Bruce Prichard - Part 2 - This could be the biggest shoot interview that has ever conducted as we were able to sit down with one of the most powerful men in the history of the wrestling business… Vince McMahon’s right hand man Bruce Prichard!!! In a million years I never thought we would be able to sit down with one of the top 3 WWE executives of the last 50 years. If you know the business, you know there was Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson and Bruce Prichard. There were others like JJ Dillon and Jim Ross, but none of them made as much of an impact, dealt with more huge stars, or wielded as much power and influence behind the scenese as Bruce Prichard. Whether it was running and producing the TV tapings during the late 80’s and 90’s, heading the talent relations department and working closely with every major name in the company during his more than two decade long stay with the company, Bruce Prichard did it all. He was there for it all, and to use a popular phrase from the eeriely similar mafia world, Bruce “knows where the bodies are buried”
We can't express this statement with anymore gravitas!!, please do not underestimate shoot interviews like these or J.J. Dillions for example who had held all roles in wrestling. Somebody like like J.J. Dillion is famous for being the manager of the Four Horsemen but has been Dusty Rhodes right hand man in Florida and with the crocketts. People like him are a wealth of information. Gary hart is another one. Their is a reason both their books are collectors items and very expensive because they have been all over the world and bookers and always kept extensive notes. Don't overlook a shoot interview like this! Bruce has been involved with wresling since he 10 year old working with the highly respected Promoter by all wrestlers, Paul Boesch, Bill Watts and Vince Mcmahon. Not only a character Brother Love but he was in Vince McMahons inner circle with booker genuis Pat Patterson. He was also a major producer in television for wee and tried his best to help TNA/Impact wrestling at a time when the Beautiful Dixie Carter was backed by Panda energy. They had more money then Vince but she was used and abused by charlatans like Vince Russo who's came to fame was he invented the WWE's attitude Area. Which is a bold face lie. He had masterminds like Bruce, Cornette , Vince and Patterson checking all his Jerry Springer Howard Stern Shock value. Dixie had Cornette , Bruce, Dutch Mantell ( research is WBC rating in Purto Rico after they killed Brusier Brody. She chose to listen to charlatans like Russo who signed with WCW but did nothing but kill it with TED TURNERS money backing it. All he has is ecuses. People like Shane Douglas, trained by greats like Dominick Denucci, worked for Bill Watts but his claim to fame was ECW. Fans do not take this personally but ECW was Hot shot booking with a genuis Paul Heyman but when is the book the Death of ECW coming coming out. They had a internet faithful cult following that seriously garnered respect like cult classic movies nthat fail at the box office but become legendary. You have people like Shane but this time they have Panda energy money backing them and they still floundered. Paul Heyman and all his genius knew not to touch TNA even with Panda energy's money.( look up how much money they were worth, Panda Energy purchased a controlling interest (72https://infogalactic.com/info/Percentage) of the https://infogalactic.com/info/Nashville,_Tennessee-based https://infogalactic.com/info/Professional_wrestling https://infogalactic.com/info/Professional_wrestling_promotion https://infogalactic.com/info/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling from founder and https://infogalactic.com/info/Chief_executive_officer https://infogalactic.com/info/Jerry_Jarrett. ) Paul knew he had a cult following in ECW and Tod Gordons business acumen not to mention his bankrolland money tht his family invested in your whole lives. Everyone says Puals a Genuis but it's Tod Gordon who gave you ECW as Paul already super shay from New York was a con man from the start with great ideas. Buy Tods Book TOD IS GOD , it's great and all the ECW marks owe tod that much. and hot shot booking with Terry Funks loyalty to Eddie and Missy Hyatt alog with Nancy Sullivan he hit lightning in a bottle and that never haappens once let alone twice. Think about it To me a what my mentor and idle calls a wrestling historian. Pa created the Sandmam , Austins gimmick very similiar but with a guy like Vince controlling Wrestle crap Russo and look at what he turned Heyman into. Don't miss this shoot.