Guest Cubbie78 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 In a surprising move, WWE has already removed Vince Russo from the day-to-day writing team. He has been reassigned to the title of official on-payroll advisor. Russo will not be part of the main writing crew. RAW will still be headed by Brian Gerwertz and Smackdown still by Paul Heyman. Russo met with the creative team for the first time yesterday. After the meeting, Vince McMahon had second thoughts about giving him major power in the creative direction and therefore went ahead and demoted him. Credit: 1wrestling.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MarvinisaLunatic Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Odds are Vince Russo will still get his self on TV and eventually get control back because everyone knows VinnyRu=Ratings, even though the proof isn't necessarily in the pudding so to speak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jester Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Hmmm, I wonder what was said at this meeting that made Vinnie change his mind so quickly? jester Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Prince Paul Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Hmmm, I wonder what was said at this meeting that made Vinnie change his mind so quickly? jester VR:Then Vince you'll grab Stephanie's left breast while you slowly VM:We've had enough today Mr Russo, thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LesnarLunatic Report post Posted June 21, 2002 VR: "Then, I'd win the Hardcore title" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted June 21, 2002 VR: So we'll elevate Benoit, RVD, and Booker.... HHH ::Whispering in Vince's ear:: This guy just isn't going to help the writing team. Send him home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Prince Paul Report post Posted June 21, 2002 VR: "Then, I'd win the Hardcore title" LOL! He'd at least put the euro belt on himself. Hardcore champion is to low on the totem pole for a former World Champion like Vinny Ru. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jimmy no nose Report post Posted June 21, 2002 McMahon: What do you think of the current product? Russo: I think we need to go another direction, make new stars... McMahon: Get the hell out of my office!!!!!! NOW!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 21, 2002 McMahon: What do you think of the current product? Russo: I think we need to go another direction, make new stars... McMahon: Get the hell out of my office!!!!!! NOW!! I think that might be an over dramatic version of what actually happened... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Shane: We need another Test push. Russo: Lets try pushing someone new. How about we give the cruisers more time? Vince: You disagree with my son? Get out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Well, they should push Test... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tony149 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 What happened in the meeting is sure to become the question of the week. Russo doesn't hold back on what he thinks. The other writers probably are somewhat threaten by Russo. By that I mean, McMahon's only successful writer of the '90s (The guy who took over for Russo doesn't count, as business was already booming) was re-hired. McMahon's choice is weird. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MrRant Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Well, they should push Test... Yes... push him... it will make the ratings go up. Just like pushing Val Venis will draw crowds and crowds to the house shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Psycho Diablo Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Can we get off the Test thing yet? Somebody says something bad about him, and like lemmings, the others start cropping up. (or like a parrot. "Test sucks, Test sucks, brawck!" I'd be happy if we could get one real discussion without stupid statements popping up, but I seem to be asking for a lot. ..as for my thoughts about the Russo bit, perhaps Vince realizes jamming that panic button wasn't the right thing to do. It's his company, after all. -Shiro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Well, they should push Test... Yes... push him... it will make the ratings go up. Just like pushing Val Venis will draw crowds and crowds to the house shows. Push him hard enough and he WILL get over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest art_vandelay Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Well, they should push Test... Yes... push him... it will make the ratings go up. Just like pushing Val Venis will draw crowds and crowds to the house shows. Push him hard enough and he WILL get over. Agreed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Hell if you push anyone hard enough they will eventually get at least somewhat over. So yes that would work, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RetroRob215 Report post Posted June 21, 2002 Hell if you push anyone hard enough they will eventually get at least somewhat over. I don't think that is true. If someone has ZERO charisma, they will never get over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shaved Bear Report post Posted June 22, 2002 zero charisma...like bradshaw, and see where he went Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kelloggs Report post Posted June 22, 2002 But Test has proven he could get over in the two seperate marriage angles. If it wasn't for Trips squashing him in that feud he'd be way over. I think he was buried almost as bad as jericho and the same amount of times as jericho by JPL. I am a huge jericho mark from even his ECDub days, as I'm from Philly and i've already posted my thoughts on Vince telling him he was the future of the company but Test has be screwed too. He was even somewhat over in the corperation and T&A angles as he got heat in both. Although in T&A all his heat was from the viscious nature of their moves. Someday soon Test will be over. Although he did look like a jackass all blown up after a 5 minute KOTR match with Holly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted June 22, 2002 I see the potental in Test, just like the wwe must, but his character was pretty much killed with hhh marrying steph in the storylines. he looked weak because of it and never really got revenge on hhh, except for when he got hhh arrested for hitting steph I think. imagine if during the renewal of the wedding vows a few months back test interrupts exactly like hhh did to his wedding and he could have somehow ruined it. hhh and steph would still be together, creating all sorts of wicked heat, and test would be a huge face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AlwaysPissedOff Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Anglesault's not going to like where this thread went to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Hey, atleast we're talking about good ways to build a new star. Mark my words, one day, he'll be over. Maybe not Rocky over, but over none the less. Or he might not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MarvinisaLunatic Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Test will be King, and no one will care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nezbyte Report post Posted June 22, 2002 <~~~~~~~~~ Will Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RetroRob215 Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Test could've been a star if his initial push in 99 survived, but he has sucked too long to ever become that over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Test could've been a star if his initial push in 99 survived, but he has sucked too long to ever become that over again. The one time I didn't mind Triple H burrying someone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Psycho Diablo Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Isn't that kind of hypocritical, AP? It's fine if it's someone like Test, but the second somebody like Kurt Angle gets 'buried', it's time to start spewing insults at Triple H then? Get it through your head. Burying Test is the same as burying Angle. It shouldn't happen. -Shiro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted June 22, 2002 Angle is talented though. Test is not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Psycho Diablo Report post Posted June 22, 2002 To you he's not. ..and to all the people that bitch about Test getting pushes, he had nowhere near the monster-god push Angle got right after he came into the WWF. But that's allright. Angle=Good. Anyone else=bad. I think I see now how this 'logic' works. It must be nice to be a parrot. Tell me, how do you type with clawss? -Shiro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
