Vince Russo Lands New Writing Job For Historic Wrestling Company  

Vince Russo Lands New Writing Job For Historic Wrestling Company  

Vince Russo is highly divisive in the pro wrestling business, and his influence, both positive and negative, is undeniable. And now, the 64-year-old has surprised his listeners on his BroDown podcast by confirming he’s written nine episodes of television for Billy Corgan’s NWA. When these episodes will be taped and then air remains unclear, although he would disclose that they will apparently cover real issues in the wrestling business.

“This is the God honest truth. The first nine shows I wrote. First of all, somebody gets concussed, and we talk about concussion protocol number one. Number two, we drug test, and not this is in storyline. Now this is in storyline. And not only do we drug test in storyline, but the guy responsible for taking the drug test literally stands next to the stall of the wrestler to make sure they’re not using somebody else’s piss. We do that. And also, uh, a female wrestler who is in danger of losing power, pulls the Me Too card all in the first nine shows.”Vince Russo

Vince Russo built his reputation at WWE, rising from editor of their magazine to co-writing the TV shows with Vince McMahon himself. So when he and Ed Ferrara defected to WCW in 1999, it was viewed as a seismic shift, with experts forecasting that WCW would quickly surge ahead in the ratings war. In reality, though, the outspoken New Yorker’s controversial creative calls triggered a spectacular backfire. Undaunted by WCW’s eventual downfall, Russo stayed entrenched in the industry, making a short-lived WWE comeback before signing on with the upstart TNA, coming and going multiple times over the next 12 years.

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