Vince Russo responds after Seth Rollins calls him a ‘hanger-on’ and ‘idiot’
Vince Russo has responded to recent criticism levied at him by Seth Rollins.
During a recent interview with Jay Mohr, Rollins was asked who he liked better between Jim Cornette and Vince Russo. Rollins responded that he doesn’t like either of them, saying, “They are both jackasses.”
When pressed, Rollins said he’d pick Cornette over Russo, as he worked with Cornette in Ring of Honor (2008-2010) and said Cornette was more a victim of “hot take culture.” Rollins continued to call Russo a “hanger-on,” saying “That guy’s an idiot.”
Russo then issued a lengthy statement addressed to Rollins on social media in response, writing:
“So, @WWERollins ‘hates me’ and according to him I’m a ‘hanger-on-er’. So this is why I love being an analyst. I get to really analyze people’s comments.
So, Seth Rollins ‘hates’ a guy that he actually never even met, or even had a conversation with. In other words, he’s never had any contact with me in any way, shape, or form. That equates to — @WWERollins doesn’t know me.
So then WHY the hate?
I’m assuming that it must have to do with my ‘analysis’ of Seth Rollins over the years. While there is no question that Seth is a great athlete, I have always questioned Seth being a great ‘worker’. Why? Simply because I have witnessed dozens of Seth’s matches over the years where he fails to sell. In my book, being a great worker means you know how to sell.
From there, I questioned why, when Seth turned ‘heel’, did he still go out there and literally conduct the fans as they sang along to his song. Is that what a ‘heel’ would do?
Then there’s this — me saying ad nauseam that his ‘mentor’ (thus, Seth being his ‘boy’), @TripleH is not a writer. Guess what? I’m not even going to argue that point. SmackDown just did under a million viewers for the third time. That’s proof enough.
From there, ‘Idaho’s Own’, ‘The Monday Night Messiah’, Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins’, ‘The Visionary’, and whatever other moniker he’s used over the years, said that I was a hanger-on-er. Bro — I left the @WWE over 26 years ago. Don’t you think by now my hands would have been callused, bloody, and scarred grasping that rope? Brother — I don’t have Seth Rollins muscles. I would have let go within the first three minutes.
And lastly… the obvious… ‘NOBODY LIKES HIM’.
Yup — that must explain why I keep getting hired over and over again even at 65 years old.
Seth — if you want to learn anything about being a character, storylines, what exactly a ‘heel’ is, and yes, even selling — you can tune into @jcwlunacy every Thursday night on YouTube.
Maybe you can even have a sleepover with @TripleH — wouldn’t hurt him to learn a thing or two either.
And while I thank both you and Mr. Mohr for putting me over by mentioning me on his show — PLEASE — and I BEG YOU — respond to this tweet. RussosBrand.com could use the clicks.
Good day and Merry Christmas.”
Russo is now the head writer and an on-screen character for Juggalo Championship Wrestling, the promotion formed by the Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. JCW Lunacy airs every Thursday night on YouTube.
Russo’s post is below:
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