by Ella Jay
During a recent appearance on the "Insight" podcast, Richards stated his gratitude for Russo, citing him as one of the people who went the extra
mile during the scary spinal infection Richards went through earlier this
year.
"Vince gets such a bad rap. I don't understand it. I still don't
understand it to this day. And I'm a guy who worked in WWE with him,
worked in TNA with him, and then obviously I work with him on the
'Smackdown Review' with him and Bin Hamin," Richards said. "But when this infection happened, the one person — there's people that reached out
almost every day — but Vince, every single day or multiple times per day, reaching out, checking on me, praying for me, talking to me, trying to
cheer me up. I could say, 'Man, maybe if I put a few pillows under me, I
could still do the shows from a hospital.' And he was like, 'No, don't do that.'"
Richards added that while he was out of commission, Russo continued to
pay him. Even after Richards was later discharged from the hospital,
Russo kept frequent contact with him and still reminds him not to
overtrain during his recovery. As Richards slowly transitions back to
daily life, he remains forever thankful for Russo's kindness.
read more at:
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1339876/stevie-richards-comes-to-vince-russo- defense/
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