Full interview with Vince Russo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/doN7tLepoM-7gLA.html

@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA

11 ай бұрын

Love It CVVCLIPS Bro

There's not enough "on a pole" matches anymore

@jimbo_1312

11 ай бұрын

Bro, I haven't seen a single judy bagwell on a forklift match in over 20 years, bro

@liquidgeorge

11 ай бұрын

Did you not listen to his points? Pro Wrestling has FUNDAMENTALLY changed, which makes it terrible today. Vince Russo had many poor booking choices, but Pro Wrestling was fundamentally recognisable and good back then.

@vishansilva8546

11 ай бұрын

That joke is getting old for real.

@sebasfv5705

11 ай бұрын

@@vishansilva8546 Like the Dave Meltzer on the Tokyo Dome one and I have to read that shit every day

@SquirrelASMR

9 ай бұрын

Seriously though Judy bagwell on a forklift match is historic

Chris' face during this entire interview was hilarious.... the look of "why is this man yelling at me?" Lmao

@pendafen7405

10 ай бұрын

A common response to Vinsanity

The Bloodline story line was better when Sami Zayn was in it

Vince Russo of all people talking about the “fundamentals of wrestling” is hilarious.

@danielburger1775

11 ай бұрын

Only to a dirtsheet mark like you.

@MichaelThomas-ll1hw

11 ай бұрын

He made wrestling better

@bryany4828

10 ай бұрын

nobody is more out of touch than Vince McRape

as much as i hate Vince Russo he’s 100 percent right

Vince is right about the bloodline storyline, its not the greatest thing and yet people say its the best thing ever

@srachar

11 ай бұрын

Huh? It is a great thing, they have managed to mix drama with fighting. And the money talks

@randomstranger5014

11 ай бұрын

@srachar it's not the first time they managed it, if you didn't know professional wrestling is mixing drama into matches. It's just that after a long time they managed to create a long storyline

@srachar

11 ай бұрын

@@randomstranger5014 well, most stories don't evolve, this has had chapters, this can be divided into seasons. Let's take the biggest story of all time in wrestling, well it's just rebel vs boss

@Paugose

11 ай бұрын

The fact it's "simple" doesn't make it weaker, that's the abysmal "muh deep themes" from cinema youtubers.

@johnnyskinwalker4095

11 ай бұрын

That's because people are starved of good material

Wrestling is exactly the same, the problem is social media and wrestling fans are horrible

He never liked wrestling to begin with.

@Richardprior839

11 ай бұрын

He is completely right. It's has always been The Big Characters that drew the casual audience. Moves appear to niche audience

@Mega_Collosas

11 ай бұрын

because he's ashamed of what wrestling has become

@MetalGearPrimus

11 ай бұрын

He’s right, mark.

@MetalGearPrimus

11 ай бұрын

@@Richardprior839I respect you.

@raoufswedek

11 ай бұрын

@@MetalGearPrimus I'm a casual fan thanks for the attack though hope it makes u feel good.

God forbid wrestlers wrestle 😢

@mate2618

11 ай бұрын

It's entertainment first, wrestling second. It's not a sport.

@danielburger1775

11 ай бұрын

Plus, nobody wrestles anymore. They flip and dive, they don't sell.

@xLanzer

10 ай бұрын

​@@mate2618... Ok, so?

@robinali6903

9 ай бұрын

That’s not what he meant! You’re being facetious

He’s right. While growing up during the Attitude Era, majority watched because of the storylines and personalities, not the wrestling. Only the hardcore fans care about the wrestling aspect.

@robinali6903

9 ай бұрын

Most of the greats weren’t great wrestlers instead they all had character, charisma and story. Where now it’s just wrestling. You need all three which is why the attitude era was so great.

yeah I havent been interested in WWE (specifically) since 2005. Russo is right... its just not the same anymore.

