Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny

On a recent episode of his podcast, “Grilling JR,” Jim Ross discussed Sunny’s ability to be a heel, backstage politics in WWE and more. Here are the highlights:

On Sunny’s ability to be a heel: “I think she gave the audience plenty of reasons to dislike her, and she did it well. She was a very good heel. That’s one thing about Sunny, she was a very, very good heel. And she just took her role too seriously. She shouldn’t have. She just kept alienating more people and more people. The trust factor was becoming almost invisible. So, one problem led to another. And her character and integrity were compromised numerous times. So it was tough. And it’s sad, because she had so much potential in that era. She was a player. She was a big-time player, without a doubt, and she led the way.”

On Vince Russo advocating for WWE to use Sable more than Sunny: “The rivalry between [Vince] Russo and [Jim] Cornette was very prominent, very real. And Russo picked the right horse, because Sable was a moneymaker as far as T-shirts, getting good quality TV time, there was low maintenance that was easy to pull off. So it was bad, it was bad. And you got jealousy, egocentric behavior. And the other thing that Sable was not high maintenance at that point in time. She eventually became a little bit higher maintenance, no doubt.

“But it was just tough, man. Because it became a personal issue. The rivalry between Russo and Cornette was built up behind the scenes. And you know, Russo threw his lot in for Sable, she got a lot more opportunities. And they’re all simple things to execute. You know her deal was her body. She just had great sex appeal and an amazing look. I remember when we brought in Mark Mero and Sable just came as his wife to a meeting with Vince and I. And I remember when they left, Vince said, ‘Well, did you see who the star was to that group.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, it’s not Mark Mero.’ Nice guy, but Sable was a star. Much like Sunny was the star of the Bodydonnas.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit the Grilling JR podcast with an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.

Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny

Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny

Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny

Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny

Jim Ross Recalls Vince Russo Advocating For WWE To Use Sable More Than Sunny