Russo informs that he recently did an interview with Ken Shamrock for Kayfabe Commentaries and that DVD is out now. He points out that this partnership with Kayfabe Commentaries will continue with him conducting a series of interviews with former Superstars from the attitude era, where they will discuss the writing during that time and how that affected their characters.
Russo gives his thoughts on Ric Flair’s 30 for 30 documentary. Russo says he already knew everything about the wrestler, Ric Flair, but he never knew the man, Richard Fliehr. The film appealed to him because he knew this was an opportunity to find out more about he man behind the Ric Flair character, and we certainly saw this in the film when Flair discussed his children.
Russo says that he never met Richard Fliehr in his life, and he saw him for the first time in this film. Flair never dropped his character while he was in the locker room or on the road with the boys. Ric Flair was no longer a character for him, and that ultimately led him down a very rough path in life. Russo was enthralled in the film, while meeting Richard Fliehr for the first time.
Vito says that he didn’t watch this film because he doesn’t have the courage. He also avoided watching The Wrestler when that film came out years ago because he knows these types of films will have a negative emotional impact on him. A wrestler’s lifestyle is not for the weak, and much like Ric Flair, he chose wrestling over his family for a long time.
