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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 12, 2024 8:37:54 GMT -5
I know he did a Livewire appearance in 1996 but I was surprised to hear him call a local broadcast of the WWF in New York City in 1999.
I found a YouTube video of WWF Metal/Jakked in February 1999 and came across Russo on commentary with Michael Cole. I was very surprised to hear but even more weird was hearing Michael Cole refer to Vince Russo by name. Pretty sure its one of the very few times his name was mentioned and he appeared on WWF TV.
Bruce Prichard also was doing commentary around this time under his name, but did Russo have any other appearances?
It was always odd how WCW presented him as a huge deal when he was just a writer and producer behind the scenes and not some on-screen character that can be recognized immediately.
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Post by tafkaga on Sept 12, 2024 8:44:57 GMT -5
I know he did a Livewire appearance in 1996 but I was surprised to hear him call a local broadcast of the WWF in New York City in 1999. I found a YouTube video of WWF Metal/Jakked in February 1999 and came across Russo on commentary with Michael Cole. I was very surprised to hear but even more weird was hearing Michael Cole refer to Vince Russo by name. Pretty sure its one of the very few times his name was mentioned and he appeared on WWF TV. Bruce Prichard also was doing commentary around this time under his name, but did Russo have any other appearances? It was always odd how WCW presented him as a huge deal when he was just a writer and producer behind the scenes and not some on-screen character that can be recognized immediately. As I recall, Tony even announced the signing of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara on Nitro the week prior to their first appearance, and said that they were writers or creative behind the success of the WWF. |
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Post by chazraps on Sept 12, 2024 10:48:11 GMT -5
Vince Russo is a dumb out of touch racist.
Also, a sexist homophobe and transphobe.
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Post by Super Nintenjoe KBD on Sept 12, 2024 12:41:27 GMT -5
When I first got a subscription to WWF Magazine in early 96, I was confused by who this "Vic Venom" guy was from the magazine, as it sounded like a wrestling character and I was wondering would he be appearing on TV. Hilarious looking back on it who it was and that he eventually would be, although not under that name.
Not sure when I first saw the name Vince Russo, but only having access to the watered-down weekend highlights shows at the time, I never saw the Russo with Sable angle on TV but did see a photo of it in the magazine which confused the hell out of me in WTF had happened, but that was my first time actually viewing him and knowing it was him, while not knowing he booked.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 12, 2024 12:51:10 GMT -5
I know he did a Livewire appearance in 1996 but I was surprised to hear him call a local broadcast of the WWF in New York City in 1999. I found a YouTube video of WWF Metal/Jakked in February 1999 and came across Russo on commentary with Michael Cole. I was very surprised to hear but even more weird was hearing Michael Cole refer to Vince Russo by name. Pretty sure its one of the very few times his name was mentioned and he appeared on WWF TV. Bruce Prichard also was doing commentary around this time under his name, but did Russo have any other appearances? It was always odd how WCW presented him as a huge deal when he was just a writer and producer behind the scenes and not some on-screen character that can be recognized immediately. As I recall, Tony even announced the signing of Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara on Nitro the week prior to their first appearance, and said that they were writers or creative behind the success of the WWF. WCW was in a spot of being too clever by half, trying to play to the growing internet wrestling fandom, many of whom were the "smart mark" types, but both overestimating its size and influence at that time, and overestimating their ability to cater to them in a financially viable way. It was too early and too bungled. |
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Post by thegame415 on Sept 12, 2024 13:32:19 GMT -5
 I don't think this was on TV, but I believe it was in a magazine. Shoutout to the can of Fruitopia. |
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Post by cjh on Sept 12, 2024 13:40:22 GMT -5
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Post by fg on Sept 12, 2024 13:44:35 GMT -5
What a coincidence that Vince Russo was the first one to mention on air that Owen was the Blue Blazer. |
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Post by karl100589 on Sept 12, 2024 14:33:48 GMT -5
I believe Russo appeared as Venom in early 98. Sable and Sunny had a competing issues of WWF magazine out at the same time, and Russo presented Sable with a reward for selling more.
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Sept 12, 2024 16:25:03 GMT -5
He was one of Billionaire Ted's board members in January 1996, bro.