There’s also a clip of him from this same interview saying all the old wrestling people keep doing the same wrestling and didn’t evolve lmao. He also says what WWE is missing is writers and how HHH and Heyman don’t know what they’re doing lmao. Old school wrestling promotions doing what he’s talking about didn’t have writers.

@daviddalda6856

11 ай бұрын

he is stupid and fake im super happy hes not involved anymore he is not a real fan

@vishansilva8546

11 ай бұрын

He’s right though triple H raw has been unbearable to watch and Paul heyman besides the bloodline stuff that’s it nothing else matters.

Championships Wrestling Ultimately needs. Men 1. World Championship 2. Mid Card Championship 3. Tag Team Championships Women 1. Women's Championship And that is all it needs to boost ratings just like characters and charisma.

Tell me you haven’t watched wrestling in years without telling me…oh wait nevermind

You're a very patient man Chris. Hats off.

Story & characters are important but people nowdays have lil attention span and when they see the crazy clips people usually tune in more

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

With story and characters they would have a lot more of those crazy viral clips and the casual fans would still be watching

@shn3340

11 ай бұрын

@@buddylee5712 Debatable. I'm just saying how it works now

@Filthy-Rat__

10 ай бұрын

Eh imma be real if a match is boring as sin to watch then it won’t matter if the characters are any good

After knowing sports are rigged it basically makes wrestling more interesting 🤣

@ispeedrunthings429

11 ай бұрын

You don’t actually think that sports are rigged

@pendafen7405

10 ай бұрын

@@ispeedrunthings429 try watching any of the Big Six mens' Euro football (soccer) teams and leagues. At the big money level it is rigged, without a doubt.

I like what Russo had to say about time and its value. An obvious point, perhaps, but one that we don't abide by enough as individuals in a society that's set up to siphon and waste out precious minutes in existence.

Bloodline story still going on?

@majedalotebi8994

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately yes

@thomas3146

11 ай бұрын

Fortunately yes and thats making wwe an all time profit in Everything.

@kelbosskii9769

8 ай бұрын

​@@thomas3146they are literally dragging it at this point

I wished in these interviews he would have talked about LA Knight.

@AllHailKingKurt

11 ай бұрын

He doesn’t watch smack down so probably doesn’t know much what is going on with him, at least I hope he doesnt share Nash’s opinion. It’s almost comical, criticize todays wrestlers for doing nothing but flips but then a guy like la knight gets over and criticizes him for not being original and being too much like the old wrestlers lol

@johnnyskinwalker4095

11 ай бұрын

@@AllHailKingKurt Russo only watches Rampage and Raw, literally the worst shows of both AEW and WWE. He misses all the cool shit so he cannot know WTF is going on

Tell us how you really feel Vince 😅.

Russo & Corny completely agree on this point, among others.

Losing Russo as a wrestling viewer doesn’t sound like a major loss, I think the wrestling world can survive without him.

@flashfunk0373

7 ай бұрын

The wrestling world did well and got the highest ratings ever in the late 90s with him.

I thought he NEVER liked wrestling which would explain his booking and writing style

I Ultimately agree. Vince Russo knows wrestling more than anyone on this earth. Characters and Charisma will always surpass garbage workrate.

@PressXToLiam

11 ай бұрын

“Garbage workrate”🤣 bro I don’t care if you’re charismatic as hell if you never have 1 good match then wtf is the point.

@jimbo_1312

11 ай бұрын

Russo knows wrestling? Fuck me you said that without a single ounce of irony.

@machomusprime50

11 ай бұрын

More than anyone on this earth? Stop the 🧢

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

​@Zixidous no one said being able to wrestle isnt important but "Workrate" doesn't put asses in seats.

I’m sure he loved the Buffs before Deion Sanders arrived

wWE evolved from just wrestling . Thats y they still in the game and bigger and hotter than ever?

