Russo laughs hysterically, pointing out that Keller basically admitted to giving himself a happy ending after watching RAW’s 6-man tag team match. In all seriousness, Russo points out that the notion of “throwing in the towel” in the last hour because the viewership dwindles is ridiculous. Television time is a valuable commodity and WWE should be doing important things in the third hour of RAW such as setting up cliffhangers to bring viewers back the following week.
On one of his audio shows that aired prior to WrestleMania, Dave Meltzer pointed out that there’ll probably be indie shows in New Orleans that’ll be better than the WrestleMania show. Russo says that’s like saying the Yankees and Mets are having a baseball game but the Single “A” ball game next door is going to be way better. He thinks that was a ridiculous statement by Meltzer, pointing out that Charlotte’s robe probably cost more than it took to put together some of those indie shows.
Russo thought the Andre the Giant HBO documentary was great and it gave fans a fascinating look into that time in the wrestling business. Speaking about the main event of WrestleMania 3, Andre screwed with Hogan all day long regarding the finish of the match but when the time came he did the right thing by putting Hogan over strong. In Russo’s opinion, this set the table for the next 15-20 years in the wrestling business.
