Love him or hate him and love or hate his style, the impact this man had in turning the company around and opening Vince McMahon's eyes to what sports entertaining could be in 1996 cannot be denied. Vince Russo's writing and ideas helped the company move away from superstars like The Goon, Mantaur, and T.L. Hopper to instead pushing Stone Cold, The Rock, and Kane. Russo went from a staff writer for WWF Magazine to the head writer for the entire company inside a matter of months. Russo would struggle outside the WWF banner and his writing was far from perfect, but the fact is that his contributions to the WWF in the mid-to-late 90s were a catalyst for their financial turnaround. Russo was arguably just as important as the talent during his run because the performers are only as good as the stories that are written for them. Russo definitely could have handled his 1999 departure in a better, more professional manner, but this is far from the worst act ever done to a McMahon, yet the company refuses to give Russo the credit he deserves. Over the years, WWE has shown more respect to men like Ted Turner and Eric Bischoff than one of their own. That's right folks, WWE has shown more gratitude to the men who tried to put them out of business rather than the man whose vision and writing helped save the company. For that reason, there's no other personality that could take the top spot than Vince Russo.