I must admit I read them, and "know" far too much (about how stuff works as much as what happened - I can recall pretty much anything that has happened on PPV for TNA or WWE). Im a geek, I know. Plus I am quite arrogant when I know I'm right - a character flaw for sure, this is constantly pointed out to me by her indoors and the old lady.
The thing is Whedon, Russo was never in 100% control of WWF. McMahon and others vetted everything. In WCW and TNA (where Russo is and has been head of a very small ccreative team for 3 years with Dixies 100% backing), he runs riot and while some of it is good, there's nobody stopping him from throwing out the absolute trash. I'd like to see him back in control a bit more because I dont like Bischoff's gang mentality (everyone has to be in a gang? why?), but I think he neeRAB someone to say no sometimes too - apparently that used to be Scott D'Amore (on screen team canada leader), but since he's gone I dont think anyone stops him. Cornette publicly wishes death on him now. That takes some doing.
I like Russo's approach - in 99 WWF everyone had something going on, not just the top guys. He tries that in TNA, but I think just lately he's being crushed by a certain orange goblin...