The Vince Russo seminar

rovert

The following announcement was issued today by Bill Behrens (SHOWBIS@aol.com, who is handling bookings for Russo:

BABY FACES, BLADE JOBS and BOOKING

Everything you wanted to know about writing a professional wrestling show but were afraid to ask.

A SEMINAR HOSTED BY VINCE RUSSO

During the years of 1995-2012, Vince Russo was one of the most controversial figures in the history of sports entertainment/professional wrestling, while serving as the head writer of all three major wrestling companies, WWE, WCW and TNA.

During that tenure, Russo wrote over a thousand televised wrestling shows--which achieved some of the highest ratings of all time-- while also having a hand in helping create some of the biggest stars in the history of the business. From Stone Cold Steve Austin to “The Rock”, Russo has written for just about anybody who’s anybody in the world of sports entertainment/pro wrestling.

Whether it was in front of the camera, or behind the scenes, Russo has played an influential part in helping to bring the drama of the squared circle to the forefront of American pop culture.

Now, in this limited engagement and for the first time ever, Russo is going to bring the “behind the curtain” aspect of his job, into the spotlight, by sharing his craft and experience with wrestling fans around the world. In his ground-breaking seminar entitled, “Baby Faces, Blade Jobs, and Booking, “, Russo is going to share first hand, what it takes to be a successful writer in the world of sports entertainment/professional wrestling.

Just some of the topics Russo will be covering in this no-holds-barred presentation:

· Where to get your start in writing for a professional wrestling organization.
· How to use the experience you’ve built to get in the door of one of the major companies
· How to create larger-than-life personas and personalities
· Writing effective dialogue for specific characters
· How to format a wrestling show
· How to generate new ideas 52-weeks out of the year
· How to present and sell your idea to a talent
· How to create a successful working environment between talent and writer
· Dealing with egos
· Overcoming writer’s block
· Avoiding the pitfalls of politics
· How to generate ratings
· The difference between “writing” a show and “booking” a show

Baby Faces, Blade Jobs and Booking; nothing will no longer be sacred!!

What balls

starviewadams

''Nothing will no longer be sacred!!''

Aptly describes Russo's booking style.

Wonder how much he's charging for this?

Lord TSC

nothing will no longer be sacred!!

Double Negative ftw!

gnfnrhead

For the best part of 20 years he was involved in the biggest companies in America. Say what you will about his style, it's hard to argue with that kind of resume imo.

waltersobchak

rovert wrote: »

How to generate new ideas 52-weeks out of the year

By reusing ideas from 1997?

GTR63

starviewadams wrote: »

''Nothing will no longer be sacred!!''

Aptly describes Russo's booking style.

Wonder how much he's charging for this?

He's charging for this. The whole thing is like a piss take.

gerrybbadd

I'm surprised he's not taking credit for inventing The Rock and SCSA

jaykhunter

If this was in Dublin I'd definitely go. I'd say the entertainment value would be through the roof.

GTR63

jaykhunter wrote: »

If this was in Dublin I'd definitely go. I'd say the entertainment value would be through the roof.

They should book him for the Mania meet up every wrestling fan from Ireland and Britian could meet him face to face to tell him what they think of him. It could end Violently if someone asked Jim Cornette to it.

Machismo Fan

I'm actually reading his book at the moment. It's interesting to see that he has these aspirations to be a great writer where you get to see characters be established and slowly evolve and develop over time, yet nearly everything he's ever written directly clashes with that ideal.

rovert

No better place to put this:

WCW's first and only DVD release:

Charisteas

Machismo Fan wrote: »

I'm actually reading his book at the moment.

Rope Opera or Forgiven? Both are on my 'to read' list after i'm done with Lesnar's.

I'm actually a big fan of Russo's work and style of writing. He turned WWF around when they were in the ****s and was head writer when some of the best episodes (and highest ratings) of Raw ever broadcast in 1998/99. He was so instrumental in the Attitude Era and Monday Night Wars.

And I have also really liked TNA Impact the last 3 years, once again Russo's work.