs to fire this idiot or TNA will go the way of WCW.
Y is he still employed by TNA.....oh wait cause i forgot Dixie Carter is a fucking mark she only does what is or was popular in wrestling and hires anybody who draws regardless of their past or current problems. TNA will die, i dunno when but it will happen. With Russo, Hogan and EB in power that is NOT a winning formula
Shame on Tony for coming up with that. Vince has proven how dumb he is by thinking it was a good idea - how did he get his job exactly? And a room full of 15 guys all agreed?
the truth of the matter is that (apparently) the idea of Arquette winning the title was suggested as a joke, and Russo ran with it, despite everyone else thinking it was a stupid idea, including Arquette himself.
0:01 Negro Kid? is that what he said? WCW failed because of the moron management. He made other interviews taking credit for the david arquette incident.
That's bullshit, I know for a fact that he's lying through his teeth. Schiavone didnt pitch that to him, he's just using him as a scapegoat. And what, he asked people's opinions? Yeah right, I bet he told them straight it was going to happen and they thought "fuck, here we go again"
@Rodgerinho Dude. Schiavone came up with the KiSS concert. And Arquette was one of his favorite comedians. He had pull with the back. He was dumb enough to suggest something like that. I don't know how you know that for a "fact" when you weren't there.
@pandagenma Okay, I'll retract the word "fact", how about strongly convinced, educated guess?Look at the times Russo came out on live tv and did something ludicrous.If you type in Russo Goldberg that's one of the worst, where he rants about trying to get Goldberg beaten up.Mike Tenay's interview with him, the opinions of Goldberg, Jim Cornette and Dutch Mantell, watch those videos and come back to me.2 of those guys called him a bare-faced liar.And the commentators reactions are priceless
@pandagenma Maybe Schiavone had something to do with it, but to be honest it seems like a really weak excuse, and the fact that he used Dutch Mantell as a scapegoat for his shit writing in TNA makes me believe that yes, he's quite likely to be lying in this video
@romans52345 That's absolutely true, although he wasn't alone either. Thing is he had Vince to smack him in the ear when things were getting ridiculous. Problem with Russo, like so many others, he didnt have a clue how to handle power and ended up making a balls of it when he was in charge. There's some strength to the theory he was a WWF plant intended to ruin WCW
@matrix4022 Difference is all I was doing was commenting on the vid. You and so many other guys like you scour the comments to pass a clippy one-liner on somebody else's comment. Be different if you actually spoke like a regular person, but the one sentence sweeping comment is a bitch move
@matrix4022 Heck, I'll even admit maybe Russo didn't pitch that idea, but from the number of thumbs up and all the conversations I've had with people about Russo, I think I'm on the money with that comment. Are you saying Russo isn't a huge fuck-up? I mean really, what do you disagree with in my comment? If you knew how Russo was regarded by his fellow professionals you'd see exactly why it's very likely he did engineer that disgrace at the time
@Rodgerinho Every promoter is hated. That's wrestling. People who're thumbs-upping are clueless, and are going with whatever they're told on the net. Russo isn't without fault, but it's quite clear, anything bad is blamed on Russo, everything good to credited to someone else. That's nonsense, and the people who propagate it are morons like Jim Cornette who are just pissed off that Russo is more successful than them.
@matrix4022 I'll say this, you're not just an airhead who likes to pass a sweeping comment, I appreciate you engaging with what you've said. Absolutely agree Russo is in some ways a genius, and as a writer he was a massive part of WWF's successes. He may get a bad rap at times, or he's maybe a scapegoat. But his work at WCW, the things he said and did, they were all him, and I just think he's a complete fool.Good writer, but no clue in management. Watch him trying to get Goldberg beaten up, live
@Rodgerinho Russo admitted to Tenay that Arquette winning was a publicity stunt. Here, he contradicts himself by blaming Shicone for it all; as if he introduced the concept as a rational idea, and Russo ran with it.
@NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 saved wwe, dude russo didnt save anything, his booking his the SHITS, have you been watching TNA.......Worst booking ever of all times, NOTHING makes any sense.
what is it in TNA that doe'snt make Make Any sense is it them saving Mr Anderson an Elijah burke that the pope Wrestling carare...
is it puting the title on jeff hardy an giving matt hardy A push after WWE nearly destroy him...
maby it's this taking A Company that jaret an his dad started that wasn't even as big as ECW was an ginving it A weekly 2 hour Episode sereie's on Main stram Cable in prime time. in less then decade.
Look at Russo showing how fucking stupid he is. "We need people talking about WCW! We need a publicity stunt...." blah blah blah.
Thank you, Vince, for proving every internet smark and wrestling fan with half a brain right by proving you were all about being "over-the-top, gag-oriented, shock people into watching" motherfucker that killed wrestling from the mainstream. You were NOT responsible for Attitude, Stone Cold, DX, Montreal, or anything relavant. You are (were) an overpaid jackass.
wwe have done alot dafter things, mae young giving birth to a hand, vince mcmahon winning the world tittle, hornswoggle winning the cruiserweight title, micheal cole getting arse raped by heidenreich
@immortal750 BINGO. Someone gets it. YES. Thought I might be alone.
