He obviously has qualities that I don't recognize or understand. How can a person who has a 15-year history of failure still keep a job?
— Jerry Jarrett
OOC: I would like to read Russo's book.
Jay: SWERVE! It's a cookbook.
Jay: SWERVE! It's a cookbook.
— OSW Review on Slamboree 2000, Ep. 34
Bryan Alvarez:
Let's say we had 100 subscribers. And I brought you onboard, and the next day ten people quit. And then we do another show, and ten more people quit. And the next thing you know, we have 10 subscribers.
Vince Verhei: Vince Russo, in that situation, would have given me a raise.
Bryan: He would've given you THE SHOW! He would've taken me off the show and given you the show to run solo, and then been baffled as to why it wasn't working. He'd blame the server company, he'd blame Google, China...
Let's say we had 100 subscribers. And I brought you onboard, and the next day ten people quit. And then we do another show, and ten more people quit. And the next thing you know, we have 10 subscribers. Vince Verhei: Vince Russo, in that situation, would have given me a raise.
Bryan: He would've given you THE SHOW! He would've taken me off the show and given you the show to run solo, and then been baffled as to why it wasn't working. He'd blame the server company, he'd blame Google, China...
Of course, whenever weird stuff like this happens in wrestling, I always like to picture the Pope sitting at home or sitting in a strip club, 'cause that's where he usually is when he's not in the Impact Zone. "You know what, daddy? I hate that Abyss guy. You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna go buy a casket." So he goes to a rest home and he buys a casket. Now, one wonders, he's shopping for a casket—he's wearing his Pope gear, because wouldn't you be?
— Noah Antwiler on Russo's "coffin match", Wrestle! Wrestle!
After all, this was the man who would go on to create the Reverse Battle Royal and would probably have invented the Upside-Down Battle Royal if he had figured out how to cram cameras and lighting rigs under the ring.
