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#6 He was the writer during the Hart Foundation Vs. America Storyline
Said to have taken over as the head WWE writer in 1995, Vince Russo stayed in that position until he made the leap to the WCW in late 1999. Able to have a pretty stellar 4-year run in that position, during his tenure the WWE aired several storylines that it could be argued are among the best in company history.
A storyline that in a lot of ways was unlike anything that had come before it in the wrestling business, at one point the Hart Foundation were seen as despicable villains in America and heroes everywhere else. Perceived that way because they would come to the ring each week and decry America, crowds in that country could barely hold in their rage but the Harts were hailed as truth tellers elsewhere.
Perfectly in keeping with Vince Russo’s well-established belief that traditional wrestling heroes and villains were passé, in this case, he was definitely onto something.