Yes, Russo is a clown. But unlike all the hacks that WWE have hired to write their TV since he left he doesnt hate wrestling. He doesnt see it as a joke. Vince pays about 10-15 writes 100s of thousands a year for a job they hate, are embarrased by and will not readily admit with any pride thats what they do for a living.
Russo is a misguided fool.
Vinces current writers are wrestling business and fan, haters.
@immortal750 Every company has dumb storylines..But putting a world title on someone like Arquette..That's not even close to some of the dumb ideas WWE has done. McMahon winning the belt lasted very short and at the very least, it ran with the storyline - McMahon was a mainstay on WWE, so it was okay that he won the belt.
@immortal750 Not as fucked up as this. Also what vince did was stupid but at least he was over and his run was short unlike Russo who wasn't over at all.
u guys need to stop hating on him, there would have been no attitude era if it wasn't for him, and hes right, they needed people talking about WCW so it was a good idea, u guys need to get out of ur moms basement and realize stuff like that is quite entertaining to watch, not if it happens all the time but heck once every well umm lifetime is good.
Tony made a joke about that happening in a production meeting and everyone but Russo laughed cause they knew it was so bad it was a joke. Everyone besides this joke.
Put the belt on Vampiro, Jericho, Malenko, any new talent other than someone not involved with the business. That will keep people interested in WCW. If Russo had any real knowledge, he would have laughed at Schiavone's face or fired him for such a stupid suggestion.
Your right about the Austin and Vince feud it was good he had good ideas but I dunno why this man still gets hired to wrestle he should be writing bad b movies or shiity books like the one he wrote
Plus, putting the belt on vince mcmahon was worse in my opinion, at least they done it as a joke. Arquette was like "I don't want the title" after he won the belt, but Mcmahon was like "Look at me i'm the champion, I did it". Also he won the Royal Rumble & beat Ken Shemrock in a lions dens match, awful stuff.
Everyone gives Russo shit for killing wcw (which Kevin Sullivan doesn't get enough of), but he should also be giving credit for helping the wwf during the attitude era, his booking was good up until 1999.
I've met Russo at conventions a few times and he seems like a decent guy, of course i've never worked with him but people shouldn't wish him death, that's fucking sick.
@JMcauley211 Thing is Russo ideas will still shit in the attitude era he tries to take credit for created Stone cold and the Rock but he didnt Steve Austin created Stone Cold and The Rock created The Rock he tries to say he did and he didnt do shit
@SnakeXJones Okay I'll give you credit in saying The rock created the rock and Austin created Austin but he did come up with some good ideas, The Vince/Austin feud, Kane/taker feud(Even though some of it was ludicrous) & Dx.
That said in 1999 his booking was really bad. I was never a fan of the attitude era due to tv matches lasting a minute, talking for 20 minutes & some things that crossed the line, like Mae young giving birth to a hand....
Bullshit vince russo's current storylines show and prove that he was all for it with david arquette winning title..vince russo's storylines are too looney and same old boring ideas wwf used in 1995 when they stunk!..where is tony schiovone anyways??
I don't actually them putting the belt on Arquette. He had the belt for two weeks, it got some press, it was an outrageous stunt, and he wasn't a bad heel. The one that pisses me off is when he put the belt on himself.
listen up cock sucker!!! russo was NEVER the head writer in the wwf punk. he was in the creative team but NEVER the headwriter everybody knows that vince macmahon was and is the headwriter in the wwf/wwe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so douchebag wcw did in 1999 until russo arrived pretty well they had neary the same ratings as wwf. he went to wcw beacause jj dillinger was a fucking idoit just like you are and thought that russo was the headwriter in wwf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
According to J.R. (head of talent for WWF, at the time) and Vince McMahon HIMSELF in the 'Rise and Fall of WCW' DVD... Vince Russo WAS the head writer for WWF beginning in 1997. Before that, he was just a staff writer. He left in late '99.
You're just wrong. I'm not sure where you're getting your facts, but you're absolutely wrong. It's common knowledge that Russo was head writer for WWF during the Attitude Era.
@duarschgeburt1 Russo really sucked in WWE, huh?“In 1997 Russo became head writer for the WWF and was instrumental in putting WWF ahead of WCW in Monday night ratings during the Attitude Era.Notable storylines and characters during Russo's run as head writer include Austin vs McMahon, Taker vs. Kane, DX, the rise of The Rock, and the Mick Foley saga.In a year of Russo being the head writer of the WWF, they turned the ratings around and overcame Nitro as the biggest wrestling show on cable."
