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This is by far my favorite episode! Russo should be back on this show again

Best interview I ever heard. I was a die hard who ended up being a wrestler on the circuit and being on the inside 10 years ago, you saw the tide change in wrestling what people and who people thought were cool. I'm glad I had OGs that opened my eyes to the business and made me understand what the business was about. Today, too many people don't know their roles. Not every match is wrestlemania , not every wrestler is a main eventer. When done well, Pro Wrestling is the best entertainment in my opinion

I’ve heard many, and this was the best interview involving Russo I’ve heard. Basically because he and Ryback are on almost the same exact wavelength when it comes to professional wrestling and the issues with the current product in both WWE and AEW.

Two of my favorite people in the business doing a podcast together. Love it.

Love him or Hate him, Vince Russo was a head/the head writer for both major companies. Gotta give em credit where its due. He was a major player

Every topic you guys hit was 100% spot on! By far one of the best conversations about the state of pro wrestling I’ve heard in a while! Thank you!!!

Like him or not but Russo is right, you won’t grow catering to the same crowd. Television is a different monster the Major Networks care about numbers.

This is why the wrestling business needs Vince Russo.

A lot of people hate ti admit it but the wrestling industry needs Russo. Everyone thinks putting on 5 star matches sells. But it never increases viewers.

Vince Russo has a good mind for the wrestling business Ryback as well

I never understood why the wwe didnt push ryback , he had the crowd in the palm of his hands in 2012 and then they buried him and turned him heel

This was so entertaining. Thanks ryback

This was a fascinating listen. I always enjoy hearing Russo. You have to bring Russo back on Ryback, great show.

Ryback, you're an excellent interviewer. I don't know how much pull you have, but you should be able to get Russo and Cornette on your show for a debate. That'd be the most viewed wrestling-related KZfaq show of all time. People love that angle more than current wrestling.

Good conversation man listened to every minute at the gym

I can listen to these 2 talk about wrestling all day long Hope you can get Vince back on the show sometime soon 👍🏻👍🏻

Always listen to Russo. 👍 I am embarrassed to tell anyone at work or friends that I watch wrestling. Something needs to change.

Russo is always an excellent interview. As far as I’m concerned, the wrestling industry is missing a guy like him. And for Ryback, we desperately need bigger guys with big characters. I really enjoyed this.

One thing I've thought about is maybe the reason they dont let wrestlers get way over is because it makes last eras talent look even better. Make sense? By doing what they do like 50/50 booking and keeping everyone from getting over, that makes the ones before you look that much better.

Great job ryback keep up the great work motivation feed me more

Wow Vince is right what happened to the guys that looked like wrestlers. Finally someone I agree with.

Very good thoughts guys. I like you both. Thanks for telling the truth. The wrestling business needs that.

Please have Vince on more, I like his insight into the wrestling business.

Great video really enjoyed this

Love your channel! 1 Million soon :D

👏👏 Great listen, would love see Ryback and Russo do more together.

Incredible stuff Ryback. Please keep it up.

Ryback & Russo have great chemistry.

Saw Ryback vs Rowan as an opener for a house show in Wilkes barre pa few years back... All respect for the legends but it was sad to see that newer hot talent are stuck in the back seat. That first match was way better then the tag main event

Huge Russo fan and after hearing he was on the shoe, Subbed to your KZfaq channel.

Great podcast Ryback,imo the reason why Cody doesn't contact Russo it cause of the bad publicity it will come,I think ppl don't understand Russo but just follow ppl hate instead of investigating/researching on his success,ppl should blame Hogan/Bischoff for the fall of wcw/tna but sadly Russo got the blame

Wwe losing 1 fan every time he says bro

Russo has a lot of energy never really listened to him before.

I stopped watching WWE when you were the most over guy in the ring and the strap stays on Cena... Years later Joe most over guy in the ring strap stays on Lesnar.. i was done after that! Good Show!

So many Bro’s haha great interview thanks Ryan Thanks Vince

Loved this interview though I wanna hear more of you and Vince ry 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💯💯💯

Bro Count! Russo: 539 Ryback: 2. Awesome interview, very insightful.

Great episode, man.

A minute in and Russo serves us with a web cam side view.

