@@pjleon8391Thats because deep down inherently most logical fans know that outside of entertainment guys like the rock and booker should usually never lose realistically.
It was a UNANIMOUS decision for WCW creative to make Booker the champ at Bash at the Beach. It's just that Hogan was using his creative control card so he could win the title and Russo countered Hogan by a "scathing promo".
@@insomniacbritgaming1632Russo contributed a lot of ideas for the attitude era,but he had a filter and editor named Vince McMahon who called the shots.
@@brandonmcsheffery2996Cornette’s last words after he makes a zillion dollars in a worked match with Russo at AEW’s All In; “it was a work all along you fucking marks!”
No way bro, Judy Bagwell on a forklift beats this by a mile. Seriously though, throughout all the bad booking it was still more memorable than a lot of Raw storylines that past 15 years.
The rivalry between booker T and Scott Steiner was amazing. I saw a backstage brawl of those guys looked like the building was going to come down. Pure magic between them.
I understand why Booker will always have that sentiment towards Russo. Even if you hate the guy, he was the one that finally gave Booker his big shot with winning the World Title for the first time.
Russo did good putting Booker over. Was sick & tired of Hogan taking the spotlight & not pushing new talent. Despite WCW dying & hanging by a thread at least people like Booker & Scott Steiner were pushed
Hogan not pushing new talent?…I recall Goldberg beating Hogan for the title, and no rematch was ever booked. Russo had good intentions of using new talent but failed horribly in his execution. Booking Jeff Jarrett to lay down for Hogan is one example.
@@bluecollartradesman715 That was an obvious choice made by Hogan, Eric & Ted Turner cuz he was the top babyface & people loved him. Sadly he got washed away in the scuffle between Nash, Scott & Bret Hart forming a new NWO
@@senorbusyman Hogan wanted to have Goldberg beat him for the title. Hogan talked Bischoff into approving Goldberg beating him. Ted Turner had nothing to do with it…Your response is perplexing. Hogan was a heel, why would anyone other than a top level babyface beat Hogan.
Vince Russo had the balls to give Booker the title the same night Hogan walked out on WCW refusing to job to Jarrett, for that alone he deserves huge credit since the majority of the people would've appeased Hogan giving him the belt at the expenses of pushing new talent, since Hogan had all the leverage and the fanfare behind him, Eric Bischoff included
@@huzaifa8665That was always gonna happen once they added 3 different NWO variations. All of WCW focused on NWO throughout the monday night wars. They were mainly shutdown because the network was bought out and the new owners didn't like wrestling on their network.
@@huzaifa8665 Actually the ratings held firm and began to climb over the summer. Go and look for yourself. By September they were above 3.0 in the ratings and at the lowest were doing 2.6 before Russo left in October.
Dude Booker T was one of the all time greats who isn’t considered enough in that conversation. Athletic big man with a hell of a pop to his move set. He was one of a kind. I loved watching Booker T as a kid.
My only problem is that once he got to WCW, he stopped having someone to filter his ideas. He had some great ideas and loved a lot of it, but he needed someone to say NO, because not EVERY idea should go on TV, and Vince put everything out there, and so much of it was crap....
Yup. Russo was at his best when Cornette was the one who was filtering his ideas. Unfortunately, Cornette couldn't stand one more second around him lol
His ideas weren't filtered in wwf lots of stupid shit happened like mae youngs hand and brawl for all. It's just in wwe none of that stuff outstayed it's welcome it was a very well put together show, wcw would have like 20 minute Norman smiley segments
@@leonconnelly5303 At the end of the day in WWF, the buck stops with Vince (McMahon, not Russo). He has final say. In WCW, you never knew who was really in charge, especially the last 3 years. It was just complete chaos.
The run with Booker T as the working class, Rocky-style champion was the highlight of Russo's WCW run. Absolutely incredible. Goldberg's ego killed it.
Russo is the one who made booker granted it was to little to late but thats the ONLY thing i give Russo credit for he tried to put the right guys over but its was way to late
Watching this new dark side of the ring bash at the beach 2000. Bro your absolutely right. For that I gotta give Russo some love 🤝 🫡. Even tho corny hates him 😂
You can say a lot of negative things about Russo because he was, on balance, a _terrible_ wrestling booker, but to give the devil his due, he was always looking for new stars to make and pushing younger talent, even if not always competently. One of the reasons he was more effective in WWF during the Attitude Era (when he had Vince to filter out his worst crap) was that he tried to make sure everyone had SOMETHING to do, giving the company one of the strongest midcard scenes in the history of the business.
