The Vince Russo Incidents 

Say what you will about Cornette, but I think all pro wrestling fans can listen to his tirades against Vince Russo with a big smile on all our faces.

The Brawl for All was horrible! But you failed to mention that Bradshaw was a known Bully backstage and would brag about how he could legit beat basically anyone in a bar fight. There are countless stories of his bullying other wrestlers and announcers before brawl for all and well after. Not that the tourney was good or a good idea, but those nuggets will not portray Brandshaw as an innocent victim of Russo whon is creatively responsible for much more crap than good in wrestling.

It's not a question of "Why is he so hated" as much as it's "Why do people still listen to and hire him?"

Fun Fact: The main reason why TNA lost the Spike TV deal was because Dixie asked for an absurd amount of money. Angelina Love talks about this in an interview.

As a kid who was 11 during brawl for all, I enjoyed it. Love seeing who the bamf really was. Bart Gunn surprised aplot of us

Tom: the brawl for all was made because he hated JBL Me: who doesn't?

Unpopular opinion: In a bubble, brawl for all wasn't a bad concept. Seeing those guys actually proving their toughness is cool. It's only bad when you stop to think about it. You can't really book it since it isn't predetermined and the potential for injury. If it were something more akin to Wardlow Vs Jake Hager in the AEW MMA match, that would be far better.

As soon as you referred to Steve Blackman as Stevie, the image of him wearing cut off jean shorts came to mind.

The Heart family blames Vince Russo for the death of Owen Heart.

Hilarious to think that Brawl For All was made to humiliate Bradshaw, yet Bradshaw ended up having a pretty great career in WWE with APA and being the World Champion on Smackdown.

I loved WCW for years, but had lost interest around 1999 at 9 years old. WWF was too good, and WCW was mostly unwatchable outside of cruiserweight matches. I would try to tune in every few weeks, which eventually became longer. Sometime in 2000 after a few months of not watching, I tuned in to see Russo cutting a big in-ring promo. I had no idea who he was, what he was talking about, or why anyone who clearly wasn’t a wrestler was talking so much. I would turn back later to try and see a match, but it was just interviews with wrestlers and commentators repeatedly bringing his name up. There was no action. I remember saying out loud, disgusted and confused, “Who is Vince Russo” before turning back to RAW. I never tried watching WCW again.

how this guy got a job after wcw is beyond me...

Knew this was coming after the last video. Also: Bart Gunn vs Butterbean wasn’t a fight or even a tragedy. It was a one sided slaughter.

I actually liked brawl for all, finally see which wrestlers were legit tough. And seeing jbl getting shut up was a legit reason lol

Greatest writer in the history of wrestling

vince russo turned mike awesome into that 70s guy, i just cant get over it

Stevie Blackman?? I have never in my life heard somebody called him Stevie

Some people over the years, especially Jim Cornette and Roddy Piper, cited him as the reason for the loss of Owen Hart.

re: The Brawl for all. It started with points being scored for takedowns as well as knock downs and punches landed. Takedowns were quietly removed later on in the tournament.

Jim Cornette is truly a wrestling legend. Some of his views may be out of date but he doesn’t miss. A lot of wrestling nowadays is rotten & it doesn’t have to be. Vince Russo is definitely responsible *for* rotten wrestling in back then and seeping into the modern era

Looking forward to the very next video!

Nice video Greg!

The brawl for all has to be the biggest event in wrestling history from a wrestlers perspective because it set so many precedents for how dangerous boxing is for wrestlers but it also changed a lot of people's attitudes, especially bart Gunn because he actually tries boxing after he dropped the wwf. So many guys got messed up career wise that it almost overshadows every other bad idea Vince had

Then again when you found out all the messed up things JBL would go on do to other wrestlers I say russo is kinda the hero in that regard

Lol I LOVED the brawl for all as a kid. Obviously, I didn’t consider the potential injuries. It was cool to me watch them fight for real

The brawl for all was actually a really good an unique idea ppl shouldn't hate that

A lot of wrestlers practice a form of martial arts now. I couldn't picture any promotion doing this today without paying the participants a big bonus and covering any medical bills. If some wrestlers were willing to do it today, I'd be willing to watch.

Ya seem like a real chill guy Top 10. Would love to hang with ya if I could. All the best.

It was a lot of years ago but im pretty sure i remember them calling that tournament "the brawl to win it all." I think the prize was 100,000 kayfabe dollars.

