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02-02-2010, 06:23 PM
Vince Russo Interview on Monday Night Mayhem Radio
- February 1, 2010
- Live recap by Marty Hotts
- Hosted by Mosh, Blade, & Todd Vincent
"Monday Night Mayhem" started at 8pm EST/5pm PST. The hosts speculate about why Russo's book "Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo" was reportedly pushed back for a month to March 1 (as per Barnes & Noble & Amazon). The hosts talked about having the opportunity to read the book and are excited about asking Russo questions about it. They also say since Hogan and Flair are at TNA, they should take Sting and Foley off the front cover of the book to put Hogan and Flair on it to sell more books.
Vince Russo appeared live on "Monday Night Mayhem" (http://www.mondaynightmayhem.com) at 8:53 pm EST/5:53 pm PST. Host says Russo's book is one of the most anticipated book of the year and credits Russo for helping to get TNA the highest rating they got on Thursday (1.4). Host says you can interact with Russo on http://www.facebook.com/vinnyru
Russo is in Music City and quotes the hosts by saying, "the most hated man in professional wrestling
? That's pretty stiff, don't you think?" Regarding why Russo wrote both "Forgiven" and "Rope Opera", he said he enjoys writing because that's what he does. He says it's difficult to write wrestling 52 weeks a year, 12 pay-per-views a year, but he enjoys writing because that's what he does. He says he wrote Forgiven and Rope Opera as an outlet to write outside a wrestling script. To him, to take what's inside and put in on paper, get it out there, as real as raw and truthful as possible - that's a freeing experience to him.
Second host asks about the book - is there anything that they cannot get into on air. Russo says no and that he's up for anything. Host asks about "Bash At The Beach 2000" and says Russo revealed that Hogan/Bischoff were in on everything except Jeff Jarrett - Russo had to work Jeff Jarrett. Host says that Russo never followed-up on calling Hogan and asks Russo to follow-up on it. Russo says there really isn't enough time to go over everything because it's a long story but he can say that if they want some insight, news, scoop that he has never spoken of before. Before January 4, 2010 - he, Eric, Hulk had to sit down. He said he had spoken to Eric on a few occasions before January 4 came and it was going okay, smooth, cool, but he knew he had to have a face-to-face with Hulk before January 4 as it was something he wanted very very much. He wasn't running from it and he looked forward to it because 10 years after the fact, so much was said, reported, spoken about. He said Bash At The Beach was the last time he ever saw and had contact with Hulk outside of lawyer depositions. He was looking forward to meeting Hulk Hogan; when he sat with Hulk and Bischoff in a room in Tampa, he was able to get his side of the story out and hear their side of the story for the first time in 10 years.
He said what it came down to was Russo thought he agreed to do things one way and they agreed to do things one way. It was a major major miscommunication. After that night, all parties never spoke again. He said it took him 10 years to really understand and really know what happened that night and he didn't know that until he had the chance to sit with Hulk/Eric. After they heard each others' sides, it came down to a huge misunderstanding as to what was supposed to take place that night.
The host says that Russo in his book said he had a huge respect for Hulk Hogan for what he did in the business and that fans think after the promo, fans thought that Russo thought Hogan was a piece of crap. Russo said when people talk about Russo being "the most hated man in professional wrestling", he said when he was writing for the WWF and McMahon, nobody knew who he was. He did this Vic Venom thing but he stuck to writing so that there wouldn't be ripping apart and tearing apart of Vince Russo because nobody knew who he was.
He said when he went to WCW, he became an on-screen character. That was it. It was a brash, arrogant New Yawker. He says everyone bought into the character and thought that was Vince Russo was and hated him for it. He said that's when all the negativity came; all the attacks on his philosophy, his shows, his personality. That came after he became a character. He said when he cut that promo at Bash At The Beach, it was his character cutting the promo. He said when he worked with Hogan, he didn't work close enough to draw that kind of opinion. He said he had a contract for 2 years but only worked 9 months. Hogan and him didn't even work that much together and he didn't know Hulk that personally at all. He said when he cut that Bash At The Beach, he played that arrogant, cocky, New York character that he was portraying. He said people bought so much into the character, not only did they believe what he said in that night, they believe that's who Russo is. Ten years later, people still think that's who he is.