@duarschgeburt1 (continued) Anybody who knows anything about the Monday Night Wars knows that it was the Austin/McMahon feud, Taker/Kane feud, Rock and Mankind characters/storylines, and DX that put WWF ahead of WCW in the ratings! Ur telling me those angles sucked!?Well Russo was the head writer during that time u do the math, Smark!He didn’t even leave WWE for WCW until October 5, 1999. Get your facts straight next time and maybe you won’t sound like a complete jackass, okay? &STFU PLEASE
John Morrison really let himself go....
flightsnhike226 2 weeks ago
TNA get a rid of this poison.
kisser83 1 month ago
OHHHHHH SO IF ITS A GREAT IDEA like WWF Attitude he Steals the Credit and says ME ME ME but bad idea he pushes it off on other poelple LOL yea ok
BrokenMegaMan 1 month ago
You mean that Schiavone came up with that idea..if its true he sucks too..
shoprite118 2 months ago
Truly one of the darkest days in wrestling history. And man...when I say dark, I'm talking overcooked chicken dark!
StarSaber7 3 months ago
There is such a thing as bad publicity..... thats all I'm sayin
jackhovatter 3 months ago
fuck russo
sayanroy36 3 months ago
Nice try to pawn your horrible idea off on other ppl Russo, you POS, but ultimately the decision was yours and yours alone. Scumfuck.
Lfdjake91 4 months ago 6
It shouldn't have crossed your mind Russo because it was a shit idea.
TOSILENCE77 4 months ago
Given the fact that people that disagreestrongly with Vince Russo don't tend to stay long on his writing staff, why would he be surprised that no one spoke up against one of his ideas?
lvoverride 4 months ago
y would anyone pay d bag to work for you?
hbkfan087 4 months ago
I belive anyone , ANYONE , can write better material for wrestling then this guy. I am talking about anyone who cares about wrestling. I have heard and seen FANS come up with better ideas then him. And yet HE is the one in the wrestling bussiness. He is wrestlings biggest shame.
JudgeDoom500 4 months ago
@Rodgerinho You know FOR A FACT? And how is that? Let's see you post a video where you show paystubs from WCW showing you worked for them, or a picture of you standing with them while the idea is come up with. You don't have to BELIEVE him, but you have no way of "knowing for a fact" - so quit being such a tool.
KaiserSoze679 4 months ago
Vince Russo needs skull fucked by billy goats lined up as far as the eye can see.
doesyourgodcomeinaca 5 months ago
People you are watching fucking genius right here.
o0Slickman0o 5 months ago
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@o0Slickman0o HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
BaronTurco 5 months ago
poor old WCW...RiP! ..hummm... =0/
tornmask 5 months ago
Motherfucker.
CHETxxxLEMON 5 months ago
This. Guy. Is. A .Joke.
benebrius 6 months ago
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bigrigbob2010 5 months ago
@benebrius Why would you want to insult a joke by comparing it to Vince Russo? A joke is actually funny, this loser is just beyond pathetic
bigrigbob2010 5 months ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW,.....
kenodobi 6 months ago
Was Arquette even that famous to bring Huge publicity to Nitro to begin with i mean why not bring Tyson or a famous Boxer to win the title -.-
xtremerockomaniac 6 months ago
How did this guy ever get to be a booker
sixnightsaweek 6 months ago
To this day this asshole cannot admit that it was a terrible fucking idea. I've tried reading his book a ton of times and he's such an arrogant asshole that I just can't get past a third of the book.
Sener 6 months ago
wow we all know this was his fucking idea wow wow
saulski90 6 months ago
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what a douch bag
mighty690am 6 months ago
If you have a bad idea Vince, least own up to it and not throw your staff under the bus.
pkhtjim 6 months ago
According to Hulk Hogan on his DVD "Hulk Still Rules", he believed that Vince McMahon sent Russo to WCW to humiliate the company.
i believe in Hogan,Nuff said fucking Russo if the TNA want to be more popular they should fired this douche
QCDeViLMaN666QC 7 months ago 14
@QCDeViLMaN666QC I mean I can't stand either of them anymore but Hogan is just a pest, Russo is the devil when it comes to wrestling
jaryd12345 5 months ago
@QCDeViLMaN666QC i believe that to
seanboy97 4 months ago
Everyone involved is to be blame, actually the least blame falls on Arquette who,as a wrestling fan, knew that by putting the belt on him would kill its credibility and he even turned the opportunity down on numerous occasions. Everyone had and opportunity to say no but they all sat in silence which is just as bad.
ChippyOkenKiken 7 months ago
@ChippyOkenKiken, That's the ironic thing about the Arquette debacle, he actually had respect for the belt and the wrestling history behind it, while Russon didn't give two shits.
TheDalinkwent 6 months ago 10
On a side note, this dumb schmuck wants to talk about publicity and actors. There are other ways to do that in pro wrestling without PUTTING THE F'N TITLE ON THEM! Look up Andy Kaufman some time! That would have been a good angle to do. Have Arquette come in as a heel, talk smack about wrestling on Nitro. Then book the angle for Thunder where a babyface does him in in a match to prove to him that he's wrong. Arquette in a neck brace or in an ambulance...hey there's your publicity!