Damn I thought I be watching sunnyv2 video coz of the thumbnail

Thank For The Video 💝🤩

This is why it’s often good to have a booking committee cause some of Russo ideas and views of storytelling in wrestling could work with a modern prospective or the give everyone something to do idea I like that mentality cause hey why just push the main eventer why not also push young talent or a potential mid-carder with a storyline or gimmick change not everything works but I sorta like that mentality give everyone something to do or let’s do this storyline but with a twist but I’ll agree he wrote some dumb stuff and so on but he wrote some good so it’s a 50/50 and in wrestling creativity can sure take a stale product to a entertaining one but also making sure the ideas make sense and not just become a dumb or forgotten idea or throw away one something Russo sorta did a lot

You might be Jim Cornettes favorite YT channel after this

No hate towards Russo here. I love the guy. I've interacted with him many times and he's a blast. Nash said it best he's just misunderstood.

Concerning the Bash at the Beach Incident: According to Russo and Hogan, Jarrett lying down for Hogan was a work and was part of a storyline that would write Hogan off of TV for his contractual time off. According to Hogan, what wasn't planned was Russo's returning to the ring after Hogan had left the arena and the promo that was cut. Also important to consider, neither Russo nor Hogan has a good track record with honesty.

They got Russo looking like Colin Farrell up there lol. The artist was pretty generous

i loved the brawl for all. wrestling fans secretly always want to know who would beat up who in a good ol fashioned mano y mano. i’m shocked they only did it once tbh

New sub here bro. Gr8 video!!!(

Wow you really painted over how Bradshaw was towards people. He was literally a horrible person and was called a bully and evil by many people.

I wanna see a shoot fight between Cornette and Russo. Idgaf if it’s at wrestlemania, on ufc etc. I wanna see Cornette fight Russo

When an arena of fans are chanting for you to be fired whilst you’re not even in front of said fans. Thats a big sign.

Holy shit I can't believe I didn't remember what should have been the biggest story out of Brawl For Over, and that is that The Godfather beat Dan the beast Severn in the opening round 😱😱😱

I thought Dan Severn pulled out of the Brawl For All.

He also had problem with Piper Hot ron and him went toe to toe on shoot in the ring that's a classic now

Cornette is a better wrestling mind than Russo could ever dream to have.

The way they fed Bart to Butterbean is absolutely scandalous.Eric is usually a really good dude, I don’t like that he did that with Bart.

you left so many incidents of Russo's bad booking off. The WCW New Blood being booked as heels. Booking David Arquette to win the WCW World Title. Judy Bagwell on a forklift.

The problem with Russo was most all his ideas were shock TV. That's actually not a bad thing in moderation but with him having no filter in both WCW and TNA it was an extremely bad thing. For all his bad ideas he did at least attempt to push younger talent. And as much as I am an old school wrestling fan, I will admit seeing the Brawl For All as a teen was very memorable lol 🤣. I also think the Hogan and Jarrett worked shoot at Bash at the beach was the right kind of shock moment. If they could have followed up it would have been great TV. Unfortunately Russo wasn't kept in check so we wound up getting way too many gimmick matches and several nonsensical matches.

I need to see this boxing match

Where's the Cornett vid

If I remember correctly Vince being quietly hired back cost TNA their Spike TV deal.

The issue with Vince Russo is that while he has creative ideas (saying this from someone who is not a fan of his), he has to be kept on a leash, or the collateral damage he will inevitably cause will set you back time, talent, and money. Defenders will keep saying that Vinny Ru was one of the main driving forces of the Attitude Era, but here is the thing: using an analogy, Russo is a cog in a machine, not the engine. McMahon is ultimately the one with the final say in any booking decisions, and say what you want about the man himself, but at least his presence keeps Russo and other writers from running amok with stupid pitches. This lack of a leash was very apparent with the way Russo booked WCW, and honestly, when you look at the Brawl for All (which ironically was approved by McMahon), the red flags were already there, considering what happened in the end. This is more personal, but based on what I have seen and heard about the man, I see Russo as a freaking coward. Say what you want about Cornette, but at least he will back up his talk if you push his buttons. Russo, though, will just run and hide behind the nearest shield when push comes to shove, especially after how TNA handled Cornette's dismissal, followed by the RO after Cornette' made some implied threats about him (which, realistically, is unlikely, considering the age gap between the two men). As for any Vinny Ru defenders who still adamantly follow and support him, just know that your "hero" would literally run away or throw you under the bus after sticking your neck out for him.

I never seen this cause I wasn’t watching wrestling at that time. But if you know the history of WWE. Jesse McMahon started as a boxing promoter. Any switch to Carnival freestyle shoot wrestling

I love him just for the Fact that Jom Cornette and Dave Meltzer Fans hate him^^ When this 2 Guys hate you, you CLEARLY did everything right!

Honestly this fit the attitude era amd it made sense to me.all the low careers had nothing better to do anyway

You forgot he put the WCW title on David Arquette and then himself.

