{"id":33379,"date":"2016-10-11T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T21:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=33379"},"modified":"2016-10-11T16:25:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T21:25:32","slug":"20-yrs-ago-top-quotes-week-vince-mcmahon-jim-ross-dox-hendrix-vince-russo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/11\/20-yrs-ago-top-quotes-week-vince-mcmahon-jim-ross-dox-hendrix-vince-russo\/","title":{"rendered":"20 YRS AGO: Top quotes of the week from Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, Dox Hendrix, Vince Russo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2634390734\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>The following Quotebook feature was published in the Pro Wrestling Torch Ne<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/10\/411-cover_350wide.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-content wp-image-33381 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/10\/411-cover_350wide.png\" alt=\"411-cover_350wide\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/10\/411-cover_350wide.png 350w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/10\/411-cover_350wide-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>wsletter #411 cover-dated Oct. 19, 1996. The entire newsletter was just posted for PWTorch VIP members, who ca<\/em><br \/>\n<em>n access it <a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/2016\/10\/02\/vip-1996-back-issue-pro-wrestling-torch-410-oct-12-1996-flairs-hiatus-from-wcw-shifts-power-more-to-nwo-on-and-off-camera-hart-plays-cards-right-on-future\/\">HERE<\/a>. If you aren\u2019t a VIP member, check out all the benefits (three decades of archives, ad-free website, ad-free podcasts, up to 100 VIP podcasts per month, more!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/pwtorch-vip-membership-information\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0A new 20 Yrs Ago back issue of Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter is published every Saturday morning for VIP members in both it\u2019s original format as a PDF document and in a phone-friendly all-text format, featuring Torch Talk interviews with pro wrestling\u2019s biggest names, TV reports, backstage Newswire updates, PPV coverage with star ratings and roundtable reviews, editorial columns, and much more.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Vince Russo on Bell\u2019s Palsy: \u201cI\u2019m not saying that Jim Ross should be put in a bell tower in Notre Dame, but I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d put him on TV. And all you people with Bell\u2019s Palsy, don\u2019t write cards and letters to Vic Venom crying because I\u2019m poking fun at Jim Ross for having Bell\u2019s Palsy because I really like you people. You people do tell the truth. You only talk out of one side of your mouth and I like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Ross: \u201cHow could you be so vein as to pass judgement on what I look like. The stress you put me under is the reason I look like this. I\u2019m not on to be a movie star, I\u2019m a journalist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Ross: \u201cYou should be retired on a yacht somewhere or living in your mansion in Greenwich and leaving us the hell alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon: \u201cI think it\u2019s important we bring a balance to the WWF. Everyone has a point of view. You don\u2019t always have to agree. You certainly don\u2019t always have to agree with my point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon to a caller asking what he will do to make the WWF powerful again: \u201cFirst of all, I didn\u2019t know we were not powerful. I guess it\u2019s all in the eye of the beholder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon on Ted Turner: \u201cObviously I don\u2019t like Ted Turner. At one time we were in business together. The WWF supplied programming for WTBS. It just didn\u2019t work out. I would suggest it had something to do with Mr. Turner\u2019s business ethics, or lack of business ethics, which has something to do with what\u2019s going on now with Billionaire Ted breaking open the wallet which is even more sizable now with the Time-Warner takeover and just pouring all this money right down the drain. It takes more than just money to be successful in the professional wrestling business. It takes devotion, it takes commitment.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-605938845\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Dok Hendrix: \u201cI was with WCW for five years and they never made one dollar profit. You\u2019ve got to be in the black to push on sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince Russo: \u201cMaybe WCW didn\u2019t make any money in those five years because you were wrestling for them at that point and what were you, in your 40s. You went a little past your prime. Nobody paid money to see you when you were in your 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince Russo: \u201cIn my opinion Shawn Michaels is the greatest WWF champion of all time, but Shawn\u2019s got a little problem of late. I know because he\u2019s a personal friend of mine. He\u2019s falling into the trap \u2013 ego, Hollywood, the same trap Hulk Hogan fell into. And this could be the demise of Shawn Michaels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon: \u201cWe\u2019re hopeful that Bret is going to return at Survivor Series. He has given us indication that he is considering returning then. We are doing everything we can to be sure he is there. We wanted him to get back in the ring here in North America since Wrestlemania when he stormed out of the arena. We\u2019ve all heard Steve Austin\u2019s challenges and hopefully they will be answered very, very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS 20 YEARS AGO QUOTEBOOK: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/10\/07\/20-yrs-ago-notable-quotes-quips-week-pro-wrestling-vince-mcmahon-vince-russo\/\">20 YRS AGO: Most Notable Quotes &amp; Quips of the Week in Pro Wrestling from Vince McMahon to Russo to Heyman<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-892043372\"><div id=\"pwtor-3759340967\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following Quotebook feature was published in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter #411 cover-dated Oct. 19, 1996. 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