Great discussion I like Both of you guys you always keep it 💯

Great honest conversation great minds wouldn't mind this more often

I couldn't agree with Ry back and Russo anymore. These 2 gentlemen expressed my feelings to the exact T. Dam.

Great podcast! Favorited! Feed us mooooooore!!! 😂👏🏽👏🏽

Bro amazing interview

Haven't watched on of your vids in a bit, Big Guy. Glad that your channel is growing by leaps and bounds. "I had a dream... to be a fan of Ryback". Now a reality. 👍 😁

New drinking game for everyone Everytime Vince Russo says bro take a shot.lol This is an awesome podcast btw I wish more people would open their eyes to changing wrestling for the better

my 1st time listen to something like this wow this awesome

Glad for you who like Russo. To me, It was go away heat. The ammount of "bro"... First Ryback pod I did not finish.

Really good show!

Awesome Video Today Ryback!!🙌🐐🐐

Great conversation, all common sense

Great stream Ryback

Even when Johnny Ace was hiring talents at the time, he was hiring nothing but pretty boy body builders with no type of charisma what so ever nor did they have the wrestling talent. For AEW they need more heavyweight guys, the 230s, the 240s, the 270s, etc. with charisma and talent if they're going to ever grow bigger as a company. I love the guys they have there but they need more. To me the Lucha Bros although they're not heavyweights but they have larger than life personalities they need to feature more weekly in angles not just matches. I agree with you guys 100 percent on this topic.

Awesome podcast!

Imagine if ProWrestlingTees made a Vince Russo shirt titled: Bro! 😄👍👍 Very awesome episode/podcast, this week. Positive vibes ✊✊💯

Ryback is so right about how Vince doesn't pull the trigger to take them to the next level imagine they had Austin losing to Shawn Michaels at WM14 ...

This is great.

Excellent discussion. It seems one company is probably too far gone and so the question is whether the other one will make the changes they need to make before it is too late for them.

I'm a mark and I'd love Ryback on AEW!

This is almost prophetic 2 years later 👍

This is an interesting conversation where you bring up how a lot of talent are now brought in that are just happy to be there, do some work and get paid to be on tv. It reminds me a LOT of how the WWF was like back in the 80's. You had Hulk Hogan and maybe one or two other guys at the top and then everyone else seemed to have the attitude like well I know im not gonna get a sniff at the world title so I'll subsist on having Hulk continue to be the main draw and we can just be happy to be there smiling and just be glad to be part of the show. Like, there were guys that I thought and still think why did they never get a title shot? They were certainly good enough and liked enough but for whatever reason Hulk was protected and that was the end of the story. Maybe now as you said there wasn't any competition then Vince got complacent and went back to that mindset.

I was not really a fan when you were in wwe more than likely because there awful booking but since you left and i have heard and you come of as being real and being yourself that has changed. enjoyed hearing you with russo.

Ryback i know you read this: Bring Vince Russo back on your Show! Or maybe try to get Glenn Gilbertti from Keeping It 100 on your show. That would be a first anyway. This is so great to hear and listen to!

Love Ryback

Take one shot everytime he says ” bro” Lmfao

Feed me more... wake up its feeding time!!!

First one who knows how many times he said bro, maybe gets a signed T-shirt from Ryback? 🤣

i got a pen and paper and started making a check mark every time Vince said bro, i ran out of ink at around the 57 minute mark

100% agree on Hawkins and Ryder. Always been a fan of Zack Ryder. I liked Hawkins as an Edge head and his win/loss gimmick a couple years ago. I think he went like 0-100 or something hilarious.

It’s sad that there are wrestling fans who hate on both Russo and Ryback.

First time listening to a full Ryback show as I saw Russo on, really liked it. Good to hear two minds who can have the mentality to change the industry from the historically failed formula of the posers currently occupying it. Pro Wrestling will always be about charismatic physically impressive characters, the death of the business to the masses in the last decade goes hand in hand with the social rejects unappealing indy wrestlers not only getting hired, but climbing the card, destroying the entire image of the genre along with them and driving off the masses that the industry is built on. Ryback was getting over big in mid 2012, the only reason he didn't win the belt back then was because Rock booked Punk to job to him at the Rumble. Any other scenario and Punk is losing months before as he was in the middle of one of the worst, business killing title runs in history,. If you look at the quarter hour ratings from that time, Ryback dwarfed Punk and Bryan numbers with a half ass push from the company. He made more of a difference in the 2012 HIAC PPV than they did in their entire career as they collapsed business every time they were depended on to draw. That was pretty much the beginning of the end as a megastar in the making like Ryback wasn't pushed to headline when the alternative was two indy niche performers who never connected on a top drawing level which Vince McMahon admitted to in the conference call when the Summerslam 2013 buyrate came in as one of the worst of all time. Hopefully Ryback comes back in some capacity, I doubt AEW is a place for him unless they change their mentality, and in reality, if they don't change their mentality they will be out of the business soon when the Khan that matters decides to stop burning money away on marks pretending to be wrestlers.