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Back Story It was reported on October 7, 2010, that Prichard had been hired by TNA to presumably reprise the role he had in WWE working as a backstage agent and producer. On October 6, 2011, Prichard took over the role of TNA head writer from Vincent Russo because he convince Dixie that TNA needed his expertise because he created the attidude area in the WWE and his hand were tied with the WCW because of standads and practicing curtailing his creativity because he was so politally incorrect. From racist gimmick matches to the shear fact that TNA wrestling literally stood for Tits and ass and had the closest thing to strippers dancing in cages above ring entrances and crowds. He's a uneducated man that single handlely destroyed TED Turners billionare dollar merger with Time warner and although AOL merger turned out to be a diasaester, Ted Turner was a visionary and wasn't sfraid to gamble. CNN was a major success, HLN News was very succeesful, The Weather channel at one time was one the most watched Cable channels onn Cable. He fought the FCC and won. He owned the Braves who didn't have a winning season for what felt like for ever but in 1995 they won the the World Series, He owned the Atalnta Hawks, once a struggling ABA team that Ted brought the human highlight reel Dominque wilkins , Kevin Willis, "pistol Pete Maverick, and underrated coach named Mike Fratello replaced Loughery as head coach in 1983 who in 2 years brought them to there ist 50 win season. Don't forget Spudd web and lenny wilkens (at the time one of the best coaches)Atlanta was growing and it was bein built on Ted turners back. From a media Conglamerate the Turner Warner merger with AOl ade alot ot of sense becaue Ted saw the internet coming and at the time America Online was a major player on the block. Bigger then Google and Facebook (never heard of) Microsoft were big players but Gates is a Robber Barron. Aol turned out to really hurt Turner as they were a bunch of frauds but Turner and Warner were so pissed they just dropped them but Aol's Email database was just sold to Verison as well as yahoo for around 5 billion each so they have value. Bruce never talks bad but you will learn alot of wresting knowledge.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–2013, 2017)- It was reported on October 7, 2010, that Prichard had been hired by TNA to presumably reprise the role he had in WWE working as a backstage agent and producer. On October 6, 2011, Prichard took over the role of TNA head writer from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Russo. In May 2012, Prichard was promoted to Vice President of Talent Relations to replace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Taylor. On October 17, 2012, Prichard was promoted to Senior Vice President, Programming & Talent Relations. In this new role, Prichard oversaw talent relations, talent scouting and development as well as the creative direction of the company. In May 2013, Prichard began appearing as a judge alongside Al Snow and Taz in the monthly Gut Check segment on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_Impact. No matter what lies Vince Russo the Legit voted on most desiped man in wrestling says or numbers he makes up, it Bruce prichard that got TNA in order as much as you could but sadly they him go in 2013.
I'm really stressing this heavy, at a time when the wrestling world needed TNA Impact wrestling to the succeed they had the smarts of Bruce Pricharcd , Jerry Jarret, Jim Cornette, Dutch Mantel and brains like Raven to go with talent like A.J Styles , C.M Punk, Samoa Joe and Fn favovorites like Sting, Scott Steiner , Booker T, Nash, and Kurt angle. Some may argue that they went WWE light but you needed start power and panda Energy had more money then Vince and the WWE. Taxes for pubiclicly traded companies are literally public. JEFF JARRET IS NOT A SUPERSTAR , promoters kids are never order or talented except for Dustin Rhodes. facts, Greg Gagne, Nick Gulas's kid Daddy said sell, Erik Watts, Mike graham, Jamie Dundee, Chistoper daniels, and yes theres always a exception the Von Erichs but we know how that turned out. b Garret bishiff, David and Reid Flair, Wes Briscoe, ( the harts were in the promotering machine of the WWE. Cody rhodes had several gimmicks that were terrible until he copied his father correctly, bwhere is ole andersons kids. Vince Russo knew he had to push jeff who nobody cared about him, evenbin his prime he was 200 soaking wet. the Fullers knew how to promotte as well as others but Vince Russo ruined the WCW with a billionares money and ruined TNA. Did he have durt on Dixie? Bruce is a wealth of history and knowledge.