7 Reasons Vince Russo deserves more credit from Wrestling fans

#1 He was the WWE’s head writer during the Attitude Era

The Attitude Era

Someone who was in positions of power within the wrestling business throughout his career, Vince Russo accomplished many things over the years. On top of that, if you ask the man himself, he’d point to things in his personal life as his greatest success, including his long marriage and the love he has for his three children.

Despite anything else Russo has done throughout his life, however, in terms of wrestling fans, his greatest claim to fame is his time as the WWE’s head writer. In that role from 1995 until 1999, when he took on that position of power WWE’s ratings were in the tank and prior to that the company featured characters like Duke 'The Dumpster' Droese and Mantaur.

Eventually opting to leave the WWE for WCW in 1999, by the time Russo left Vince McMahon’s company was in the midst of arguably its greatest period of success ever. Of course, he had a lot of talented performers to work with during his WWE tenure but so did the company’s previous head writers and they failed to get the same positive business results.