Was Russo ever a good on screen character?

[A Platypus Rave]

if the question starts "Was Russo ever a good..."

the answer is no, to pretty much everything after that.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

He just didn't have the presence.

Vince was this larger than life supervillain, he was THE BOSS

Eric was the slimy bastard who got to the top with good looks and a silver tongue and manipulation.

Russo just seemed like some bum half assing it. Unless you already knew who he was, he didn't seem like he was in charge and you couldn't see why he didn't just get stomped in 3 seconds.

[EvenBaldobombHasAJob]

There was that one time he called out Hogan that still amuses me, as unprofessional as it was.

[tafkaga]

Nope. Russo always made himself the focal point and nobody turned on wrestling wanting to see Vince Russo.

[jason1980s]

Jun 15, 2023 11:19:24 GMT -5 DoubleDare said:

Those few times he appeared as Vic Venom on like Livewire.

I can't remember a lot about the Vic Venom report from WWF Magazine but I do remember often it being one I saw then skip right over to another page.
I do remember one had someone (I think it was for a face) and he wrote "heat" a bunch of times and used "heat seeking missile." As a kid, not knowing the kayfabe terms I just thought it sounded so strange. Mid 1990s WWF magazine readers weren't probably interested in backstage terms and with that, just another are Vince Russo didn't understand of the business. He always wanted to speak to the minority of those who did like what he had to offer, if anyone did like it.

[BlackoutCreature]

Jun 15, 2023 11:27:42 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

He just didn't have the presence.

Vince was this larger than life supervillain, he was THE BOSS

Eric was the slimy bastard who got to the top with good looks and a silver tongue and manipulation.

Russo just seemed like some bum half assing it. Unless you already knew who he was, he didn't seem like he was in charge and you couldn't see why he didn't just get stomped in 3 seconds.

Yeah, this is how I always felt about him. I've never seen a pro wresting authority figure have less of an air of authority around him. Like, Jack Tunney was honestly one of the most boring men to ever exist, but when he showed up on WWF TV you knew stuff was about to go down. Whenever Russo came out though all you could really do was twiddle your thumbs until he left and the real show could continue again.

[DoubleDare]

Jun 15, 2023 15:25:24 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

Jun 15, 2023 11:19:24 GMT -5 DoubleDare said:

Those few times he appeared as Vic Venom on like Livewire.

I can't remember a lot about the Vic Venom report from WWF Magazine but I do remember often it being one I saw then skip right over to another page.
I do remember one had someone (I think it was for a face) and he wrote "heat" a bunch of times and used "heat seeking missile." As a kid, not knowing the kayfabe terms I just thought it sounded so strange. Mid 1990s WWF magazine readers weren't probably interested in backstage terms and with that, just another are Vince Russo didn't understand of the business. He always wanted to speak to the minority of those who did like what he had to offer, if anyone did like it.

Yea, in WWF Magazine it was kind of odd. When they started RAW Magazine it made more sense there.

But again outside of those appearances he did on Livewire, notice WWF never used him on camera again, WCW & TNA should've realized why.

[Andee9001]

If he wasn't writing the show he would have been inoffensive. He wasn't a great talker but he had confidence re:he believed his own bullshit. He wasn't like Mike Adamle in terms of being out of his depth.

[KingPooper]

Awful.

Also worst world champion in wrestling history, like David Arquette you could actually make a case for. Russo was an embarrassment.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

[pinja]

Unpleasant to look at, unpleasant to listen to, unpleasant to think about. He is what the three monkeys were invented for.