Vince Russo: 10 Reasons WCW Was Its Own Worst Enemy

4. Backstabbing

twittertwitterNobody can do their job when they are being backstabbed not even from behind their back---but, blatantly in front of their face. This went on almost immediately from the first day that I became a part of WCW. If I would have been given a dollar for every time I caught J.J. Dillon and Kevin Sullivan meeting in a dark corner, then abruptly ending their conversation the minute I looked their way---I would be a rich man today. Nobody---NOBODY at WCW ever confronted me to my face about anything---NOT ONCE. That just was never the case at the WWE. If somebody had an issue with me, or with something I wrote---they would tell me. Sure, it was uncomfortable at times, but any man would rather deal with the truth head-on, then to have others whispering their way to your demise. It was childish, it was immature, but yet nobody ever did anything about it. I was left on my own, with no protection, eventually if would just get to the point where I had had enough.
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