Vince Russo posted the following on Twitter, revealing that he’s starting his
own podcast next month:
.@MckayPetun @steveaustinBSR Starting
my own podcast on July 1. At my website http://t.co/UsfACCuj3p
—
Vince Russo (@pyroballyhoo) June 25,
2014
Russo did an interview with the WrestleReaction Radio Show. Check out the
video and highlights below:
On Vince McMahon’s loss of
competitive edge: “In my opinion, the
Vince McMahon before the purchase of WCW, was a different Vince McMahon. The
Vince McMahon I worked for was a freakin killer. He would do anything to be
number one. He would slice your throat, rip your eyes out, it didn’t matter.
When I went back and met with him in 2002, he was a different guy. And I
remember, I even said to Vince, where is your bravado? What happened? And I
think once he was able to buy WCW, which I think was a tremendous goal of his,
his ultimate goal. Everybody knows the history between him and Ted Turner. When
that happened, there was nothing else. What else could Vince possibly combat and
defeat in his life?! It’s like when a team wins the World Series, the next year
they suck. Once you obtain that achievement, it’s downhill from there. I really
think Vince lost a lot of his competitive edge when he bought WCW. Maybe add on
11 mins.”
On Raw’s main event booking: “The hottest guy they’ve got on that show
right now is Bray Wyatt. You’ve got a tag team match of 7 guys out there. So,
first of all, you’re making Bray Wyatt 1 of 7 guys. So now, all of a sudden,
he’s like everyone else. He’s not special anymore. Then, to not give him the
last entrance, to introduce Del Rio after him? I’m sorry bro but there’s no
excuse for that. That’s creative 101. How do you not bring this guy out last?
You kill the lights, have that effect in the crowd with all the (cell phone)
lights, have the guy do something devastating off the bat. Where’s Vince on
this? Where’s the great filter he was?”
On people blaming him for the fall of WCW: “Here’s what people don’t understand, and this is a
shoot. The thing that always aggravates the crap out of me is that “I’m always
making excuses for WCW”. When Ed (Ferrara) and I first started, the rating
before that was a 2.9. 3 months later it was a 3.6. So right there, what am I
making excuses for? We walked into a 2.9. When they decided they wanted a
change, it was a 3.6. I don’t know what I’m making an excuse for. I was there
for only 2 weeks, and that merger (AOL Time Warner) came down. 2 weeks I was on
the job! And as soon as that merger came down, little by little, you knew that
these guys did not want to be in the wrestling business. You knew where this
thing was headed. We could’ve gotten the rating up to a 4, 5, or 6, it wouldn’t
have mattered. They just didn’t want to be in the wrestling business. To blame
me, or to blame Eric (Bischoff), or to blame Hulk (Hogan), it’s so
ridiculous!”
