Russo says he can’t remember how many years ago he stopped enjoying WWE’s product, but it was an awfully long time ago. He managed to suffer through the first two hours of last night’s show but just after the 2-hour mark, as WWE was hyping Seth Rollins versus Mojo Rawley he had seen enough and he turned it off.
Russo talks about the last time he saw Vince McMahon. He recalls that WWE’s ratings were going in the toilet around the 2002, and they even dipped below 3.0 at one point. He called McMahon who quickly took his call, and they had secret meetings at McMahon’s house. They soon agreed on the financial side of a new contract.
Russo asked how he was going to be brought back in, and McMahon told him to just show up at the next PPV (King of the Ring) and he’d be introduced to all the writers then. Russo wasn’t comfortable with that, and wanted to be introduced to the writers beforehand. McMahon agreed and Russo was soon brought into a meeting with the writers, who were simply a bunch of kids.
When Russo left WWE just a couple of years prior it was only him and Ed Ferrara writing the shows, and he had no idea how WWE’s writing team devolved into a team of kids that quickly. He proceeded to tell them that the show sucked, and he knew they’d all be talking behind his back the minute he walked out.
