Vince Russo's 10 Insights Into The Montreal Screwjob

By Vince Russo /

10. Cornette And Russo Working Together

There was a brief period of time that I, Jim Cornette and Vince McMahon formed the WWE creative team . . . a VERY brief period of time. Obviously, with our different backgrounds and philosophies in professional wrestling, melding Jim and I on the same team in an effort to work €œtogether€ just wasn€™t going to happen. Even with the €œGreat Vince€ serving as the mediator it was a struggle. With the instability of this group exploding right in front of your very eyes, Vince shortly put an end to this €œSCREAM TEAM€. But firstly and notably, the three of us met for the creative concerning the Survivor Series that was going to be held in Montreal that weekend. Honestly, I didn€™t even know that there was a €œsituation€ with Bret until I arrived at Vince€™s house early that week. It was there where he advised both Jim and me about Bret not wanting to do the job for Shawn in his home country of Canada.