Leaving Conan & Taking Over For Vince Russo

Tommy Blacha made his name in Hollywood as a writer on Conan O'Brien, co-creator of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim, and a writer on shows like The Eric Andre Show and Da Ali G Show. But, a little-known fact about Tommy's career is that he was the head writer of WWE (WWF at the time)) during their most successful period, starting in 1999, taking over for Vince Russo, who left for the competition. This podcast, Tales from the Attitude Era will be a retrospective of Tommy's time in the head writer position and the roller coaster ride that is pro wrestling.In the inaugural episode, Tommy and co-host Rob Pasbani (Squared Circle Pit, ex-Metal Injection) talk about Tommy's time on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, including Tommy convincing producers to book more wrestling on the show. We learn about a trip to a boat show that Tommy and Andy Ritcher took with Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage. Tommy talks about some of the guests booked on Conan including Goldust, Big Show and Vince McMahon himself.Tommy then explains how he charmed Vince, enough so that Vince invited Tommy to some WWF tapings at the time, where he sat in on the creative meetings. This is where he met Vince Russo, who, unbeknownst to anybody was on the verge of quitting. Find out how Russo himself was responsible for Tommy taking over and Tommy's wild first week with WWEWatch this episode on Youtube.Follow Tales from The Attitude Era on all social media http://youtube.com/@TFTAttitudeEra http://twitter.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://instagram.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://tiktok.com/@TFTAttitudeEra Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.