10 Things We Learned From Vince Russo's WWE 1998 Timeline Kayfabe Commentaries Shoot

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He was there when 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin infamously filled Vince McMahon's Corvette with concrete, he watched in awe as Vince 'screwed' Bret Hart at the 1997 Survivor Series pay-per-view, and he was sat in an emergency room with a broken and battered Mick Foley following his infamous Hell In A Cell match with The Undertaker. Vince Russo has had quite the career in pro wrestling as a television writer, producer and even an occasional on-screen performer. The man has courted controversy throughout his association with the wrestling world, but people never seem to stop talking about him. Recently, he sat down with Sean Oliver of Kayfabe Commentaries to discuss a time which preceded his disastrous WCW run and eventual problems with TNA. 1998 was a time of jubilation for Russo. At least, it should have been. As the man himself tells, there was little time for reflection in the blur of activity that was 1998. The then-WWF was changing and the 'Attitude' Era was getting into full swing. That year, the company would turn the ship back around, finally ending WCW Monday Nitro's 83-week stronghold on the 'Monday Night Wars' as nobody involved in the company were permitted to take a breath. It was an incredible 12 months, and this article looks at some of the most interesting and often eye-opening stories Vince Russo had to offer about 1998 during one of his most interesting shoot interviews to date.
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