Disco Inferno (Wrestler)’S Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
In June 2000, Gilbertti assisted in the booking of the WCW shows. During that time, the booking committee consisted of Gilbertti, Vince Russo, Bill Banks, Ed Ferrara, and Terry Taylor. During booking sessions, Gilbertti would occasionally joke with the creative team about potential angles: one included doing a martian invasion storyline where the story would start with antennas coming out of Mike Tenay’s head; another one would include a pre-recorded vignette showing an empty locker-room followed by a caption showing “Invisible Man: Coming Soon”.
In Vince Russo’s book Rope Opera, Russo says when he was close to re-signing as head writer of the WWE creative team in mid-2002, he requested that Gilbertti be brought in with him; according to Russo, word got around about Gilbertti’s booking to the point that Vince McMahon questioned Russo’s decision about bringing in Gilbertti due to legitimate concerns about Gilbertti’s ideas, and referenced the “martian invasion” angle to him. Russo ended up not signing with WWE later and Gilbertti was not signed as a result as well.
Gilbertti had a brief stint on the creative team in TNA in late 2007 to early 2008, when Russo brought him in. Post-WCW, during interviews and columns he had written, Gilbertti had been known to be very vocal about his preference of the entertainment aspect over the athletic component of professional wrestling.
In September 2015, Kayfabe Commentaries, who produces DVDs of wrestler interviews, released “Guest Booker with Glenn Gilbertti” where Gilbertti talked about his wrestling philosophy as well as his joke ideas such as the martian invasion, the Invisible Man, and “Bill Ding: The Evil Architect”; when asked what his favorite story or character he booked, Gilbertti said the booking of Lance Storm in WCW where Storm was pushed week after week to the point he received three titles at the same time.
On that same Guest Booker interview, Gilbertti elaborated on his philosophy on booking professional wrestling: