>>11941484>When Russo took over wcw the first time he had bagwell go on live tv and talk about doing the job for a lower wrestlerWhich was scripted. There's a difference between a real promo and something "controversial" that is always swirling in Russo's autistic mind. Second of all, comparing anything to WCW's dying days is stupid. Third, Steiner was great at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRW-YR9IuYWrestling was at its objective best when Michaels and Bret were throwing shots at each other. Or Flair living the actual life of what he was saying on screen. And despite AE being scripted, it had a lot more freedom free flowing from te wrestlers. You could easily buy Vince being the asshole boss or Stone Cold being the redneck beer drinking badass. It worked because, for the most part, it was true.