Post by Pennyroyal_Tea (admin) on Dec 16, 2004 18:21:52 GMT -5
Show: The Interactive Interview
Guest: Vince Russo
Date: 11th December 2004 (Originally Recorded October 30th 2004)
Your Hosts: Daniel Edler & James Walsh
Recap by: James Walsh
In our near 2 years of doing TII, we've brought you controversy, big stars, lots of goofy after shows, and nearly 100 interviews with your favorite wrestling superstars past, present, and future. In the spirit of what TII has been and what we are destined to still become, we bring you perhaps the most controversial figure in professional wrestling over the past 15 years. We bring you the man who was once Vince McMahon's right hand man. We bring you the man that changed the game of professional wrestling as we know it. We bring you the "Powers that Be" and the power is Vince Russo.
-- Vince feels Live Wire was "ahead of its time." As for his role on Livewire, he felt he was taking a risk because Vince McMahon was in the studio when that was recorded and Vince was shooting straight with the people in a time where they still had characters and everything was very kayfabe.
-- Vince started writing his own angles in the magazine to keep himself interested. From that stemmed the RAW magazine where Vince feels he was taking a real chance but was doing what he felt wrestling had to evolve to. Over time, Vince McMahon took notice of the different things Vince was doing and McMahon had Russo start writing with him "and the rest is history."
-- "What's difficult for wrestling fans to understand is wrestling is a business. Vince McMahon was my boss. My job was to get him the highest ratings that I possibly could. I knew what the people were into; I knew what the kids were into. I know what they were going to watch. Even though today I wouldn't go that rout, back then I had a job to do and that job was to get the highest ratings possible and quite frankly, I was going to get those ratings by any means necessary."
-- "I walked into a completely different place. This was not the same place I had left about 2 and a half years ago," said Vince when asked about his short stay in the WWF in 2002. He met with writers for 6 hours and when he left the room, he knew it wasn't going to work. Vince McMahon called him the next morning and basically said the same thing -- It was not going to work.
-- We then roll into some word associations. These are not your average word associations. You have to download the show (it's free) to hear them but in them is a public apology to Jim Ross, his thoughts on his former hatred for Todd Pettingale, the loss of Curt Hennig and Miss Elizabeth, how highly he views Sting, why he can't wait to sit down with Ted DiBiase, his feelings on what Ric Flair said about him in his book, and his "unfinished business" with Vince McMahon!
To read the rest of the report and listen to the interview go to www.impactwrestling.com/content.aspx?snum=4228
Guest: Vince Russo
Date: 11th December 2004 (Originally Recorded October 30th 2004)
Your Hosts: Daniel Edler & James Walsh
Recap by: James Walsh
In our near 2 years of doing TII, we've brought you controversy, big stars, lots of goofy after shows, and nearly 100 interviews with your favorite wrestling superstars past, present, and future. In the spirit of what TII has been and what we are destined to still become, we bring you perhaps the most controversial figure in professional wrestling over the past 15 years. We bring you the man who was once Vince McMahon's right hand man. We bring you the man that changed the game of professional wrestling as we know it. We bring you the "Powers that Be" and the power is Vince Russo.
-- Vince feels Live Wire was "ahead of its time." As for his role on Livewire, he felt he was taking a risk because Vince McMahon was in the studio when that was recorded and Vince was shooting straight with the people in a time where they still had characters and everything was very kayfabe.
-- Vince started writing his own angles in the magazine to keep himself interested. From that stemmed the RAW magazine where Vince feels he was taking a real chance but was doing what he felt wrestling had to evolve to. Over time, Vince McMahon took notice of the different things Vince was doing and McMahon had Russo start writing with him "and the rest is history."
-- "What's difficult for wrestling fans to understand is wrestling is a business. Vince McMahon was my boss. My job was to get him the highest ratings that I possibly could. I knew what the people were into; I knew what the kids were into. I know what they were going to watch. Even though today I wouldn't go that rout, back then I had a job to do and that job was to get the highest ratings possible and quite frankly, I was going to get those ratings by any means necessary."
-- "I walked into a completely different place. This was not the same place I had left about 2 and a half years ago," said Vince when asked about his short stay in the WWF in 2002. He met with writers for 6 hours and when he left the room, he knew it wasn't going to work. Vince McMahon called him the next morning and basically said the same thing -- It was not going to work.
-- We then roll into some word associations. These are not your average word associations. You have to download the show (it's free) to hear them but in them is a public apology to Jim Ross, his thoughts on his former hatred for Todd Pettingale, the loss of Curt Hennig and Miss Elizabeth, how highly he views Sting, why he can't wait to sit down with Ted DiBiase, his feelings on what Ric Flair said about him in his book, and his "unfinished business" with Vince McMahon!
To read the rest of the report and listen to the interview go to www.impactwrestling.com/content.aspx?snum=4228