Aew was amazing when it first started x Vince has no idea what he’s talking about 🤣 I’m sure he thought that wwf brawl was genius lmao

@jessehayes8052

11 ай бұрын

AEW still amazing, and the best wrestling promotion in the world rn

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

​@@jessehayes8052😂😂😂

@Filthy-Rat__

10 ай бұрын

Vince only made the Brawl for All just to spite JBL for saying “I could beat all y’all in a fistfight” Which is admittedly a rare Russo W

It explains so fucking much that Russo loves and fanboys KISS.

it’s kind of sad that even a Vince Russo interview is more entertaining than wrestling now…

@jcjc4569

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree! Lol

@jgv6323

11 ай бұрын

You're a complete dumbass then

@bluecrasher7710

11 ай бұрын

Have you watched wrestling since 2001? Do you know who LA Knight or the Bloodline are? 5 minutes of them is more entertaining than this clown spewing old man garbage.

I gotta comment here cause there was never a time when wrestling was wrestling the closest it was that i ever seen to what highschool wrestli g was was nwa matches and matches in the 1930s😂

He is literally me

Watch for only one superstar and that’s Rhea Ripley

As a Brit...excuse me, but...baseball games were routinely running to almost 4 hours? That's reaching cricket levels of insanity and tedium. Even a long-running football (soccer) game that goes to extra time & pens is only 2 and half hours long.

I can’t believe I’m about to say this but I can agree with what Russo said about the bloodline being the only major storyline they have going on. Don’t get me wrong I like what’s going on but there’s so many other people in wwe that deserve at least some writing.

Russo still doesn’t know what he’s talking about 🤣 he doesn’t even watch wrestling but somehow he knows what’s going on? Bruh just stop

@Ernster86

11 ай бұрын

He is the most successful pro wrestling writer of all time. He does know what he is talking about.....He has proof. You have none.

It isn't "Wrestling" anymore...it is "PERFORMANCE"now or"wrestling with the Stars"

Why nobody is calling Vince Russo to book their wrestling show. Because he's so out of touch with what today's wrestling fans are into. He killed WCW and almost killed TNA until they had the sense to fire his ass.

@shadesofblack89

11 ай бұрын

@@vpofrentemspoons2278 -Excuse me sire but could you kindly remove your nose from Russo's asshole?

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

The ratings prove Russo is right. Cope harder

@kelbosskii9769

8 ай бұрын

​@@buddylee5712russo>>>> HHH

The Vince BRO Russo

Bruno was a character? Hmmk

💯

the marks in here are so funny wrestling matches are consistently better more then ever but nobody cares about the characters and boring story lines

whats entertaining about the raw main events they always put

I don't get how he keep watch Raw and Rampage instead of Dynamite and Smackdown, the two most inferior shows.

Vince is right. The blood line is actually a mid storyline Storyline bar is low that legit anything mid will be praised as 5 stars

@dudewatchesyt

11 ай бұрын

lets not forget he booked a match with buff bagwell’s mom on a pole😂

@thomas3146

11 ай бұрын

Avg aew mark

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

​@@dudewatchesytthat doesn't make anything Russo said incorrect

@kelbosskii9769

8 ай бұрын

​@@buddylee5712marks wanna be edgy.

By “fundamentals” he means there’s no more dumb@ss stipulation matches like “___ on a pole” matches, electrified steel cages, reverse Battle Royales😂

Regardless of what you think of Vince Russo, he's actually absolutely right! I consistently stopped watching WWE in 2003 because the writing was beginning to become awful and cringy

@bloodgod8291

11 ай бұрын

🙂

@Filthy-Rat__

10 ай бұрын

Reign of Terror in the early 2000s? Yeah that’s fair. Tho smack down was having bangers during that time. They had good characters AND great matches

The man not long ago said he wished he chose another profession. My man stop the bullshit