I wanna see me Ryback in AEW! Always was a fan

Ambrose/Moxley would've fit great in this episode with Russo nd Ryback!

Russo needs to come back and save TNA

Wow. IF what Vince said is true. I'm very disappointed in what Cody said. That's just not a good mentality of running a business, and don't want him I'm charge then. Cause I want AEW to grow. Who doesn't want to make more fans? In any thing you do? Wrestling. Musicians? Acting, artists more fans. More successful. Crazy to hear anybody say, yeah I just want to keep the fans I have now. I'll still with a few hundred thousand who needs a billion fans watching AEW? WHAT? what kind of way of thinking is that? It's similar to WWE saying they don't want another mega star anymore, WHAT? No mega stars and not trying to gain new fans who's letting these people being in charge of Wrestling?

Take a shot every time russo says bro 😂. If i stole it get over it. Im to lazy to scroll comments

Ah great convo with vince and ryback. Was hoping it lasted the full length of the video instead of the second guy ryback had on.

Ryback Rules!!

The, Of, And: sit back and take notes Bro: hold my beer

Thanks for this Rybak, seeing this changed my opinion on Vince, he ain't perfect, but he cares and knows his stuff. So many just got down on him for the few mistakes, not the great he did. Wrestling has no personality anymore, I miss that.

I understand the logic of Axel, Ryder and Hawkins being underutilized, but I mean the old cliche is true; everyone can't main event Wrestlemania. The question then becomes are those talents better than their booking? Ryder has basically done it all in WWE except hold a world title and I'm sure he's made mega money

The problem I think AEW is going to suffer is the fact that they are only going to hire their “Friends” or people they like. They will not hire people they aren’t “friends” with, and in business you can do that. Not everyone behind the scenes are friends in any promotion, past or present

Loving the John Elway jersey. Greatest of all time

I agree with so much of what Russo says. Matt Koon is a goof.

Can you imagine Hulk Hogan, Vince Russo and Matt Riddle having a conversation. Bro?!!?.....

GENIUS.....RYDER&HAWKINS...STARSKY AND HUTCH

McMahone DOESN'T LIKE 'boat-rockers'....he USED to....coz they got him to where he is...but not anymore...It's sad....Someone has to come along (with $$$) and love the boat-rockers, misfits, etc.....coz the PUBLIC LOVES this!!!!

I'm a big Russo fan and now ryback fan to but AEW got me in the beginning now I can barely watch it no storytelling and character development... NWA power is good

Ryback has a great radio voice.

Someone knows how many times he said bro? 🤣

Ryback the best

I like Vince Russo's Denver Broncos jersey.

New sub.

So true bro :) Elias and Rusev have great potential. But the moment u get big they destroy you. Look at Braun and Drew as examples. I fear the Fiend will fizzle out too eventually only to put someone like Seth over yet again and lose more viewers.

Feed me more!!!!

Ryback was it you who answered my dinosaur question of who's your favorite dinosaur???

Ryback hella inspiring. I worked for a company breaking my back for okay money but they just didn’t value me as a person , was dedicating my life for a owner who really didn’t value me as a worker or a person just her pockets. Started watching your vids after you did the CVV interview when you were wearing a suit , I was like man Ryback still around ? Started watching wanna and subbed when you were at like ten thousand but anyway I left that job and bet on myself to do my art and photography about six months back . If I fail it’s on me but to take the bet on myself you inspired that man, and it’s going well so far .Just wanted to say thanks . Check out some of my stuff if you want @the_wolf__of_elm_street on IG

59:45 LMFAO

shawn michaels the boyhood dream lol