One of the greatest moments ever! Everyone was so happy to see Booker get that chance to shine! He was always a huge fan favorite but overnight he became another elite main event top guy up there with Sting, Goldberg, Nash, Hogan, Jarrett, Steiner, Macho. Loved seeing Booker up there. We should have seen more of Booker wrestling all those guys. His style could work with anyone. The crowd reactions in the 90s never lied.
One thing I'll praise Russo for is that he wanted to help the younger talent when certain older talent wanted to keep them down. Without him not sure if Booker would have got the chance. And he did a great job.
He was right. Without Russo, Booker wouldn’t have finally gotten to main event status or even gotten the championship. He was held down to mid card status for too long and he had all the talent and capability of a main event headliner at the time.
Booker T is a ledgend. I like him and stevie backnin harlem heat. Never thought that T would be a lefit ledgend. Criedt where crdit is due. Congrats Booker, you deserved the run you had
I was a huge Mark for Harlem Heat in the early 90s. I’d watch WCW on TBS just to watch them. I think Booker is on my top 10 maybe even top 5 all time list.
"There couldve been a 12 person unanimous vote to give me the championship without vince Russo and they still wouldve given it to someone else." - Booker T. That simple yet equally conplex line explains the problems in the wcw creative.
Hogan tried like hell to block Booker from getting the belt.. The best play would have been for Hogan to put him over! We learned later in life why that would have never happened..
Vince & Bischoff wrestling wise treated Booker T 1000% better than McMahon or Triple H did. Now money-wise might be a different story, I don't know. Because by the time Booker T stepped into WWE they had brought up all the competition.
One of the few things that I can't and won't shit on Vince for Booker's title run dude it was the catalyst push him beyond he was already amazing but it gave him that extra confidence that morphed him into the main eventer that we got to see the rest of his career
About the only VR story ive ever enjoyed. Booker T is top 5, dead or alive, on my favorites list. He deserved the title long before he got it, just like Ron Simmons.
_Vince Russo is a madman, completely insane. _*_However_*_ I won't hate on him completely cause he tried to innovate and called shots. Give him credit for that._
Full interview with Booker: ruclips.net/video/awc4l6qnRGU/видео.html
Lol Booker T tell me you didn't just say that you hate Vince Russo lol
Booker T is great. His reactions as a babyface were pretty impressive considering his place on the card
Booker wasn't good at being the heel, he was a natural good guy you wanted to root for.
Yes he was, you can say the same thing about The Rock. The people love those guys no matter what 😂
@@pjleon8391Thats because deep down inherently most logical fans know that outside of entertainment guys like the rock and booker should usually never lose realistically.
@@cennonBooker was a great heel, he was just an even better face. One of the GOATs.
Your right he was a ton better then his card placement. He's easy on my top ten favorites
Making Booker T the champ was Russo's best call.
Not the Attitude Era no?? Kane??
Not the acid train wreck that was hardy vs sting at sacrifice
It was a UNANIMOUS decision for WCW creative to make Booker the champ at Bash at the Beach. It's just that Hogan was using his creative control card so he could win the title and Russo countered Hogan by a "scathing promo".
@@insomniacbritgaming1632Russo contributed a lot of ideas for the attitude era,but he had a filter and editor named Vince McMahon who called the shots.
@@robertmoore8821everyone had that filter/editor.
"I'm just playing, I don't hate Vince Russo" - Cornette 🤣🤣🤣
Middle finger to Cuck Boy Cornette
I’ll take things that will happen when hell freezes over and Satan is selling snow cones to penguins for $200.
Corny is pulling a M Night Shyamalan. Gonna reveal a big twist before he dies
@@brandonmcsheffery2996Cornette’s last words after he makes a zillion dollars in a worked match with Russo at AEW’s All In; “it was a work all along you fucking marks!”
Lmao
Dude Booker was the coolest back in the day.
Back in the day he is still all balls
@@megatronusmumra2273 Lol did you just say he’s made of testicles? I love it.
Book was that dude.
