Ex-WWE Writer Vince Russo Refuses To Accept That Vince McMahon Has Retired

Former WWE and WCW writer Vince Russo was one of the more important figures believe it or not during the Monday Night Wars in the 1990s. His opinions, believe it or not, are something to pay attention to, However, plenty of people take his opinions with a big grain of salt.

During a recent Q&A session on his Patreon, Russo refused to believe Vince McMahon has actually really retired. He went on to elaborate on his personal connection with McMahon and the reasoning behind the whole retiring

“I will never believe that Vince McMahon has retired, I don’t care what you tell me. He’s doing what? Vince McMahon is no longer involved in the WWE, no longer involved in the day to day… he is retired and he is doing what? What does Vince McMahon’s day look like?”

“The reason why I feel so strongly about this is, I worked with the man. I know his work ethic. I know he has nothing else in his life but wrestling. Unless you’ve experienced him and worked with him and know him, you may just believe it. Those of us that know him and worked for him do not believe it.”

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Russo believes that the whole retirement is nothing more than a smokescreen. Something based on actual reporting is not true.

“I do believe that WWE would need some type of smokescreen to make people believe Vince is really retired and a real simple smokescreen is for Triple H to bring back a multitude of his NXT talent and that’s what he’s done. He’s brought [back] several NXT talent that were released. Is that a smokescreen?” [6:48 to 8:43]

Well, this podcast was intriguing, to say the least. To say Vince is faking retirement is a big understatement. McMahon wouldn’t have brought back Karrion Kross, Scarlett, Hit Row, Dexter Luminus, and have Dakota Kai, Io Sky, and Bayley in a stable. Triple H is not stopping the rehires.

Not to mention both Raw and Smackdown have been more coherent in recent weeks with the storytelling. We’ll monitor what’s next for WWE’s flagship shows.

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