Vince Russo (@THEVinceRusso) is a professional wrestling writer, booker and bestselling author. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about why he hates watching wrestling now, some of the biggest misconceptions people have about him, the storyline he was most proud of booking during the WWF Attitude Era, why he would book David Arquette to win the WCW Heavyweight Championship again, why he decided to make himself the WCW Champion, how the booking in TNA differed from WWE and WCW, his thought on wrestling ratings and much more! 👉 To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv to support the show and use the code CVV15 00:00 Intro 00:26 Thoughts on being portrayed as a villain 01:50 Why is he a SF Giants fan? 03:46 What do people get wrong about him? 07:27 Why doesn’t he like wrestling anymore? 14:02 What he did right during the WWF Attitude Era 15:46 Memories of The Rock joining The Corporation 15:38 What was he proud of from WCW? 19:45 Fans upset about David Arquette and himself winning the WCW title 21:25 Booking Booker T as WCW Champion 24:45 Mike Awesome’s run In WCW as That 70s Guy 27:00 His thoughts on Jim Cornette’s hating him 30:25 Is he surprised Impact Wrestling still exists? 32:45 Memories of the electrified Steel Cage in TNA 34:45 Was the Dog Kennel From Hell a mistake? 36:08 What were his favorite TNA storylines 38:15 How did TNA change when Hogan/Bischoff showed up 40:15 His vast respect for Kurt Angle 43:45 Why is he known for pole matches? 46:00 Who say BRO the most? 48:23 What needs to change in pro wrestling? 51:13 Making characters matter in the WWF Attitude Era 53:15 How would he book CM Punk in AEW? 60:08 WWE celebrity involvement impacting the product 58:05 Texting Vince McMahon in 2022 1:00:30 Why he doesn’t want to come back to wrestling 1:06:12 Nick Khan’s success at making deals for WWE 1:07:40 What he thinks AEW is doing wrong 1:15:14 3 Things Vince Russo is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Subscribe to my podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #wwe #vincerusso #wrestling