Several weeks ago, Vince Russo stated his reasoning on why he made the controversial decision to put the WCW World Heavyweight title on actor David Arquette.
On his debut episode of Vince Russo: Truth with Consequences with Matt Koon on the Westwood One Podcast Network, the former WCW and TNA booker discussed another questionable booking of his past stint in WCW, which was giving himself the WCW World Heavyweight title:
"The week of the show in the creative meeting the decision was made. The people in the booking meeting all thought the same. The goal is to get as many eyeballs as possible on the show. Everybody on the creative side was looking at it as TV show rather than a wrestling show. I put the WWE title on [Vince] McMahon, the WCW title on [David] Arquette, another WCW title on [Eric] Bischoff. Why? We are looking to create stories and not for the wrestling fan, for the casual wrestling fan."
Russo also spoke on overbooking things, another trait the former WCW writer is well known for:
"A writer does not book matches. A writer needs certain spots to happen in a match. A writer may need wrestler A to turn on wrestler B. I may need a wrestler to run into the match. The only thing I am in control of in a match is the finish. I did not sit there and tell them what to do through the entire match. I left that up to the talent and the agent."