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Russo's second book Rope Opera: How WCW Killed Vince Russo was released on March 1, 2010 and chronicles his tenure with WCW and TNA Wrestling. The title Rope Opera stems from the title of a television series idea that he pitched to networks at the time of his WWF tenure.
Cornette has criticized Russo publicly since his departure from TNA in 2009, which Cornette has stated was a result of his lack of support for Russo's creative direction. [54] In March 2010, Cornette sent then-TNA official Terry Taylor an email in which he said: "I want Vince Russo to die. If I could figure out a way to murder him without going ...
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, promoter, and performer.He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later Senior Vice President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and subsequently, the on-screen General Manager of WWE's Raw brand.
Stephanie Marie McMahon Levesque [8] [9] (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN; née McMahon; born September 24, 1976) [6] is an American businesswoman and retired professional wrestler.She is known for her various roles within WWE between 1998 and 2023.
According to John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Vince Russo came up with the idea when Layfield wanted to create a hardcore wrestling division in the WWF. Russo said he devised the tournament as a consequence of Bradshaw claiming he could beat anyone on the roster in a bar fight. [3] Jim Cornette also reported that it was Russo's idea. [4]
On March 13, Cole's attorney Alan Fuchsberg sent a draft copy of a legal complaint to WWF, seeking $3.5 million in restitution. Two days later, Cole and Fuchsberg met with Vince McMahon, his wife Linda, and WWF's counsel Jerry McDevitt at Fuchsberg's offices in Manhattan. According to Cole in an 1999 interview, he initially offered to settle ...
On the September 8 NWA-TNA PPV, Rhodes defeated Scott D'Amore with Russo as the special guest referee. On the October 29 episode of Impact, Rhodes started his campaign to replace Vince Russo as the Director of Authority. Later, he became the Director of Authority at their November 7, 2004 pay-per-view, Victory Road. [67]
So, they decided to bring back former WCW president Eric Bischoff and former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) head of creative Vince Russo, putting them together to run WCW. On-screen, Bischoff and Russo took over and declared all WCW titles vacant on April 10, 2000. They also declared a new stable with both of them at the helm called The New ...