CombatSportFan 7 months ago
If Schiavone of all people said that then he was screwing with him because Tony Schiavone would never have legitimately wanted to see David Arquette as World Heavyweight champion. Say what you will about Schiavone, most of it is likely not fair to him, but one thing he was was proud of wrestling tradition and what that title meant to professional wrestling. Vince Russo has done more to ruin our sport than any controversy, scandal, or crime ever has.
CombatSportFan 7 months ago
You needed people talking WCW, Vince. Well you did get them talkin.
Lightspeeds 7 months ago
Russo is so fucking stupid and delusional that he is a genius coming from the other direction.
Example of his 'skill': I have never seen anyone bring down a company that had so much success and so much going for it all the way to snail-shit level so fast and so brilliantly. TNA was sliced and diced very thoroughly and very well by Vince Russo.
I actually hate Mcmahon more than Russo. Vince R is just a prime example of what happens when you allow a complete fucking retard to run your company.
CMY187 7 months ago
I can not stand this idiot. His shirt needs a few more buttons btw. O_o
xRandax94 7 months ago
Vince Russo is nothing but an idiot. How the hell this guy got invloved in
wrestling I will never know.
NallMasaki 7 months ago
never crossed your mind for a good reason
NefariousVirtuoso88 7 months ago
Kill yourself Russo!
MrHalloweenjoker 7 months ago
russo was outrussed
brunomad91 7 months ago
what a liar, in his book he said the exact opposite
emperordeebo 7 months ago
Those 15 people should be taken for an afternoon of electroshock!!!!
jasonsavage2008 7 months ago
@jasonsavage2008
No 36 pepole Now don't think it was compleatly Russo fault an if you ever try to Electroshock me im gona take that taser an stick it up you'r Ass!
have A nice day.
crashwrestling666 7 months ago
Well, Vince, they probably didn't wanna get fired.
JoseDCampa 7 months ago
I wonder if its Russo who keeps coming up with those shitty storylines on TNA that they forget about 2 weeks later.
Punter1995 7 months ago
How could anyone think that giving Arquette the title is a great idea
GertGROM 7 months ago
@GertGROM because it got people talking about wcw, and still does to this day
immortal750 7 months ago
RUSSO IS A F**KER .... LIAR LIAR LIAR
CriminalKASH 7 months ago
The stupidest man on the planet, other than George W. Bush of course.
josue965ify 8 months ago
Vince Russo is a fucking joke. TNA is a cancer because of his ass. Him and his pathetic storylines and angles.
AttitudeEra4life459 8 months ago
It was Vince Russo idea to put the WCW championship belt on David Arquette for the publicity!
okay maybe at the time no one at the committee disagreed with it and didn't say to him no this is a bad idea; well then in the words of cm punk you shouldnt have had douchebag yes men in the committee
haqzuk 8 months ago
not that great of an idea after all
PUTO787 8 months ago
Fuck this guy
kingofkings09876 8 months ago
Button up your shirt, scumbag..
CHTHHA 8 months ago
Fuck Russo.
RROOAARRIINNGGELBOW 8 months ago
They should have a docummentary called "The Vinces Of Wrestling", telling the story of the two guys who killed wrestling.
WWEJVCC2010 8 months ago
The fuckin Jerry Springer of sports entertainment.
egg64 8 months ago
That was basically putting the WCW title in the trash when Arquette won
jaymantube 8 months ago
@jaymantube nah the wcw was completely worthless way before aurquette won it. If ou look back the wcw changed hands in 1999 12 times and 2000 19 times. So basically every week you would a new world champion. And it started with nash laying down for hulk hogan becuase of the finger poke of doom.
DrSanto91 7 months ago
Russo's right, it got people talking about wrestling again.
It made lots of WCW fans laugh with their friends and thank their lucky stars they don't watch 'that shitty product' any more.
Pepotamo1985 8 months ago
So, the man who put the belt on HIMSELF, never thought to put it on someone else who isn't a wrestler? My ass TS came up with this shit...
AzraelSWFC2011 8 months ago
Russo is so full of shit.
DropkickLar 8 months ago
He's pulling people down with him. You didn't need the EXTRA publicity,that damn B list guy was already there to promote Ready To Rumble,but nooooooo,he just had to plug the microwave to the generator and PHOOOM,blew a fuse
sadetwizelve 8 months ago
49 PEOPLE MISS WCW AND HATE RUSSO
GregorywithaG 8 months ago
15 people liked that horrible idea? Those 15 people are fucking idiots.
stupidiculous 8 months ago
schiavone has admitted to it being his idea and have others but he had told it as a joke so stop with the "hes lying" bs
williamgraynard 9 months ago
@williamgraynard He says it as a joke, and Russo takes it seriously. Great booking Russo. No wonder TNA sucks.
