>>5385249Russo only got let go because he’s a man of honour.
He had several secret meetings with Vince McMahon where he pitched his creative and sold Vince on it. Vince wanted to bring him to King of the Ring and just tell everyone on creative that they work for him now. Russo didn’t think that was the right way to do business and instead wanted to meet the team in advance, after which they all buried him to protect their spots.
Stephanie was particularly pissed that her dad hired the boy genius back after she’d schemed her worthless ass into power over creative.