Vince Russo explains why some fans dislike him so much

Vince Russo believes he receives a lot hate on-line just because he favored leisure tv over in-ring motion throughout his time as a wrestling author.

Russo labored as WWE’s head author within the late Nineteen Nineties when RAW obtained the best tv scores within the present’s 29-year historical past. He additionally wrote tv for WCW and IMPACT Wrestling after he left WWE in 1999.

Chatting with Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Dr. Chris Featherstone, Russo was requested to clarify why some followers seemingly dislike him.

“It’s actual easy,” he mentioned. “I wrote for the informal wrestling viewers and informal tv viewer. These persons are not on the web. They’re informal, which suggests they don’t go to wrestling websites. They’re not 24/7 wrestling. They’re tv viewers. The massive vocal majority, who’re the minority, these are the individuals on-line that we hear from on a regular basis.” [1:58-2:40]

Watch the video above to listen to Russo give an in-depth clarification on why he divides so many wrestling followers.

One other potential motive why some followers dislike Vince Russo

Whereas many followers favor to look at in-ring wrestling motion, others benefit from the leisure facet of the wrestling enterprise. WWE, for instance, manufacturers itself as sports activities leisure, whereas AEW largely focuses on skilled wrestling.

Vince Russo, a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, booked himself in storylines whereas writing for WCW. He added that a lot of his critics should genuinely imagine that wrestling is unscripted and a real-life competitors.

“They satisfied themselves that wrestling is actual,” he mentioned. “This group of individuals which are the one ones which are heard… need wrestling, wrestling, wrestling. That’s what they need… 20-minute matches, they will’t get sufficient wrestling. Vince Russo was an leisure man. Why was I an leisure man? As a result of my job was to usher in as many eyeballs as potential.” [2:46-3:21]

Russo offers his opinions on current-day wrestling each week on Sportskeeda Wrestling’s RAW recap present, Legion of RAW. This week, he highlighted a potential clarification for Drew McIntyre’s addition to the WrestleMania Backlash card.