Brace yourselves for another no-holds-barred journey into the world of professional wrestling with none other than Vince Russo! Welcome back to "Rating The WWE Stars I Worked With - Part 2," where the man himself, Vince Russo, provides unparalleled insights into the superstars he collaborated with during his time in the WWE.
If you missed Part 1, catch up now to witness the beginning of this captivating series. As we delve deeper into the roster, get ready for more surprises, controversies, and a whole lot of Vince Russo's unique perspective.
Whether you're a long-time wrestling fan or just stepping into the ring of curiosity, this series promises an inside look that's as entertaining as it is enlightening. Dive into the world of "Rating The WWE Stars I Worked With" with Vince Russo – where the truth and controversy collide!
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If you missed Part 1, catch up now to witness the beginning of this captivating series. As we delve deeper into the roster, get ready for more surprises, controversies, and a whole lot of Vince Russo's unique perspective.
Whether you're a long-time wrestling fan or just stepping into the ring of curiosity, this series promises an inside look that's as entertaining as it is enlightening. Dive into the world of "Rating The WWE Stars I Worked With" with Vince Russo – where the truth and controversy collide!
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00:00 He bought into his gimmick just a little too much,
00:05 this undefeatable force.
00:07 Nobody can beat him.
00:09 And my point of view was, bro, anybody could get beaten.
00:12 What can you say about The Undertaker and Paul Bearer?
00:23 I think Paul Bearer is the most underrated promo of all time.
00:31 I used to love working with Paul Bearer.
00:35 What a great storyteller, man.
00:38 So underrated.
00:40 And Taker, man, for his biggest star as he was, man,
00:45 very, very, very easy to work with.
00:48 I think he trusted my writing.
00:50 I think he knew that I was always looking out on his behalf.
00:55 And together, that tandem of Paul Bearer and Undertaker
00:59 was just a pleasure to work with.
01:03 I am going to talk about two people as one here.
01:07 Because when you talk about a man, you always talk about Hall,
01:11 and you always talk about Nash.
01:12 And my working relationship between the both of them
01:16 was very, very, very, very different.
01:19 Scott Hall just never made my life easy.
01:24 It just seemed that producing for Scott, writing for Scott,
01:29 I never really knew what Scott was thinking.
01:32 And quite frankly, man, I'm just going to be honest with you,
01:35 I don't think the dude liked me.
01:37 I really don't.
01:38 And we talked about that at one point.
01:41 I had no problem with Scott Hall whatsoever.
01:44 I got to work with Razor Ramon, bro.
01:46 I got to work with Scott Hall.
01:48 He was a true, true, true professional.
01:52 But for some reason, man, he just didn't seem to make my job easy.
01:57 Now, Kevin Nash, on the other hand, I absolutely, absolutely love Kevin Nash.
02:03 I loved working with Kevin Nash.
02:05 He was so witty, so smart, so funny.
02:09 And I got to admit this, man, I was intimidated by very few people in wrestling.
02:15 But for some reason, Kevin Nash, who was a friend,
02:19 is still intimidating to me to this day.
02:23 But listen, man, no qualms working with Kevin, working with Scott.
02:28 And I think together, man, we put out some good content.
02:31 Man, this guy, probably the most difficult person I ever had to work with.
02:37 And guys, this is not personal.
02:39 None of this is personal.
02:41 It was hard working with Goldberg.
02:43 I'm not going to lie to you.
02:46 I think part of that was-- and again, this is my point of view.
02:50 I'm sure Bill has a whole different point of view.
02:53 And like I said, man, I don't dislike the man at all.
02:56 But I think he bought into his gimmick just a little too much,
03:03 where he really believed he was Bill Goldberg, this undefeatable force.
03:11 Nobody can beat him.
03:13 And my point of view was, bro, anybody could get beaten.
03:17 I mean, you're going to have a bad day, and you may lose,
03:20 especially with the amount of times you wrestle.
03:23 I think Bill overthought his character just a little bit too much.
03:29 But I understood why, because he told me once.
03:31 He said, bro, my character is Goldberg.
03:34 And I really am Goldberg.
03:36 So when I'm out there doing stuff, people think it's Goldberg.
03:41 And I got that, bro.
03:43 I absolutely got that.
03:45 So like I said, man, you're going to have people that are easy to work with.
03:49 You're going to have people that are a challenge.
03:50 But at the end of the day, nothing-- nothing is personal.
03:54 I really had to understand what I was working with when it came to Nick Aldis.
03:59 First of all, you have to understand that it was Dixie Carter's idea
04:03 to bring Nick Aldis into TNA.