All thanks to the Spinaroni. 😜
@@MrOuija-rr8kqno bread no water, he’s still JUST MEEEEAT
I feel Booker T is often overlooked. To me, he's one of the greatest there ever was.
One of the most bland wrestlers.
Stop letting friendly warm interviews coddle your judgement.
@Leo-fk5wf in early 2000s no way, during the king booker phase yes phase
His entrance was so perfect when he was WCW champ
His move set was impeccable
@@Leo-fk5wf lol bland? his tag team and hw championship runs were epic
Easily the best thing Vince Russo ever did.
No way bro, Judy Bagwell on a forklift beats this by a mile. Seriously though, throughout all the bad booking it was still more memorable than a lot of Raw storylines that past 15 years.
Vince Russo even says that it's the best thing he did
Idk writing some of the highest rated wrestling programs of all time is right up there.
Not the Attitude Era no?? Kane??
You must forget that he wrote the attitude era
The greatest thing Russo ever did was try to push new talent!
He did try and did it quite well especially with Booker in WCW, best part of that last era
Russo was also very good about making sure everyone had a storyline. Even if some of those storylines were very silly.
@@codesm96Kronik as a face team was fucking money in the ring.
True..and I HATED many of Russo's ideas but wan5ing to push younger talent, wanting to elevate, build up mid card talent
Your right Russo pushed himself to be heavyweight champ lol
Booker T was always bringing the heat back in the day… guy was amazing in the ring. Loved his matches
Booker's matches with Benoit were really good.
His in-ring skills don’t get talked about enough.
All hail king buukkkaaaaaaa!!!!!! 👑
Best King of the Ring ever.
That angle was so over the top that he made it great.
The rivalry between booker T and Scott Steiner was amazing. I saw a backstage brawl of those guys looked like the building was going to come down. Pure magic between them.
I understand why Booker will always have that sentiment towards Russo. Even if you hate the guy, he was the one that finally gave Booker his big shot with winning the World Title for the first time.
Russo did good putting Booker over. Was sick & tired of Hogan taking the spotlight & not pushing new talent. Despite WCW dying & hanging by a thread at least people like Booker & Scott Steiner were pushed
Hogan not pushing new talent?…I recall Goldberg beating Hogan for the title, and no rematch was ever booked.
Russo had good intentions of using new talent but failed horribly in his execution. Booking Jeff Jarrett to lay down for Hogan is one example.
@@bluecollartradesman715 That was an obvious choice made by Hogan, Eric & Ted Turner cuz he was the top babyface & people loved him. Sadly he got washed away in the scuffle between Nash, Scott & Bret Hart forming a new NWO
@@senorbusyman Hogan wanted to have Goldberg beat him for the title. Hogan talked Bischoff into approving Goldberg beating him. Ted Turner had nothing to do with it…Your response is perplexing. Hogan was a heel, why would anyone other than a top level babyface beat Hogan.
Vince Russo had the balls to give Booker the title the same night Hogan walked out on WCW refusing to job to Jarrett, for that alone he deserves huge credit since the majority of the people would've appeased Hogan giving him the belt at the expenses of pushing new talent, since Hogan had all the leverage and the fanfare behind him, Eric Bischoff included
Yeah and guess what happened. They tanked in the ratings
@@huzaifa8665That was always gonna happen once they added 3 different NWO variations. All of WCW focused on NWO throughout the monday night wars. They were mainly shutdown because the network was bought out and the new owners didn't like wrestling on their network.
@@huzaifa8665 Actually the ratings held firm and began to climb over the summer. Go and look for yourself. By September they were above 3.0 in the ratings and at the lowest were doing 2.6 before Russo left in October.
@@huzaifa8665well it’s not Booker winning the title at fault
They were lost for the last 3 years
@@huzaifa8665 the Ratings were down anyway
Whether its today or back in the day, no one else is like Booker T. The athleticism, the kicks, the look. Definitely a good world champion.
Booker had it all… underrated
💯💯💯
Booker had so much Star power, it was foolish to not have him in the running for the belt. Even in WWE, he should have won years before he won,
Dude Booker T was one of the all time greats who isn’t considered enough in that conversation. Athletic big man with a hell of a pop to his move set. He was one of a kind. I loved watching Booker T as a kid.
My only problem is that once he got to WCW, he stopped having someone to filter his ideas. He had some great ideas and loved a lot of it, but he needed someone to say NO, because not EVERY idea should go on TV, and Vince put everything out there, and so much of it was crap....
