10 Things That Would Happen If Vince Russo Returned To WWE Today

10. Charlotte Flair Shaved Bald

Vince Russo didn't have a great deal of respect for tradition when it came to Ric Flair in WCW, so he'd likely salivate at the opportunity to humiliate the next generation just as he'd attempted to in the pair's original Atlanta feud.

In 2000, Russo wanted Ric Flair to retire, both on and off-screen. He hadn't been the first force within the organisation to suggest that 'The Nature Boy's advancing age and diminishing returns at the box office implied fans were tired of one of the characters most closely associated with the brand.

Both Jim Herd and Eric Bischoff tried and failed to subdue Flair's aura (and thus political power) during the 1990s in order to shunt him out of their way, but these attempts predictably only galvanised support for 'Slick Ric' amongst his core audience.

By the year 2000, such vast quantities of that audience had abandoned WCW because of Russo that he'd inadvertently made the job a lot easier.

In an unpleasant angle that dragged in Ric's entire family, Russo and Flair's turncoat son David became embroiled in a battle with the patriarch, along with his then-wife Beth, daughters Megan and Ashley (Charlotte) and late son Reid. The chance to resume long-forgotten conflicts with Ashley (possibly as per a relationship he'd egotistically form with another current female star) and recreate the infamous Nitro head-shaving would be too delicious for 'Vinnie-Ru' to ignore.