He doesn't like wrestling anymore? Good! STOP COMMENTING ON IT, bro

Russo is 100% right. The only reason WWE is quote un quote making the most money it's ever made is because of all these shows now overseas and the move to stadium ppvs while going public and merging with the ufc. I'll always be a lifelong fan, but there isn't a soul on the current roster outside Randy when he returns that can touch any of those ruthless aggression/attitude era guys. It's nowhere near as entertaining as it once was. There's never going to be another Austin, or Taker, Rock, HBK, Cena ever walking through that curtain again. I had friends who never even watched WWF/WWE growing up and they STILL knew who Stone Cold Steve Austin was. Nobody outside of fans know who LA Knight is. WWE even tried The Wrestlemania goes Hollywood angle this year and it was so cringe to see them try to recreate WM21 all over again, because they don't have the star power. Like I said I'll always be a fan, but NOBODY cares about the wrestling, it's always been about the characters and the entertainment.

@solomonaharris1807

6 ай бұрын

100% FAX!!! There wasn’t even 1 thing you’ve said that I’ll disagree with 👍 Well said Lawrence 👏

@MLawrence5789

6 ай бұрын

@@solomonaharris1807 Another point I'll make is that the public perception that the "wrestling" aspect is the best it's ever been, is even a false narrative. Actually watch a match closely now from beginning to end. It's no disrespect to The Seth Rollins and AJ's of the world, but they can't tell a story in the ring let alone have the wrestling psychology anywhere close to a Taker, HBK, HHH, Bret, Kurt, Randy in his prime, Eddie, Jericho. The guys in the business now don't know how to work a match like any of those guys I just mentioned

Vince is right here, everything is messed up at wwe now like the title unification or like double title like dude it use to be raw n smackdown has it own tag team titles but now just Lame with the tag titles n titles that roman has😴

BRO

It’s so boring now

RAW doesn’t do much wrestling so I’m not getting his point. AEW is all wrestling

Bro loyal to Tenacious D 😂

I do agree with the concept that the bar has been lowered to such a degree that it doesn’t take as much to impress anymore. AEW is proof of that. Simultaneously, wrestling as a whole isn’t all bad or some lower standard.

25 seconds

Bro don’t even wrestle to be talking about it’s fundamental lol

What the Hell is he talking about?

@Richardprior839

11 ай бұрын

He is saying Characters draw but fake moves don't which is true

@ahyashrawchaa1310

11 ай бұрын

@@Richardprior839You can tell he grew up only watching Vince McMahon Sr Wrestling. I came up on WWF, NWA and World Class so thankfully I don't have as close minded a view on the different styles out there.

I completely disagree with Vince on this one. I've been watching WWE since 99 and I think story and character are more prominent now than it ever has been.

@liquidgeorge

11 ай бұрын

But not GOOD story and characters.

@thomas3146

11 ай бұрын

@@liquidgeorgero have u ever heard of the bloodline?💀

@batmaneatspizza

11 ай бұрын

Story?

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

The ratings show otherwise

Neither do I. Social media, political agendas and the ever so toxic fanbase ruined.

@OmegaKingRulez

11 ай бұрын

What political agenda

@CSC52698

11 ай бұрын

@@OmegaKingRulez the women's revolution, allowing talents to bring their political movement feelings onto the show, pushing talents because of race movements, etc.

This guy says bro way too damn much like WTF cut it back Vince

How dare the wrestling company and wrestlers focus on the wrestling 🤦‍♂️

@Mega_Collosas

11 ай бұрын

thats a good focus..but what happened to characters and stories

@kevinlee9929

11 ай бұрын

Most people don't care about random nobodies having a match with no story and no stakes

@Paugose

11 ай бұрын

Wrestling isn't made of only matches, it always revolved around drama, heck, people agreed with that when the imperative was to say how Wyatt was a great wrestler.

Bro

Dude never liked wrestling in the first place... he liked car crash TV masquerading as a wrestling show.