Yup. Russo was at his best when Cornette was the one who was filtering his ideas. Unfortunately, Cornette couldn't stand one more second around him lol
@@jaiplays661did cornette tell you that lol
His ideas weren't filtered in wwf lots of stupid shit happened like mae youngs hand and brawl for all. It's just in wwe none of that stuff outstayed it's welcome it was a very well put together show, wcw would have like 20 minute Norman smiley segments
@@leonconnelly5303 At the end of the day in WWF, the buck stops with Vince (McMahon, not Russo). He has final say. In WCW, you never knew who was really in charge, especially the last 3 years. It was just complete chaos.
@@leonconnelly5303Mae young’s hand took place in 2000, Russo was already working for WCW.
Booker T is a good guy. Much love to that brotha.
Kudos definitely to Russo for giving booker the belt
The run with Booker T as the working class, Rocky-style champion was the highlight of Russo's WCW run. Absolutely incredible. Goldberg's ego killed it.
Goldberg? He actually let Booker pin him cleanly which was the only time that ever happened throughout his career.
Russo is the reason Booker was Champ.
Booker shouldve been champ a long time before.
Booker is so funny I RESPECT him so much
Russo is the one who made booker granted it was to little to late but thats the ONLY thing i give Russo credit for he tried to put the right guys over but its was way to late
It’s never good enough with you virgins.
Watching this new dark side of the ring bash at the beach 2000. Bro your absolutely right. For that I gotta give Russo some love 🤝 🫡. Even tho corny hates him 😂
@@anthonylove1364 Corny hates everyone who isn't Corny
You can say a lot of negative things about Russo because he was, on balance, a _terrible_ wrestling booker, but to give the devil his due, he was always looking for new stars to make and pushing younger talent, even if not always competently. One of the reasons he was more effective in WWF during the Attitude Era (when he had Vince to filter out his worst crap) was that he tried to make sure everyone had SOMETHING to do, giving the company one of the strongest midcard scenes in the history of the business.
@@ArcaneAzmadi definitely I can see that now looking back. Much respect
Booker T doesn't get the flowers he deserves. That dude was a worker.
Booker was very entertaining and still is.
One of the greatest moments ever! Everyone was so happy to see Booker get that chance to shine! He was always a huge fan favorite but overnight he became another elite main event top guy up there with Sting, Goldberg, Nash, Hogan, Jarrett, Steiner, Macho. Loved seeing Booker up there. We should have seen more of Booker wrestling all those guys. His style could work with anyone. The crowd reactions in the 90s never lied.
Despite his antics on a wrestling show back in the day, if you actually listen to Vince, he is a really good person.
Booker is such a great interview and a great story and a fantastic example what hard work gets you.
booker is so classy. they dont make them like they make the og wrestlers they're such nice people
One thing I'll praise Russo for is that he wanted to help the younger talent when certain older talent wanted to keep them down. Without him not sure if Booker would have got the chance. And he did a great job.
Everything this man said is factual 🫡
Booker is the best. What a dude. So much talent and personality. A perfect pro wrestler.
Booker T looking like a Mafia boss
FINALLY! SOMEONE has the balls to appreciate Vince Russo publicly because they aren’t worried about being hired by WWE or AEW.
He was right. Without Russo, Booker wouldn’t have finally gotten to main event status or even gotten the championship. He was held down to mid card status for too long and he had all the talent and capability of a main event headliner at the time.
lmao Booker is always laying it out there, with some jokes first
KING BOOKAH!
Best call to make the Book man the Champ..good stuff Russo 🔥
Lookin great Book! Happy to see him doing well.
That’s real 💯
Booker was an awesome champion,an even better King
👑 Booka💯
He was right about Booker 😊
I have met Booker T before. Great guy.
In my personal opinion Booker T. is one of the greatest wrestlers of his time.
The thing about Russo I liked is that he took risk even though most were swings and misses
One of the best moments in WCW it was a very long time coming
Nice to hear this from Booker 👍🏾
I can watch these Wrestling shoots all day.