Swazi4 8 months ago
@Swazi4 it's sad it really is tna Could do great things but as long as russo and hogan are there the wont do a damn thing but sink
GregorywithaG 8 months ago
Fuck you Russo, putting the blame on Terry Schiavone. The biggest fuck-up of a writer and booker throws somebody under the bus, big shock there. He lied through his teeth in this video just like he lied to get hired by both WCW and TNA. This man does not have a shread of integrity or actual knowledge of how to book wrestling in his entire body. Dixie needs to fire this idiot or TNA will go the way of WCW.
pwfan02 9 months ago
WWE still acknowleges David Arquette as champ just because it makes WCW look bad
benjatron1701 9 months ago
Now it's Schiavone's idea. Fucking idiot.
jlward 9 months ago
TNA needs to fire this fucker. Maybe then we can see some real competition between the WWE and TNA.
Kongo001 9 months ago
Y is he still employed by TNA.....oh wait cause i forgot Dixie Carter is a fucking mark she only does what is or was popular in wrestling and hires anybody who draws regardless of their past or current problems. TNA will die, i dunno when but it will happen. With Russo, Hogan and EB in power that is NOT a winning formula
arnez8706 9 months ago
room full of idiots then
xionj23 9 months ago
fire this guy tna
kingmula2 9 months ago
Schiovone Came up with the idea?! Dare I say then, It was the greatest fuck up in the history of our sport!
Robman275 9 months ago
Wrestling fans take wrestling way too seriously.
das9582 9 months ago
Shame on Tony for coming up with that. Vince has proven how dumb he is by thinking it was a good idea - how did he get his job exactly? And a room full of 15 guys all agreed?
Now we know why WCW is dead.
MrPowderedToastMan 9 months ago
@MrPowderedToastMan
the truth of the matter is that (apparently) the idea of Arquette winning the title was suggested as a joke, and Russo ran with it, despite everyone else thinking it was a stupid idea, including Arquette himself.
EmperorBubba 9 months ago
Considering how long Schiavone has been in the wrestling business I highly doubt he came up with that idea other than in jest.
professorintellect 9 months ago
Who gives a shit if 10 or 15 think its a good idea when MILLIONS all over the world think it was and STILL IS a bad idea.
Dalyxman 9 months ago 2
schiavonie??????? came up with thqat shit?
TeslaDRay 9 months ago
Vince Russo shoots on nobody, he cant. Its impossible, without everybody starting laughing.
MarioMetroidFan 9 months ago
0:01 Negro Kid? is that what he said? WCW failed because of the moron management. He made other interviews taking credit for the david arquette incident.
nuttech 9 months ago
That's bullshit, I know for a fact that he's lying through his teeth. Schiavone didnt pitch that to him, he's just using him as a scapegoat. And what, he asked people's opinions? Yeah right, I bet he told them straight it was going to happen and they thought "fuck, here we go again"
Rodgerinho 10 months ago 37
@Rodgerinho Dude. Schiavone came up with the KiSS concert. And Arquette was one of his favorite comedians. He had pull with the back. He was dumb enough to suggest something like that. I don't know how you know that for a "fact" when you weren't there.
pandagenma 9 months ago
@pandagenma Okay, I'll retract the word "fact", how about strongly convinced, educated guess?Look at the times Russo came out on live tv and did something ludicrous.If you type in Russo Goldberg that's one of the worst, where he rants about trying to get Goldberg beaten up.Mike Tenay's interview with him, the opinions of Goldberg, Jim Cornette and Dutch Mantell, watch those videos and come back to me.2 of those guys called him a bare-faced liar.And the commentators reactions are priceless
Rodgerinho 9 months ago
@pandagenma Maybe Schiavone had something to do with it, but to be honest it seems like a really weak excuse, and the fact that he used Dutch Mantell as a scapegoat for his shit writing in TNA makes me believe that yes, he's quite likely to be lying in this video
Rodgerinho 9 months ago
@Rodgerinho I agree like Schiavone would pitch something that stupid...Vince Russo is a liar that's for sure.
ShaolinDynasty 8 months ago
@Rodgerinho Vince Russo is the Brains behind the Attitude Era
romans52345 7 months ago
@romans52345 That's absolutely true, although he wasn't alone either. Thing is he had Vince to smack him in the ear when things were getting ridiculous. Problem with Russo, like so many others, he didnt have a clue how to handle power and ended up making a balls of it when he was in charge. There's some strength to the theory he was a WWF plant intended to ruin WCW
Rodgerinho 7 months ago
@Rodgerinho "I know for a fact" LOL, you internet marks are hilarious.
matrix4022 7 months ago
@matrix4022 Yeah and you cynical mouthy little know-it-alls who jump in and try to pass authoritative one-liners are what makes Youtube great
Rodgerinho 7 months ago
@Rodgerinho A guy who proclaims to "know for a fact" information which he isn't privy to, calling other people "know-it-all's"?? C'maaan.
