Snitsky's back acne Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Coyrtesy of lordsofpain.net, so take it for what you will... Â The following announcement was sent out on Tuesday morning by Vince Russo's booking agent, Bill Behrens (SHOWBIS@aol.com): Â BABY FACES, BLADE JOBS and BOOKING Â Everything you wanted to know about writing a professional wrestling show but were afraid to ask. Â A SEMINAR HOSTED BY VINCE RUSSO Â During the years of 1995-2012, Vince Russo was one of the most controversial figures in the history of sports entertainment/professional wrestling, while serving as the head writer of all three major wrestling companies, WWE, WCW and TNA. Â During that tenure, Russo wrote over a thousand televised wrestling shows--which achieved some of the highest ratings of all time-- while also having a hand in helping create some of the biggest stars in the history of the business. From Stone Cold Steve Austin to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS269 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 FFS, Russo is a TV Writer , not a wrestling Booker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 He's a millionaire who has booked for the WWF, WCW and TNA, earned a high six figure salary every year since 1997 and just walked away from booking a national televised wrestling show on a major network off his own back. Â Of course, its Delirious and Mike Quackenbush I'd want the advice from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Vince Russo : Inventer of the Electric-Filled-Jar-On-A-Pole-Cage-Battle Royal-Match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 I can think of worse ideas - sure, he's been involved in a lot of shit ideas, it seems, but really, what the fuck do we all know? As Ian says, he's been involved for a very long time, so a lot of people see a lot in him, and he doesn't seem like the kind of lickspittle that's just blowing smoke up someone's arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 He's a millionaire who has booked for the WWF, WCW and TNA, earned a high six figure salary every year since 1997 and just walked away from booking a national televised wrestling show on a major network off his own back. Â In fairness, I do agree with this. Â Say what you want about Russo [and God knows he's given us enough ammunition] but the fella was clearly doing SOMETHING right, even if it was just getting the right people to buy into his skills and hire him, as he has been employed by WWF, WCW and TNA in a well paid position for the last 15 years. Â Still wanna see a Cornette rant about this, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS269 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 He's a millionaire who has booked for the WWF, WCW and TNA, earned a high six figure salary every year since 1997 and just walked away from booking a national televised wrestling show on a major network off his own back. Of course, its Delirious and Mike Quackenbush I'd want the advice from.  Yes because when I watch a wrestling show I only want to watch 20- 40 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours. As I said he's a tv writer, not a wrestling booker. Whenever he didn't have Vince McMahon keeping him in check his booking has been widely panned.  Say what you want about Russo [and God knows he's given us enough ammunition] but the fella was clearly doing SOMETHING right, even if it was just getting the right people to buy into his skills and hire him, as he has been employed by WWF, WCW and TNA in a well paid position for the last 15 years  Russo is the indication of how important being in the right place in the right time, and then having the right contacts can make all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted March 13, 2012 Awards Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2012 Baby Faces, Blade Jobs and Booking; nothing will no longer be sacred!!  Somewhere Jim Cornette's head has just exploded.  My head exploded at that double negative.  This actually sounds like it could be interesting - I can't imagine it'll give anyone a foot in the door anywhere, but it could be interesting. Bet it costs a packet, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 Cornette is a mental, it's always fun to watch him ranting. He is bigger shitarse than Russo by far, though - wonderful manager for a spell in the 80s, but business-wise is like Heyman without the ability to make shit out of nothing. Instead, seems to be a blowhard with nothing to back it up.  He's a millionaire who has booked for the WWF, WCW and TNA, earned a high six figure salary every year since 1997 and just walked away from booking a national televised wrestling show on a major network off his own back. Of course, its Delirious and Mike Quackenbush I'd want the advice from.  Yes because when I watch a wrestling show I only want to watch 20- 40 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours. As I said he's a tv writer, not a wrestling booker.  YOU'RE a TV writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 Did the original poster cut and paste the entire itinerary? The bit about drawing money and building up to PPVs seems to have been left off the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 the topics he'll be covering are actually pretty spot on for what you would need. You just need to know when an idea is crap and reject it. When I watched a shoot interview he did a few years ago, his phiosophy of booking is sound, he just seems to execute it poorly. Using the 'people wouldn't expect that to happen' phiosophy is solid, but theres also a reason why people wouldnt expect said idea to happen, because sometimes an idea (like the Arquette incident) is just plain retarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yes because when I watch a wrestling show I only want to watch 20- 40 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours. As I said he's a tv writer, not a wrestling booker. He also books three hours of PPV a month, based all around pro wrestling. Whether he does it good or not is irrelevant. He still does it. Â The television show is an advert for the wrestling you have to pay for. So he is a 'wrestling booker' you pillock. He might not be a very good one (hence how little his PPVs do under TNA), but to say he isnt a booker is bollocks. The reason Quackenbush and Delirious arent television writers, is because no national syndicated network executive thinks little of his job to risk his children wearing last years Addidas to PE when his boss sacks the cunt for putting a shit hollier than thou vanity project on the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 Russo isn't shit. He's very VERY hit and miss, but not shit. Honestly I rather have Russo booking again that the auto-pilot Smackdown writing team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted March 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2012 He did have a big hand in booking Survivor Series 98. I'd ask him how that went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJS269 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Cornette is a mental, it's always fun to watch him ranting. He is bigger shitarse than Russo by far, though - wonderful manager for a spell in the 80s, but business-wise is like Heyman without the ability to make shit out of nothing. Instead, seems to be a blowhard with nothing to back it up. He's a millionaire who has booked for the WWF, WCW and TNA, earned a high six figure salary every year since 1997 and just walked away from booking a national televised wrestling show on a major network off his own back. Of course, its Delirious and Mike Quackenbush I'd want the advice from.  Yes because when I watch a wrestling show I only want to watch 20- 40 minutes of wrestling in 2 hours. As I said he's a tv writer, not a wrestling booker.    Cornette , Russo and Paul Heyman have the same problem, they are good at ONE aspect of the business, and useless at the others.  YOU'RE a TV writer. And I wish. I need a job lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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