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Post by nashtitansid on Sept 12, 2024 16:50:22 GMT -5
Are young people shocked when they find out he was a very early internet darling in 1999?
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Post by 06vwgti on Sept 12, 2024 19:22:16 GMT -5
I need to check my files of Shotgun/Metal from 99, but did they have Russo commentating only for the New York versions of the show but say the one that aired in another state on what I think aired on network tv had a different commentary team? I could have sworn that was the case
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 12, 2024 23:08:56 GMT -5
I need to check my files of Shotgun/Metal from 99, but did they have Russo commentating only for the New York versions of the show but say the one that aired in another state on what I think aired on network tv had a different commentary team? I could have sworn that was the case The version I watched on YouTube was on a New York station, so I assume that is the case. Its WWF February 1999 by Al Bulog on YouTube |
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Post by 06vwgti on Sept 12, 2024 23:24:47 GMT -5
I need to check my files of Shotgun/Metal from 99, but did they have Russo commentating only for the New York versions of the show but say the one that aired in another state on what I think aired on network tv had a different commentary team? I could have sworn that was the case The version I watched on YouTube was on a New York station, so I assume that is the case. Its WWF February 1999 by Al Bulog on YouTube Ok I had a check, I found an episode of Shotgun from 5-1-99 one had Michael Cole and I think Jim Cornette, but the NY55 version Russo and Michael Cole on commentary. That's really weird to have Michael Cole commentate the same match twice with two different people. |
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Sept 12, 2024 23:32:25 GMT -5
The version I watched on YouTube was on a New York station, so I assume that is the case. Its WWF February 1999 by Al Bulog on YouTube Ok I had a check, I found an episode of Shotgun from 5-1-99 one had Michael Cole and I think Jim Cornette, but the NY55 version Russo and Michael Cole on commentary. That's really weird to have Michael Cole commentate the same match twice with two different people. Its weird too because theres times where I wonder how much of the other commentary was reused with Russo answering. Theres a few times where both sound like they aren't together in a room. Cole does refer to Vince by name but it almost sounds like both audios were recorded separately. |
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Post by cjh on Sept 13, 2024 8:50:19 GMT -5
The version I watched on YouTube was on a New York station, so I assume that is the case. Its WWF February 1999 by Al Bulog on YouTube Ok I had a check, I found an episode of Shotgun from 5-1-99 one had Michael Cole and I think Jim Cornette, but the NY55 version Russo and Michael Cole on commentary. That's really weird to have Michael Cole commentate the same match twice with two different people.That happened a lot. In 1995, Action Zone on USA Network and Wrestling Challenge would share a lot of the same matches with Jim Ross on commentary both times but with different partners (Todd Pettengill on AZ, Gorilla Monsoon on WC). |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 13, 2024 8:54:37 GMT -5
Ok I had a check, I found an episode of Shotgun from 5-1-99 one had Michael Cole and I think Jim Cornette, but the NY55 version Russo and Michael Cole on commentary. That's really weird to have Michael Cole commentate the same match twice with two different people.That happened a lot. In 1995, Action Zone on USA Network and Wrestling Challenge would share a lot of the same matches with Jim Ross on commentary both times but with different partners (Todd Pettengill on AZ, Gorilla Monsoon on WC). WCW also used to do this. WCW Worlwide in the UK was an edited together show of WCW matches from months earlier, with new commentary on top of it - Scott Hudson once when I was watching drew attention to his own self at the ringside commentary table getting pushed away by a wrestler. |
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Post by thegame415 on Sept 15, 2024 16:17:42 GMT -5
Are young people shocked when they find out he was a very early internet darling in 1999? Or that he used to actual try pandering to internet fans with the shoot style, wanted to push Christopher Daniels in WWF and pushed Benoit in WCW. |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Sept 15, 2024 17:14:27 GMT -5
I don't think this was on TV, but I believe it was in a magazine. Shoutout to the can of Fruitopia. Pro wrestling is a demonic overlord being arrested by his billionaire boss while some random jagoff wanders in to ask if anyone knows who won the Mets game. |
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Post by jm on Sept 15, 2024 23:14:36 GMT -5
Vince Russo is a dumb out of touch racist. Also, a sexist homophobe and transphobe. Hey now!! Russo may be dumb, out of touch, racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic, but he is NOT a Communist porn star. |
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