17: TNA History Part 7: Vince Russo

We're back and so is Vince Russo! Following the first TNA PPV Jerry Jarrett discovered writing a wrestling show is lots of work! Who better to hire to help him out than Russo? Find out about all of the internet feuds this kicks off and how TNA discovers the shocking reality that no one is buying their PPVs.At the end we have a quick tribute to Skinty McEdger. This was supposed to go before the show but it didn't seem right, so we added it to the end of this episode. Given we had to abort recording yesterday due to being down in the dumps about his death, it wouldn't be right to dump that on our listeners right out of the gate. Thank you to all who listen.Sources:Len Sabal, "Defendent in NWA TNA Lawsuit Issues Statement to Pro Wrestling Torch" 8/5/02, accessed 2/15/18 https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_84.shtmlThe Tennessean 8/8/02Bryan Alvarez, Figure 4 Weekly 8/5/02Jerry Jarrett, The Story of the Development of the NWATNA, 2004PRNewswire: J. Sports & Entertainment LLC Files Lawsuit Against Marketing & PPV Consultant; Consultant Did Not Disclose Relationship With World Wrestling Entertainment. 7/30/02Dave Meltzer, Gigantic Wednesday Update, The LAW accessed 2/14/18 via https://web.archive.org/web/20020714165428/http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=5340PW Torch, "TNA and Jay Hassman Settle Lawsuit" 7/16/02 accessed 2/14/18 https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_4541.shtmlPW Torch, "Hassman Makes First Comments in Response to TNA Lawsuit" 8/19/02 accessed 2/12/18 https://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_280.shtmlMeltzer on Russo, WrestlingClassics Accessed on 2/15/18 http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=9;t=049938Bob Ryder "A History of Ruthless Aggression" 1wrestling.com 7/27/02, Accessed 2/17/18 http://www.1wrestling.com/columns/frombob/default.asp?B1=View+Column