matrix4022 7 months ago
@matrix4022 Difference is all I was doing was commenting on the vid. You and so many other guys like you scour the comments to pass a clippy one-liner on somebody else's comment. Be different if you actually spoke like a regular person, but the one sentence sweeping comment is a bitch move
Rodgerinho 7 months ago
@matrix4022 Heck, I'll even admit maybe Russo didn't pitch that idea, but from the number of thumbs up and all the conversations I've had with people about Russo, I think I'm on the money with that comment. Are you saying Russo isn't a huge fuck-up? I mean really, what do you disagree with in my comment? If you knew how Russo was regarded by his fellow professionals you'd see exactly why it's very likely he did engineer that disgrace at the time
Rodgerinho 7 months ago
@Rodgerinho Every promoter is hated. That's wrestling. People who're thumbs-upping are clueless, and are going with whatever they're told on the net. Russo isn't without fault, but it's quite clear, anything bad is blamed on Russo, everything good to credited to someone else. That's nonsense, and the people who propagate it are morons like Jim Cornette who are just pissed off that Russo is more successful than them.
matrix4022 7 months ago
@matrix4022 I'll say this, you're not just an airhead who likes to pass a sweeping comment, I appreciate you engaging with what you've said. Absolutely agree Russo is in some ways a genius, and as a writer he was a massive part of WWF's successes. He may get a bad rap at times, or he's maybe a scapegoat. But his work at WCW, the things he said and did, they were all him, and I just think he's a complete fool.Good writer, but no clue in management. Watch him trying to get Goldberg beaten up, live
Rodgerinho 7 months ago
@Rodgerinho Russo admitted to Tenay that Arquette winning was a publicity stunt. Here, he contradicts himself by blaming Shicone for it all; as if he introduced the concept as a rational idea, and Russo ran with it.
thedawn090 7 months ago
I Think it's Funny A Genius who saved wwe is hated cause of One bad Ideal he barley came up with.
NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 10 months ago
@NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 saved wwe, dude russo didnt save anything, his booking his the SHITS, have you been watching TNA.......Worst booking ever of all times, NOTHING makes any sense.
NikonSanz 10 months ago
@NikonSanz
what is it in TNA that doe'snt make Make Any sense is it them saving Mr Anderson an Elijah burke that the pope Wrestling carare...
is it puting the title on jeff hardy an giving matt hardy A push after WWE nearly destroy him...
maby it's this taking A Company that jaret an his dad started that wasn't even as big as ECW was an ginving it A weekly 2 hour Episode sereie's on Main stram Cable in prime time. in less then decade.
Peace Thelema 777
NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 10 months ago
@NATIONALCOMMUNISM666
he save Anderson an popes career is what I was trying to say typo.
NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 10 months ago
One of the thing's I can't stand about Russo, his stupid New York accent.
Plus the fact he's a idiot.
anthonykingofkings 10 months ago
Look at Russo showing how fucking stupid he is. "We need people talking about WCW! We need a publicity stunt...." blah blah blah.
Thank you, Vince, for proving every internet smark and wrestling fan with half a brain right by proving you were all about being "over-the-top, gag-oriented, shock people into watching" motherfucker that killed wrestling from the mainstream. You were NOT responsible for Attitude, Stone Cold, DX, Montreal, or anything relavant. You are (were) an overpaid jackass.
maxpower789z 10 months ago
wwe have done alot dafter things, mae young giving birth to a hand, vince mcmahon winning the world tittle, hornswoggle winning the cruiserweight title, micheal cole getting arse raped by heidenreich
immortal750 10 months ago 8
@immortal750 Uhh... I think we can all agree Micheal Cole getting ass raped is always the right thing to do.
thatonedude675 8 months ago
@immortal750 Hornswoggle was a good move
RiPTheRevAx7 8 months ago
@immortal750 Don't forget Shane/Vince vs. Shawn Michaels/God hahahaha
sdude456 8 months ago
@immortal750 hornwoggle winning the belt was bad but a bad actor winning the most important belt in the buss thats fucked up
luisalexander70 8 months ago
@immortal750 vince is a powerhouse of a man, him being a champion isnt a big stretch.
phallictractor 7 months ago
@phallictractor yeh but how old was vince when he won it and how much wrestling experiance did he have?
immortal750 7 months ago
@immortal750 lmfao i remember that michael cole gettin ''raped'' by heidenreich lol good times
BRXBOMBER88 7 months ago
@immortal750 Don't forget Kevin Federline beating John Cena in a match lol
Rayla840 7 months ago
@immortal750 BINGO. Someone gets it. YES. Thought I might be alone.
Yes, Russo is a clown. But unlike all the hacks that WWE have hired to write their TV since he left he doesnt hate wrestling. He doesnt see it as a joke. Vince pays about 10-15 writes 100s of thousands a year for a job they hate, are embarrased by and will not readily admit with any pride thats what they do for a living.
