Former WCW, WWE and TNAĀ writer Vince Russo, was a recent guest on Fightful.comās āThe List and Ya Boyā podcast.
During the show, Russo commented on several items including the topic of wrestlers delivering promos and how they sounded too scripted. Russo didn't call out which specific wrestler or wrestling company that he wasĀ referring to, but he did mentionĀ how most of the WWE wrestlers sound too much like Vine McMahon, while delivering promos.
Russo: āItās so dumb down, Iām telling you that was a big advantage we had, Ed Ferrara and myself, we worked with the talent. The talent was a huge part of the process. I donāt think we could have done our job well if we werenāt working hand in hand with the talent. Every talent was an individual, every talent knew their character better than we did and we gave them the freedom to go out there and get over.Ā Itās so elementary, every promo sounds just like Vince McMahon.Ā The disappointmentĀ comes from the failure to try something new.ā
Listen to the interview, in it's full entirety here.