Booker T is one of the best. Harlem Heat was bad ass! Great stars of wrestling
King Booker T is that dude. 👑
And shoutout to the beautiful Queen Sharmell, aswell.😘
ACKNOWLEDGE THEM ☝️
Booker is a frigging legend in the wrestling game I remember his rise through wcw and best of series with Benoit was epic 🔥💯
Great interview
I love Jim Cornette. This is the best thing I ever heard regarding Vince Russo.
Same.
Atheist Jim covers for Pat Patterson and the cream team... He's no man at all. A sicko
@@davidc.8755 Patterson was innocent and the victim of a smear campaign from homophobes like yourself. Get fucked.
@@davidc.8755 wait what?
But everyone hates Cornette ... and rightfully so.
Booker t casually with a blunt in his hand 😅😅
Booker T is an absolute class act. He was an all time great performer. He was outstanding.
Booker T is a ledgend. I like him and stevie backnin harlem heat. Never thought that T would be a lefit ledgend. Criedt where crdit is due. Congrats Booker, you deserved the run you had
I was about to say, Booker is one of the nicest guys ever I couldn’t ever see him hating anybody lol.
I was a huge Mark for Harlem Heat in the early 90s. I’d watch WCW on TBS just to watch them. I think Booker is on my top 10 maybe even top 5 all time list.
The Book has Russso's back. He knew that Booker was a main eventer.
One of the few times I've heard someone praising Vince Russo.
I love booker T, great champ, great man!
First thing I liked about WCW during the Monday night wars was Booker-T. Awesome character and wrestler.
I respect Booker's loyalty. I imagine he agrees that Russo made A LOT of poor choices but is grateful for him to help make him the legend he is today.
I had a flashback really forgot seeing that guy but I remember him now
"There couldve been a 12 person unanimous vote to give me the championship without vince Russo and they still wouldve given it to someone else." - Booker T. That simple yet equally conplex line explains the problems in the wcw creative.
His scissor kick and jumping leg kick. It was pretty dope
The Undertaker and Booker T are two wrestlers if I saw them in person I would be star struck
Hogan tried like hell to block Booker from getting the belt.. The best play would have been for Hogan to put him over! We learned later in life why that would have never happened..
Booker is one guy who really earned his spot
Vince & Bischoff wrestling wise treated Booker T 1000% better than McMahon or Triple H did. Now money-wise might be a different story, I don't know. Because by the time Booker T stepped into WWE they had brought up all the competition.
Booker T should have been champ back in 99. Him, Benoit, Jericho and Brian Clarke were such good workers!
One of my favourite champions. Dude was a heavyweight and could work with the smallest guy in the room.
Booker T is a legend in my book!
One of the few things that I can't and won't shit on Vince for Booker's title run dude it was the catalyst push him beyond he was already amazing but it gave him that extra confidence that morphed him into the main eventer that we got to see the rest of his career
Booker has soo much character!
By the end of WCW, Booker T was by far the most talented guy. Very deserving of his accolades.
I love Booker T ❤❤❤
It's so true. Making Booker champ at Bash at the Beach was Russos best ever decision. He knew the Hogan politicing for the belt had to end.
I am glad Vince Russo helped Booker T become WCW champ. I got into wrestling because of WCW.
Man, I freaking love Booker T.
Wcw booker t days were the best in my childhood
Booker T is so f@ckin cool...😂
It’s just sad nobody had the balls to do that for booker t in the wwe when it was his time.
Booker T as WCW champ and main eventer was one of the best things during WCW's dying days.
One day I will be on your show. Cause I love your show
There are pros and cons to Booker being Russo's pick in WCW
Pro - Booker is entertaining
Cons - Bad Timing, Too Late.
King bookah
Booker looks like he should be doing segments for "60 Minutes"
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Booker T had everything but the trajectory, Russo was the guy willing to give him that.
Give Russo credit, love him, or hate him. He didn't take Hogan's b.s. politics and creative control
T is such a good dude 👍🏻
One of the few things vince russo did good was push booker T
That booker t & stone cold grocery store fight is a classic 😂😂😂
Booker T so undrrrated hee a GOAT
About the only VR story ive ever enjoyed. Booker T is top 5, dead or alive, on my favorites list. He deserved the title long before he got it, just like Ron Simmons.
_Vince Russo is a madman, completely insane. _*_However_*_ I won't hate on him completely cause he tried to innovate and called shots. Give him credit for that._
I don’t know why HE sounded so surprised at Booker saying that, ever if it was a joke! 😂