- February 1, 2010
- Live recap by Marty Hotts
- Hosted by Mosh, Blade, & Todd Vincent
"Monday Night Mayhem" started at 8pm EST/5pm PST. The hosts speculate about why Russo's book "Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo" was reportedly pushed back for a month to March 1 (as per Barnes & Noble & Amazon). The hosts talked about having the opportunity to read the book and are excited about asking Russo questions about it. They also say since Hogan and Flair are at TNA, they should take Sting and Foley off the front cover of the book to put Hogan and Flair on it to sell more books.
Vince Russo appeared live on "Monday Night Mayhem" (http://www.mondaynightmayhem.com) at 8:53 pm EST/5:53 pm PST. Host says Russo's book is one of the most anticipated book of the year and credits Russo for helping to get TNA the highest rating they got on Thursday (1.4). Host says you can interact with Russo on http://www.facebook.com/vinnyru
Russo is in Music City and quotes the hosts by saying, "the most hated man in professional wrestling
? That's pretty stiff, don't you think?" Regarding why Russo wrote both "Forgiven" and "Rope Opera", he said he enjoys writing because that's what he does. He says it's difficult to write wrestling 52 weeks a year, 12 pay-per-views a year, but he enjoys writing because that's what he does. He says he wrote Forgiven and Rope Opera as an outlet to write outside a wrestling script. To him, to take what's inside and put in on paper, get it out there, as real as raw and truthful as possible - that's a freeing experience to him.
Second host asks about the book - is there anything that they cannot get into on air. Russo says no and that he's up for anything. Host asks about "Bash At The Beach 2000" and says Russo revealed that Hogan/Bischoff were in on everything except Jeff Jarrett - Russo had to work Jeff Jarrett. Host says that Russo never followed-up on calling Hogan and asks Russo to follow-up on it. Russo says there really isn't enough time to go over everything because it's a long story but he can say that if they want some insight, news, scoop that he has never spoken of before. Before January 4, 2010 - he, Eric, Hulk had to sit down. He said he had spoken to Eric on a few occasions before January 4 came and it was going okay, smooth, cool, but he knew he had to have a face-to-face with Hulk before January 4 as it was something he wanted very very much. He wasn't running from it and he looked forward to it because 10 years after the fact, so much was said, reported, spoken about. He said Bash At The Beach was the last time he ever saw and had contact with Hulk outside of lawyer depositions. He was looking forward to meeting Hulk Hogan; when he sat with Hulk and Bischoff in a room in Tampa, he was able to get his side of the story out and hear their side of the story for the first time in 10 years.
He said what it came down to was Russo thought he agreed to do things one way and they agreed to do things one way. It was a major major miscommunication. After that night, all parties never spoke again. He said it took him 10 years to really understand and really know what happened that night and he didn't know that until he had the chance to sit with Hulk/Eric. After they heard each others' sides, it came down to a huge misunderstanding as to what was supposed to take place that night.
The host says that Russo in his book said he had a huge respect for Hulk Hogan for what he did in the business and that fans think after the promo, fans thought that Russo thought Hogan was a piece of crap. Russo said when people talk about Russo being "the most hated man in professional wrestling", he said when he was writing for the WWF and McMahon, nobody knew who he was. He did this Vic Venom thing but he stuck to writing so that there wouldn't be ripping apart and tearing apart of Vince Russo because nobody knew who he was.
He said when he went to WCW, he became an on-screen character. That was it. It was a brash, arrogant New Yawker. He says everyone bought into the character and thought that was Vince Russo was and hated him for it. He said that's when all the negativity came; all the attacks on his philosophy, his shows, his personality. That came after he became a character. He said when he cut that promo at Bash At The Beach, it was his character cutting the promo. He said when he worked with Hogan, he didn't work close enough to draw that kind of opinion. He said he had a contract for 2 years but only worked 9 months. Hogan and him didn't even work that much together and he didn't know Hulk that personally at all. He said when he cut that Bash At The Beach, he played that arrogant, cocky, New York character that he was portraying. He said people bought so much into the character, not only did they believe what he said in that night, they believe that's who Russo is. Ten years later, people still think that's who he is.