The upcoming Starrcast convention, which is set to take place in Chicago, IL during ALL IN weekend will feature names such as Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Eric Bischoff, Bruce Prichard, Jerry “The King” Lawler, and even Macauley Culkin. However, the controversial figure known as Vince Russo is no longer scheduled to appear.
On Friday, the former WWF, WCW, and TNA creative writer was briefly announced for the convention via Twitter. Soon after, backlash came in full force throughout social media to Russo’s announcement and his name quickly disappeared.
In response to being pulled from the event, Russo wrote on Twitter, “The ABSOLUTE FACT that I am ready, willing and able to appear at ALL IN while others are already attempting to do EVERYTHING in their power to keep me from attending – tells you just about everything you need to know about ME & THEM.”
He continued with, “I’ll gladly take the blackballing if I can prevent ONE guy/girl from suffering a career ending injury in a performance that is ‘supposed’ to be a ‘worked’ fight. Any day of the week.”
“The American Nightmare” Cody (Rhodes), one of the top names organizing ALL IN, responded on Twitter simply stating, “We don’t reward bad behavior. Stay away from our event.” ALL IN and Starrcast are collaborating for the huge Chicago weekend, but they are being managed by different parties.