Vito says that from 2000-2010, WWE’s creative team was filled with ECW and attitude era marks who grew up as super-fans of the business and wanted nothing more than to work for Vince McMahon. He points out that they were a bunch of “yes men” who spent their days sucking up to Vince McMahon.
Russo says that all these dirt sheet writers started out as fans of the wrestling business as well. Somewhere along the way they became authority figures without ever spending a minute in the business or lacing up a pair of boots, and when someone becomes an authority figure they start spouting their opinions to everyone, even if they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Russo points out that he’s a huge fan of Rhianna, but he couldn’t approach Rhianna after a concert to tell her that her setlist wasn’t to his liking. He adds that he often disagrees with the Manager’s decision while watching baseball games, but that doesn’t mean he’d ever tell that Manager how to do his job because he’d never claim to know more about baseball than that Manager.