Howard Stern is restarted, so Vince Russo is a Restarted Howard Stern. It's a paradox, an enigma he was ever on, and somehow, I think it's how much he's hated that keeps him around.

Can't wait for that Russo-Cornette video. Looks like you hit that "like" goal REAL fast!

As a kid around 9 10 years old I absolutely loved the brawl for all. It was a change up from the reguler matches. As a kid ohh they can’t do stunner or tombstone pile drivers. You ain’t a real man if you don’t enjoy a real fight. You don’t find it cool to know who can shoot fight ?

The Brawl for All was not actually boxing. You could also score points by taking your opponent down.

I love your videos

Greg moment

I never understood the concept of doing Boxing in a wrestling ring. The Lion's Den match was already the perfect set up to do shoot fighting. Boxing isn't fighting. There is a different set up and more restrictions than other combat sports.

We're getting the video boys

Russo currently writes for Rocky Mountain Pro Wrestling.

Don’t forget he’s also claiming to have done secret consultant work for WWE/USA Network from 2020-2022.🧐

I'm also training to become a pro wrestler Tom.

Russo is much worse than Cornette. At least Corny doesn't treat it like Jeremy Kyle or Jerry Springer.

Finding a legitimately good Vince Russo story is like literally finding a needle in a hay... mountain.

Russo: the king of “blocking” people on twitter

0:01 I'm not sure about him being polarising, as very few people have anything good to say about him.

Russo never respected wrestling are the wrestlers he always treated like a joke.

I kind of wish we could've seen what his idea of perfect wrestling was compared to McMahon or Bichoff or HHH

Please I want the cornets video!

The Attitude Era was Russo’s only peak as a writer.

There were best to worst things when it comes to Vince Russo

Greg, it's cool what you are doing with these videos. But don't piss off the Cult. We are everywhere.

Forgot to mention it was half Jim Ross idea to put over Dr death. Dr death was supposed to win and challenge Steve Austin.

Yes please do that

Have you gotten to 1.5k likes yet? Or is that gonna take quite some time?

BRO! IM TELLIN YOU.

Steve Blackman was never called stevie 💀💀💀

I just laughed when I read the title and thumbnail.

Russo is a legend never said for ggod or bad reasons but he is a legend lol

The boxing thing was inadvertently cool but the reasoning was so lame, someone ought to knock Vince Russo out.

I loved the brawl for all. I was also a teenager lol. But I wouldn't have wanted to win that tourney, just to face Butterbean.

As an old school WCW fan I will never forgive Russo for wrecking the promotion I once loved so much.

Ah yes, my favorite UFC heavyweight, Dan Seven

I know why because he has different opinions and those are not allowed

A piece of "Sugar Honey Iced Tea"😂

If Hogan was gonna his creative position to keep from losing, I can’t really blame Russo for doing what he did there. I might’ve done the same thing. Wrestlers who have creative control shouldn’t use that power to do whatever they want. That’s my opinion.

Why didn't they let the wrestlers in the Brawl for All do actual wrestling moves, not even amateur wrestling moves

I don't believe a word about Bradshaw being the reason behind Brawl for all. I think it was a case of revisionist history as a way to make him look better on hindsight as the cunning vigilante sticking it to the bully. It's far more likely that Vince new the boss Vince was a massive boxing fan and the car crash TV element with boxing hot at the time. Russo is pretty well known to have differing accounts of events after they have occurred and this is no exception

Vince Russo sounds like a nice guy but seriously...he tells some very big tall tales.

Bro, let me tell you something bro, New York bro

for the record these were NOT by any stretch of the imagination "boxing" matches. they are "toughman" fights which are different rules entirely. butterbean represented the toughman championship organization and this was supposed to be mutually beneficial for both companies. only butterbean really benefitted but his star would burn out quick too soon after. and dont say "well they are close enough". boxing matches would have required licenses, an expensive medic crew on standby, sanctioned referees, etc. its regulated very differently which is why you dont hear them even use the word box/boxing.

He was under qualified and difficult to listen to.

The thing about the bwael for awel iz more than Vinnie Russu iz that thiz waz not wrezzling. Nor waz zit boxxing. Thiz waz modded mix marshal art. But as bad as that was I can think of worse, Beaver Cleavage. This was Vince's baby. He fought tooth and nail for it to air. He would do anything to have it shown. He was desperate. Everyone hated it, basically it was a GTV rip off of Leave it to Beaver where a man child and his mother were on together. Sexually. It aired once, fans not only farted on it but took a giant dump on it, and Vince was mad at the fans, at the staff, no one got it. No one could see his brilliance. The fans didn't know what was good, only he did.

0:31 looks like we know your next video...

Failure is an orphan when it comes to a lot of Russo's booking decisions.