Russo is a misguided fool.
Vinces current writers are wrestling business and fan, haters.
They hate you.
6steveo9 7 months ago
@immortal750 Every company has dumb storylines..But putting a world title on someone like Arquette..That's not even close to some of the dumb ideas WWE has done. McMahon winning the belt lasted very short and at the very least, it ran with the storyline - McMahon was a mainstay on WWE, so it was okay that he won the belt.
guardo369 7 months ago
@immortal750 Not as fucked up as this. Also what vince did was stupid but at least he was over and his run was short unlike Russo who wasn't over at all.
ChippyOkenKiken 7 months ago
fifty people thought it was a great idea? lmao
you cant even get fifty people out of 18,370 to thumb this up russo ROFL
carl0frmdavalley 10 months ago
u guys need to stop hating on him, there would have been no attitude era if it wasn't for him, and hes right, they needed people talking about WCW so it was a good idea, u guys need to get out of ur moms basement and realize stuff like that is quite entertaining to watch, not if it happens all the time but heck once every well umm lifetime is good.
iRuckiz 10 months ago
@iRuckiz it wasn't just because him for the attitude era. he had SOME good ideas. any of his writing would go always go through vince mcmahon.
jwhittle91 10 months ago
Tony made a joke about that happening in a production meeting and everyone but Russo laughed cause they knew it was so bad it was a joke. Everyone besides this joke.
freewilliam93 10 months ago
Before Russo goes to Hell, I would LOVE to shit on his grave!
VRRA4 10 months ago
Put the belt on Vampiro, Jericho, Malenko, any new talent other than someone not involved with the business. That will keep people interested in WCW. If Russo had any real knowledge, he would have laughed at Schiavone's face or fired him for such a stupid suggestion.
DimebagVision 10 months ago
ahhh so its all tony schivonne's fault is it?
NikonSanz 10 months ago
@NikonSanz Yeah Right ,Tony Schivonne my Aching Ass,There's a 4 letter word for that, and Russo is full of it
Airsoftcleaner 10 months ago
@NikonSanz
Half is fault.
NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 10 months ago
"15 people in the comitiee thout I was a graet idea", so all 15 was retarded, that's why WCW died!
FlemmingHN 10 months ago
I think he's literally retarted
dflowers30 10 months ago
This man is poison.
Simmeringtim 10 months ago
"TONY LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT TONY"
**BEEP BEEP BEEP....THUMP THUMP**
And that is what happened during this clip as Russo THREW SCHIAVONE UNDER THE BUS.
WHAT A COWARD
JoBo6772 11 months ago
Vince Russo is the last person to shoot on anything.
xMikeyG 11 months ago
WOW, one bad idea from one moron to another........100 dollars says he passed it off as his and not tonys....fucking shithead
Alucard20039 11 months ago
Vince McMahon would have slapped Tony Schiavone in the face if that idea was every brought up...probably why Tony only worked 5 months in WWE.
InstantClazzik 11 months ago
My fault meant writing and booking not wrestle lol
SnakeXJones 11 months ago
Your right about the Austin and Vince feud it was good he had good ideas but I dunno why this man still gets hired to wrestle he should be writing bad b movies or shiity books like the one he wrote
SnakeXJones 11 months ago
The correct reaction the question of "What do you think about David Arquette winning the WCW Title?" is to slap the dumbass who asked it.
TheStranglehold 11 months ago
i was so glad to hear wrestling went into good hands.
LookAtMeGettinPaper 11 months ago
Plus, putting the belt on vince mcmahon was worse in my opinion, at least they done it as a joke. Arquette was like "I don't want the title" after he won the belt, but Mcmahon was like "Look at me i'm the champion, I did it". Also he won the Royal Rumble & beat Ken Shemrock in a lions dens match, awful stuff.
JMcauley211 11 months ago
@JMcauley211 yea awful stuff, but who's still in business and who owns WCW and ECW?
Carpet07 11 months ago
@Carpet07 True, but most people rip on wcw for doing stupid shit then the wwf would do the same thing and everyone would praise it!.
Plus, there where reasons why vince Ecw was always going to be a indie promotion and wcw didn't push new guys until 2000 but it was too late.
JMcauley211 11 months ago
Everyone gives Russo shit for killing wcw (which Kevin Sullivan doesn't get enough of), but he should also be giving credit for helping the wwf during the attitude era, his booking was good up until 1999.
I've met Russo at conventions a few times and he seems like a decent guy, of course i've never worked with him but people shouldn't wish him death, that's fucking sick.
JMcauley211 11 months ago
@JMcauley211 Thing is Russo ideas will still shit in the attitude era he tries to take credit for created Stone cold and the Rock but he didnt Steve Austin created Stone Cold and The Rock created The Rock he tries to say he did and he didnt do shit
SnakeXJones 11 months ago
@SnakeXJones Okay I'll give you credit in saying The rock created the rock and Austin created Austin but he did come up with some good ideas, The Vince/Austin feud, Kane/taker feud(Even though some of it was ludicrous) & Dx.
