Avenger. Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 STATEMENT CONCERNING MY INVOLVEMENT WITH TNA by Vince Russo / 07.15.2014 Recently, I accidentally sent an e-mail to a third-party that was not meant for their eyes. The e-mail concerned my current involvement with TNA Wrestling. TNA rendered my services as a consultant to work with their announce team of Mike Tenay and Taz. The condition from their side was that I kept it confidential between the two parties. As their employee, it was up to me to honor their wishes, so that’s what I intended to do. My integrity means everything to me, so I just hope you can understand and forgive. Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitbreak Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH SWERVE oh TNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*diana Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 ok ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crack. Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Lmaoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future™ Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just when I thought things couldn't be any worse for TNA.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 *censored*ING SWERVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb ★ Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I thought it was reported one or two months ago that he's working for TNA again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I thought it was reported one or two months ago that he's working for TNA again? I believe one or the other were denying that they were working with each other again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqfitz Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Swerve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmVD Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Who's ready for item on a pole matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Oh Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 SWERVES! YOU GET A SWERVE! YOU! YOU GET A SWERVE! EVERYONE GETS A SWERVE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1okr Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I remember listening to him on Austin's podcast. Russo can lay the BS on thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizo Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Russo>>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Apparently he'll be working on the announce team and not as a writer. I hope to god that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion™ Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I am in the minority of people who don't think Russo is a talentless ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1okr Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 He's even said himself he's in it for the sports entertainment aspect not the wrestling aspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitbreak Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 I am in the minority of people who don't think Russo is a talentless ass. He's not retarded, but he has a history of doing retarded shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarGreymon77 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Russo's had a lot of good ideas before. It's just that everybody blames him for the bad ones, but says that the good ideas weren't his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger. Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Russo isn't a bad writer, but you got to keep on a leash because he can get out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqfitz Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I love this so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Dreamer Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 i support Russo because he went to my college so w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Russo reminds me of M Night Shyamalan. Both started off prospectively well, both made huge headway at the start (somewhat using the same gimmick as the other, as well). But both refuse to evolve, refuse to wise up to the fans, and both are under the impression that their gimmick still impresses. Sorry guys, but a twist/swerve in every story just... just doesn't cut it. On the plus side, Russo gave us "on a pole match" jokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Øhlin Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Not too surprising in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limitbreak Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Dave Meltzer is reporting that the reason TNA was so secretive about rehiring Vince Russo as a creative consultant was because Spike TV hates Vince Russo and they didn't want their television partners to know about it. On the surface, TNA rehiring Vince Russo as a creative consultant and attempting to keep it quiet was a rather foolish decision. Although he had unparalleled success as the WWF's head writer for a couple of years during the Attitude Era fifteen years ago, he's never been able to recapture that magic since. In fact, his frequently illogical and sleazy, crash TV style booking helped kill WCW's business streams, and although his TNA writing runs haven't been disasters on the same scale, that's merely because the company didn't have as far to fall. Inevitably, such a juicy rumor was going to be discovered and reported by the wrestling media. For months, Russo hid in plain sight (due to his hallmarks being all over TNA Impact's storylines) behind duplicitous denials, but the truth exploded in hilarious fashion when Russo accidentally emailed PWInsider.com's Mike Johnson announcing instructions meant for Mike Tenay. Initially, Russo pretended that the email was a hoax designed to prove that the dirt sheets would print anything without checking into it first, but was forced to publicly come clean about his TNA status when Johnson threatened to publish the email if he did not. However, the further you dig, the more ludicrous the situation becomes. It was initially believed that Russo's hiring was kept secret because their Japanese partners, Keiji Muto's Wrestle-1 promotion, didn't want to do business with a company where Russo had creative influence because they felt he was prejudiced against minorities given how he had booked Mexican and Japanese talent as jabronies and gave them ethnically degrading gimmicks in WCW and elsewhere. But, as Dave Meltzer explained in this week's subscriber only Wrestling Observer Newsletter, TNA's Executive Vice President of Creative & Talent Relations, John Gaburick, managed to allay Muto's concerns by explaining to him that Russo was only a consultant and wouldn't be the person responsible for deciding how Wrestle-1 talent would be portrayed on TNA television: "Months ago, their Japanese partners were upset and asked about Russo being involved and were at first never given a straight answer. However, John Gaburick later admitted to Keiji Muto that Russo was working there, but assured him that Russo was working underneath him, didn’t have final say, and that he would be the one deciding on how the Japanese were portrayed and that what happened with Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro Takahashi and Kazuchika Okada would not happen with the Wrestle-1 talent. Wrestle-1 has been happy with how Seiya Sanada has been used." So who on earth were TNA hiding Vince Russo from if it wasn't Wrestle-1 and why was it so imperative for them to keep it so hushed up? Apparently, it was their television partners in the United States, Spike TV, who according to Meltzer on his latest Wrestling Observer Radio show, hate Russo with a passion and wouldn't be impressed that he was back working for TNA: "The deal is, and this is actually potentially gigantic, because Spike TV hates Vince Russo, so that's the key to the story, Spike TV hates Vince Russo. Spike TV was not aware that Russo was working for TNA and TNA was trying to hide that Vince Russo worked for them. Why they would want Vince Russo to work for them, I mean, you know, speculate, I don't get it, but, whatever, but for whatever reason they hired him, they wanted to keep it a secret and they wanted to keep it to a degree from the fans, but the ones they wanted to keep it a secret from were Spike. Spike knows. You know what I mean? You know and the Spike thing, I mean the timing couldn't possibly be worse, obviously. I don't know that its going to make a difference, but obviously they're kissing Spike's ass by sending Bobby Lashley over there [to fight for Bellator].... But just think of it from the side of Spike, you know what I mean? It's not a good thing that that happened." Although Meltzer didn't explain why Spike TV holds such strong feelings against Russo, it's likely because at times he's pushed the boundaries of acceptable taste on their network. Indeed, under Russo's watch at one point Spike TV explicitly banned TNA from doing any further angles featuring male on female violence, which shows how fed up they were of some of his basest tendencies as a writer. The reason why the timing of this news breaking couldn't possibly be worse is that TNA's television contract with Spike TV expires in the autumn and a renewal still hasn't been signed. Clearly the delay in a deal being made suggests that there was already some dissatisfaction in Spike's corner with TNA to begin with and finding out that TNA has been intentionally misleading them regarding Russo isn't going to help TNA's case in getting Impact renewed. Moreover, in order to deceive both Spike TV and the fans, TNA also had to lie to the wrestlers that Vince Russo wasn't a part of the creative process, which, now the cat is out of the bag, will hurt morale further, which was bad enough to begin with, due to all the cost cutting, wrestling in front of empty arenas and uncertainty about the company's future. It staggers belief that TNA would jeopardize their relationship with Spike TV in such a needless manner, as TNA's very existence depends on the income they generate from producing Impact for Spike, but then again they have never behaved rationally when it comes to Vince Russo. Source: http://www.cagesideseats.com/tna-impact/2014/7/20/5920175/spike-tv-hates-vince-russo-tna I'm laughing really hard right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juria Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Oh...Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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