04:07 And she was always pushing for Nick and shoving Nick down everybody's throat.
04:13 So right there, Nick had a strike against him.
04:17 And he was put in a very unfortunate situation.
04:22 Now, if you don't know Nick, when you first meet Nick, when you come across Nick,
04:27 you think he is a pompous a-hole.
04:29 You really do, bro.
04:30 You think he thinks very highly of himself, and he's got a chip on his shoulder.
04:34 But bro, that's just Nick.
04:36 This is an incredibly intelligent human being.
04:42 Once you get to know him, bro, you want to be around him.
04:46 You want to pick his brain.
04:48 Bro, he is extremely creative, extremely witty.
04:53 But it took me a little bit of time to warm up to Nick Aldis.
04:58 But to this day, I'm proud to call Nick Aldis a friend.
05:02 And this next individual, I never saw a guy pick up wrestling as quickly as he did.
05:09 And I am talking about Ken Shamrock, man.
05:11 And to me, I say it to this day, Ken Shamrock was one of the most believable wrestlers
05:18 I ever worked with, bro.
05:21 His level of intensity.
05:23 Every time I saw Ken, I believed in what he was doing.
05:28 I believed in his matches.
05:29 I believed in his promos.
05:31 Great, great to work with, bro.
05:34 Again, a pro through and through.
05:38 Man, there were two different Dixie Carters.
05:40 There was Dixie Carter the boss and Dixie Carter the character.
05:44 As a boss, Dixie, man, I just don't think she was meant to be in the wrestling business.
05:51 I think she was too kind.
05:52 I think she had too big of a heart, and she had no idea what she was getting herself into.
05:57 She was just eaten by the sharks, man.
06:00 She was just worked and worked over and worked again.
06:04 I just feel, man, she was too kind to be in the wrestling business.
06:08 She had a fault of always repeating mistakes and not learning from them.
06:14 And I think ultimately that's what caused Dixie.
06:17 But I want to make one thing perfectly clear.
06:20 As a human being, bro, and as a personal level, I love this woman.
06:24 I'm just giving you the business side of it.
06:26 Working with her as a talent, bro, she was a little too much.
06:30 You had to spend a lot of time with her.
06:33 You got 20, 30 people you're working with, bro.
06:35 You got to go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
06:38 And Dixie as a talent, man, just took a lot of attention.
06:43 And it was difficult at times.
06:46 But again, guys, understand, man, I'm talking on a professional level.
06:50 I am not talking on a personal level.
06:53 Eric Bischoff, bro, it's been documented.
06:57 I did not have fun working with Eric Bischoff at any time.
07:02 And I am not going to blame that on Eric, bro.
07:05 We were two people that were put together and forced to work together.
07:12 And we were like oil and water, bro.
07:16 Eric Bischoff was the complete opposite of Vince Russo.
07:21 And, bro, from the start, we just did not get along.
07:24 We were just two people that were complete opposites.
07:29 And it was never going to be easy.
07:33 But I am not going to sit here and bury Eric or say anything negative about Eric.
07:39 It was just a bad situation, man.
07:42 That's all I'll say.
07:44 When I think of McFoley, bro, I just think of creative.
07:47 You got to understand, man, this is the man that played three characters very, very differently.
07:53 Let's face it, bro, 90% of people in the wrestling business today can't play one character.
07:58 So you are talking about an absolute creative genius, bro.
08:05 To this day, I love McFoley with all my heart and soul.
08:08 He's my Long Island brother, bro.
08:10 And I was so lucky, man, so lucky to be able to have conversations with McFoley.
08:16 Man, bro, what can you say about The Rock?
08:18 I got to tell you, man, it only took me about a month to understand The Rock is smarter than everybody else.
08:26 I always knew there was going to be greatness for The Rock, bro, because he was always one step ahead of everybody.
08:36 And, bro, he knew how to pitch his ideas.
08:41 Rock wasn't one to say, "This doesn't work for me, brother."
08:45 Rock would say, "Hey, Vinnie Rue, man, I read the show. I love what you wrote. It's tremendous.
08:51 But what about if we tweak this?"
08:53 He knew how to respectfully present his own ideas, bro, and his ideas were great.
09:00 Bro, all those great catchphrases, I wish I could say I wrote one of them. I didn't.
09:07 Every single TV, bro, Rock would come with a new catchphrase.
09:13 He was constantly thinking about that character 24/7, man.
09:18 And he was just a people person, man. And he was smarter than everybody else.
09:24 So there you have it, everybody.
09:26 Who was easy to work with? Who was hard to work with?
09:30 But remember, at the end of the day, this is not personal, and that was just my professional opinion.
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