That said in 1999 his booking was really bad. I was never a fan of the attitude era due to tv matches lasting a minute, talking for 20 minutes & some things that crossed the line, like Mae young giving birth to a hand....
JMcauley211 11 months ago
I bet Tony Schiavone was kicking himself again and again for years just for giving Russo a fucking idea.
CanadienDestroyer 11 months ago
Vince Russo > The cancer of WCW and any wrestling business he's working in.
I don't disrespect him as a human being but he's a real dick as a business man.
xDan92 11 months ago
russo is a moron
jb0609 11 months ago
Bullshit vince russo's current storylines show and prove that he was all for it with david arquette winning title..vince russo's storylines are too looney and same old boring ideas wwf used in 1995 when they stunk!..where is tony schiovone anyways??
TheBestEVER4LIFE 11 months ago
"Oh shit, 15 people think it's a great idea!"
He got that right....
dsriggs 11 months ago
I don't actually them putting the belt on Arquette. He had the belt for two weeks, it got some press, it was an outrageous stunt, and he wasn't a bad heel. The one that pisses me off is when he put the belt on himself.
Moredread25 11 months ago
fuck you vince russo even old people that dont even watch wrestling know you are a epic failure peice of shit.
tauras88d 11 months ago
even david didn't want the title cause he knew what would happen
michaeldavis678 11 months ago
Tony Schiavone, YOU BASTARD!!!!!
BenLaeli 11 months ago
Russo is a parasite
theseth454 11 months ago
@thegreatone8675
listen up cock sucker!!! russo was NEVER the head writer in the wwf punk. he was in the creative team but NEVER the headwriter everybody knows that vince macmahon was and is the headwriter in the wwf/wwe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so douchebag wcw did in 1999 until russo arrived pretty well they had neary the same ratings as wwf. he went to wcw beacause jj dillinger was a fucking idoit just like you are and thought that russo was the headwriter in wwf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FAGGOT!!!!!!!!
duarschgeburt1 11 months ago
@duarschgeburt1
According to J.R. (head of talent for WWF, at the time) and Vince McMahon HIMSELF in the 'Rise and Fall of WCW' DVD... Vince Russo WAS the head writer for WWF beginning in 1997. Before that, he was just a staff writer. He left in late '99.
You're just wrong. I'm not sure where you're getting your facts, but you're absolutely wrong. It's common knowledge that Russo was head writer for WWF during the Attitude Era.
xRazorFistx 11 months ago
ok is he throwing schiavone under the bus about arquette winning the belt? every wrestler out there says it was russo's idea....
xxgothikpunk666xx 11 months ago
@xxgothikpunk666xx Schiavone also pitched the KiSS concert.
pandagenma 11 months ago
Fucking idiot
fogodssake 11 months ago
next thing you no russo here gives some jersey shore fag the tna title, which wouldnt surprise me at all at this point
xTheJuLio 11 months ago
Dumbass
DemonKingMMA 11 months ago
OMG russo sucked in wwf, why do you think wcw kicked wwf´s ass!!!!
russo was NEVER a mastermind!!
russo in wwf (wwf sucked)
russo in wcw (wcw sucked)
duarschgeburt1 11 months ago
@duarschgeburt1 Russo really sucked in WWE, huh?“In 1997 Russo became head writer for the WWF and was instrumental in putting WWF ahead of WCW in Monday night ratings during the Attitude Era.Notable storylines and characters during Russo's run as head writer include Austin vs McMahon, Taker vs. Kane, DX, the rise of The Rock, and the Mick Foley saga.In a year of Russo being the head writer of the WWF, they turned the ratings around and overcame Nitro as the biggest wrestling show on cable."
thegreatone8675 11 months ago
@duarschgeburt1 (continued) Anybody who knows anything about the Monday Night Wars knows that it was the Austin/McMahon feud, Taker/Kane feud, Rock and Mankind characters/storylines, and DX that put WWF ahead of WCW in the ratings! Ur telling me those angles sucked!?Well Russo was the head writer during that time u do the math, Smark!He didn’t even leave WWE for WCW until October 5, 1999. Get your facts straight next time and maybe you won’t sound like a complete jackass, okay? &STFU PLEASE
thegreatone8675 11 months ago
Vince Russo greatest heel ever lol
thegreatest116 11 months ago
I would have been that guy that said are you guys out of your minds lol
joegaulin 11 months ago
russo = the voldemort of professional wrestling
MrRobo64 11 months ago
@MrRobo64 You give him too much credit. He's the Draco Malfoy of pro wrestling. lol
Sanguiluna 11 months ago
Cool shirt, fag.
GruberKrinkle47 11 months ago
Shiavone + Russo = the worst wrestling idea in history
JiggityJack 1 year ago