Do you think Russo could work in WWE now?

[xCompackx]

Apologies if a thread like this has already been made, but I'm just curious. Could the magic work again as it did in Attitude Era? If not, why?

[MrBRulzOK]

Nope.

Thouh to be fair I don't think there's anyone who could work in the WWE right now with Crazy Vince at the helm. I don't care if it's Russo, Heyman, Cornette, Sapolsky, Bischoff, Pritchard, Raven, or the local janitor. They'd all do about as well as each other having to deal with the constant mind changing.

[Todd Pettengill]

There's a 311,591,917 people in the United States. Many of them are talented writers & producers, with fresh ideas. Why go back to one guy who has had a number of chances?

[Hit Girl]

Could he work in WWE?

Sure. The floors at WWE HQ could always use mopping.

[Ben Wyatt]

Russo excelled at making the midcard matter. Put him in charge of it and have HHH and/or McMahon oversee him

[Andrew is Good]

Take the Daniel Bryan/AJ relationship.

If Russo booked it, after a month, Daniel Bryan would have already beaten the crap out of her. Russo has no idea what the word "subtle" means. Cena would turn twice this year, same with CM Punk. And Hoeski would be replaced with "dirty whore with a big gaping vagina".

[bertheart90]

i seen Pro Wrestling's Ultimate Insiders the other day and i have a new found respect for vinnie ru i think he could do a good job in the wwe afterall he will have the best brain in wrestling to trim the fat and turn it into magic

[mayabristow]

As long as Russo could make the midcard divison matter & have Vince or HHH oversee his writing then yes

[Been burned too many times]

Yep. If they let him focus on the lower/mid card guys. At least we'd possibly see multiple guys going after the IC and US titles. Maybe he'd find use for Drew besides him getting fired/rehired constantly, maybe he'd let the Divas champ appear more, maybe we'd see Kidd, Barreta, Tatsu, etc more. Maybe he'd throw some guys together to help out the tag division. Just let him focus on 1 or 2 things instead of the entire show.

[Ryanar]

Him being there wont exactly provide a decent environment. He writes for the sake of shock value instead of giving a decent story. WWE has been cutting back on the controversial storylines because the Fans were getting Desensitized to them back in the Ruthless Aggression Era. Russo would probably bring in some ratings, but for how long? Until we become tired of his writing again?

[turkeysandwich]

What if he was brought in as a character only? I mean to play the GM of Smackdown or something? I think that could be interesting if he played up his character, such as have him in the back discussing with someone how they can do a swerve. I'm not saying that he should or that it would work, but I think it could be interesting. But definitely not as a writer.

[thegame415]

Mar 8, 2012 15:13:39 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Russo excelled at making the midcard matter. Put him in charge of it and have HHH and/or McMahon oversee him

Yes, put him in charge of developing ideas for the midcarders.

The strength about Russo is that 95 percent of the roster has something to do when he's booking.

I always use the Ministry as an example of good character placement on his part. He took guys who couldn't get over (Acolytes, or whatever they were called in late 1998) and guys who weren't doing anything (Dennis Knight and Mabel) and made them minions of the Undertaker. They didn't have to become stars. They were there to develop Undertaker. He didn't waste somebody up and coming (let's say, The Hardy Boyz) and have them take beatings.

[zeez]

As long as Vince is there to filter his ideas, then sure.

[Error]

No. He doesn't like being a part of large teams, doesn't like answering to people and was laughed out of WWE a decade ago by certain people who have only gained power since them.

[Johnny B. Decent]

F*** no.

[rapidfire187]

As a member of a creative team with an equal amount of pull as the other guys? Sure, why not. Though I don't think he'd add much in that situation, he wouldn't be any worse than some of the idiots they have writing now.

As head of creative, or in any position that allows him to produce the majority of ideas? Hell no. He's proven repeatedly that his best days are behind him.

[Savage Gambino]

After WCW and the last couple years of TNA? No. Hell No. All of the No that there is. I don't think there's a No big enough.

And even if they did, he sure as hell wouldn't last long; when WWE re-signed him in 2002, he was almost immediately rebuked.

[xCompackx]

Mar 8, 2012 17:47:17 GMT -5 Error said:

No. He doesn't like being a part of large teams, doesn't like answering to people and was laughed out of WWE a decade ago by certain people who have only gained power since them.

What was the story behind that?

[thegame415]

Mar 8, 2012 18:35:48 GMT -5 xCompackx said:

Mar 8, 2012 17:47:17 GMT -5 Error said:

No. He doesn't like being a part of large teams, doesn't like answering to people and was laughed out of WWE a decade ago by certain people who have only gained power since them.

What was the story behind that?

If I remember, he apparently came up with an idea to redo the invasion. Where WWE would bring in guys like Goldberg, Bret Hart, and Scott Steiner.

[héad.casé]

I heard the Acolytes teaming actually saved Bradshaw's career. WWE were ready to release him at any moment until Russo came up with that. So why JBL had a problem with him coming back a decade ago i'll never know.

I'd also heard he suggested re-doing the Invasion because he knew it was a stupid enough idea to get out of his WWE contract. He saw how much things had changed when he got back that he wanted out right away apparently.