@liquidgeorge

11 ай бұрын

And it was adored…

@jimbo_1312

11 ай бұрын

​@@liquidgeorgei never said it wasn't 🤷‍♂️

For once bro got it half right.i started watching wrestling in the attitude era in 99 and it was the storylines that kept me coming back every week. TK has zero compelling storylines with over the top characters doing infinite flip flops. Yeah there's banger matches over there in aew but tony really needs to build up his people on why they are feuding. Basically most aew shows are a velocity or Sunday night heat

People care about the story lines not 5 star matches

no wonder everyone hates vince

The business passed him up and he can’t take it

“Wrestling matches don’t draw the casual fan” that’s an abysmal take from an abysmal promoter

@Sean-ik4vk

11 ай бұрын

It’s true though….

@NiFeGetsTubey

11 ай бұрын

Thing is, I agree with most of what he said. But that? Yeah that was one that had me scratching my head. I'm not a fan of modern wrestling simply because there's nothing that's organic anymore, outside of things like The Bloodline. WWE and AEW both need to understand you need to let the story marinate and breathe for longer than 2 months. It's so frustrating to watch, and not to mention the amount of rematches that happen...Like, I just seen this match on a PLE, why is it on RAW for free the next night? And AEW...Idk. There's so many times I'm seeing a spot happen that just over complicates the actual match itself. For example, if a guy wants to do a dive, the guys on the outside are just standing there, watching the performer get ready before he actually jumps off. Nothing about either promotion entices me enough to WANT to keep the channel on. I try from time to time but it never works.

@danman1789

11 ай бұрын

it's 100% true. you can't tell someone who doesn't like fake fighting "hey man this fake fight I saw last night, unbelievable". but you can say "hey they had this bad ass bald dude called Stone Cold and he faced off with Mike Tyson".

@buddylee5712

11 ай бұрын

Ratings are down 80% since Russo left WWE. Nuff said

@extremepop324

11 ай бұрын

Its true. The wrestling match draws the wrestling fan. Its the characters and storylines that draws casual fans.

“ I dont watch smack down “ He lost all the credibility to take his Opinion seriously to nill😂

@jessehayes8052

11 ай бұрын

​@@vpofrentemspoons2278It's pretty obvious that you don't care about wrestling so why comment?

Yeah right what wrestling fan wants to watch wrestling during the wrestling shows 😂🤦‍♀️

@danielburger1775

11 ай бұрын

Everyone for decades. The tv show was about promos, and trying to get people to buy tickets for the arena shows. Doing long competitive matches on tv killed wrestling.

What he saying is todays wrestliing is just far fetched non sense

this guy 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

Somebody please stop the podcast

His explanation makes no sense, lmao! It's like he never watched wrestling... 😂

@Richardprior839

11 ай бұрын

It makes all the sense in the world. Characters draw but fake moves don't

@Mega_Collosas

11 ай бұрын

wrestling lacks characters and stars now ...no storylines too .how is he wrong?

@MetalGearPrimus

11 ай бұрын

@@Mega_Collosasmarks like you ruined wrestling.

@kevinlee9929

11 ай бұрын

​@@Mega_CollosasHe isn't. People just want to hate him.

@Mega_Collosas

11 ай бұрын

@@kevinlee9929 hate who

I like vince Russo just cuz Jim Cornette absolutely despises him.

Russo was literally a plague 🤣

Wrestling is horrible now

@Mega_Collosas

11 ай бұрын

sadly not hhh or vince can save it at this point....

@BlackenedLiam

11 ай бұрын

@@Mega_Collosas Sadly

I cant believe that Vince Russo was ever a head of creative once let alone was allowed to crash 2 companies into the ground

Wrestling is shit now. Its predictable. Theres no good storytelling. A lof of the workers arent larger than life anymore. Thats why its not fun anymore.

@ashantisamuels6602

10 ай бұрын

Wwe our aew

@ashantisamuels6602

10 ай бұрын

Which one