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Rikishi says “go f*ck yourself” to former WWE writer Vince Russo and Russo issues a response

Aaron Rift

During a podcast on Sportskeeda.com, former WWE writer Vince Russo said the following about Jey Uso’s emotional promo on WWE RAW after winning the Intercontinental title…

“I don’t understand this. The dude was so emotional, he could hardly speak. I don’t understand. This is a job. The title is a prop. For the life of me, I don’t understand how these wrestlers get emotional over winning a prop. Jey Uso has been around forever, forever.”

While speaking on his podcast, Rikishi gave his thoughts on what Russo had to say…

“Ok…if you’re listening, Russo, first of all, you can go f*** yourself. You don’t have the right to even put my son’s name in your mouth. You don’t have a right to talk about somebody that has laced up boots for 17-plus years — broken bones, sweat, tear, and blood in that ring. Sometimes 45 minutes. ladders, chairs match. Split wide open. You don’t have a right to open your mouth of what you think is right for a person when you finally win this so-called motherf***ing prop that you think. When was the first time, when did you ever get your ass in there, run a match, 45 minutes? Anybody can pull up a pencil and write your fantasies of what you think an angle is supposed to be. But when you talk about my boy, when you talk about you didn’t understand, you’re goddamn right, motherf***er. You didn’t understand.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

Via Twitter/X, Russo issued a response…

“What I said about a Wrestler getting emotional over winning a title—I’ve said for years. And, while I understand, the fact is that a Writer/Producer will look at something much differently than an actor, or a performer does. That’s why they are two totally different jobs. Nothing against Rikishi, or Jey, huge fan of both, just two different Points of View. And also remember, merit isn’t the only reason a belt is put on a wrestler, in some instances there is also a little thing called “politics” involved. Trust me . . . I know.”